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hyalinis venis flavis, tarsorum apicibus vix fuscescentibus ; Mas, meta- 

 thorace subcinereo. Var. Thoracis dorso cinereo, lineis tribus longi- 

 tudinalibus fuscis, scutello cinereo flavo-limbato, abdomine superne 

 fusco. Long. 1-li ; alar. 3 lin. 



Yellow. Dot on the vertex, arista and tip of the abdomen black. 

 Thorax slightly ferruginous, indistinctly shining with white tomentmn ; 

 longitudinal stripe and sides ferruginous. Wings hyaline ; veins yel- 

 low. Tips of the tarsi very slightly brownish. Male. Metathorax 

 nearly cinereous. Var. Dorsum of the thorax cinereous, with three 

 longitudinal brown stripes ; scutellum cinereous, bordered with yellow. 

 Abdomen brown above. 



" The larva mines the leaves of the turnip and the pea ; ancl 

 on the sea-coast it is found as late as the end of October in those 

 of the common scurvy-grass (Cochlearia officinalis), and in the 

 lady's-fingers (Anthyllis VtUneraria). It mines sometimes in 

 companies of four or five; but in a small leaf many of these 

 desert the seat of the original colony, and commence a separate 

 establishment. The pupa is brown, darker at the tips and across 

 the lines of the segments, rather narrow, elongate-oval, finely 

 striated transversely, convex above, less so beneath." Hardy. 



Common. (S.) 



7. gracilis, n. Cana, gracillima, capite luteo, antennis fulvis, 

 alls limpidis angustis, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, abdomine piceo. 

 Long. ] i ; alar. 2i lin. 



Hoary, very slender. Head luteous, testaceous beneath. Antenna 

 tawny. Wings limpid, rather long and narrow ; veins testaceous ; dis- 

 cal transverse vein slightly oblique, parted by about twice its length 

 from the prasbrachial transverse, and by nearly its' length from the 

 border. Halteres and legs testaceous. Abdomen piceous, much lon- 

 ger than the thorax. 



Not common. (E.) 



The following additional species of Drosophila have been re- 

 corded as British : 



1. ingrata, Hal. 4. tristis, Fal. 



2. cameraria, Curt. 5. littoralis, Meig. 



3. transversa, Fal. 6. flava, Fal. 



Genus V. ASTEIA. 



ASTEIA, Meig. Zw. vi. 88 (1830); Mcq. ; Westw. ; Zett. 



Corpus gracile, nitens, fere nudum. Caput et thorax convexa. Caput 

 trans versum, thorace paullo latins. Antennae brevissimae ; articulus 



