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Genus V. SALTELLA. 



SALTELLA, Desv. E. M. 74 (1830). Pandora, Hal. PiopUla p., Fal. 



AnisopJiysa, Mcq. 



Frons lata, glabra, setosa. Epistoma subdescendens, foveolatum, my- 

 stacinum. Oculi rotundi, remoti. Antennae incumbentes; arti- 

 culus tertius ellipticus, compressus ; sextus nudus. Metathorax oc- 

 cultus. Alas incumbentes (erectae vibrantes). Abdomen oblongum, 

 depressum, glabrum. 



Front broad, smooth, bristly. Face convex, carinated. Eyes round, 

 remote. Proboscis thick. Palpi very small, terminated by a seta. 

 Antennae incumbent, reposing in deep foveolae ; the third joint ellipti- 

 cal, compressed ; sixth bare. Scutellum of the metathorax extending 

 to the abdomen. Metathorax concealed. Wings small, incumbent, 

 narrowed to the tip, vibrating when erect ; costal vein ending on the 

 hind border very near the tip of the wing ; subcostal ending before one- 

 third of the length ; mediastinal ending before half the length ; radial 

 ending before five-sixths of the length ; cubital ending at the tip ; 

 praebrachial slightly diverging from the cubital between the transverse 

 veins, slightly converging to it from the discal transverse to the tip ; 

 discal transverse straight and upright, parted by much more than its 

 length from the praebrachial transverse, and by less from the border. 

 Abdomen nearly sessile, oblong, depressed, smooth. Legs short, un- 

 armed ; femora slightly clavate ; tibiae straight. 



1. nigripes, Desv. E. M. 747. 2 (1830). basalis, Hal. Nigra, 

 antennis fuscis, scutello apice rufo, alis albis, abdomine nigro-seneo, 

 jpedibus basiflavis. Long, li ; alar. 1-f lin. 



Black. Proboscis brown, with a red tip. Antennae brown; arista 

 black. Scutellum of the metathorax with a red tip. Wings white ; 

 veins pale brown. Halteres brown. Abdomen aeneous-black, shining. 

 Posterior femora at the base and coxae yellow. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



2. scutellaris, Fal. Heterom. 10. 3 (1820); Meig.j Zett. stel- 

 lata ? Hal. Nigra, capitis maculis duabus, antennis, humeris, scutello, 

 abdominis basi, tibiis intermediis femoribusque fulvis, alis sublimpidis. 

 Long. 1-g-; alar. 2^ lin. 



Black. Head with two tawny spots behind. Antennae, humeral 

 scapulae, and scutellum tawny. Wings nearly limpid. Abdomen at 

 the base, middle femora, fore femora beneath, and hind femora, except 

 the tips, tawny. *Middle tibiae mostly tawny. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



Var. ? sellata, Hal. A. N. H. ii. 186 (1839). Fcem. Nigra, antennis 

 fuscis, scutello aterrimo, coxis pallidis. 



