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length of the body. Thorax with three brown stripes, clothed like the 

 abdomen with gilded hairs. Wrings yellowish, with grey pubescence ; 

 transverse veinlet very slender, joining the middle of the subcostal 

 vein ; cubital vein bent forward at its junction with the veinlet, curved 

 hindward, joining the costa at some distance from the tip of the wing ; 

 second branch of the anal vein curved to the hind border. Halteres 

 white. Oviduct elongated, tawny, without valves ; last segment yel- 

 low. Legs pale yellowish. 

 Habits unknown. 



30. Veronicse, Bremi, Beitr. neue Denkschrift. etc. 49. 6 (1847) ; 

 Loew; Winn. Fulva, antennis fuscis basi flavis 15-16-articulatis, 

 thorace fusco-trivittato, pectore nigricante, alls subfuscescentibus mar- 

 gine nigro, veuis nigro-fuscis, halteribus albis, abdomine fasciis nigri- 

 cantibus, vent re albo-hirto, pedibus nigro-fuscis subtus albis, femoribus 

 basi flavis. Long, -f- lin. 



Wings brownish ; transverse veinlet very pale, indistinct ; cubital 

 vein bent forward at its junction with the veinlet, slightly convex hind- 

 ward from thence, and joining the costa at some distance from the tip 

 of the wing ; second branch of the anal vein curved to the hind border. 

 Male. Antennae fifteen- to sixteen-jointed, as long as the body ; joints 

 as long as their petioles, and towards the base rather longer. Fein. 

 Antennae fifteen-jointed, half the length of the body. Oviduct yellow, 

 almost as long as the body, without valves ; first segment tawny, occa- 

 sionally with a brown tip or wholly brown. 



Lives in the barren shoots of Veronica Chamadrys, fastening 

 the leaves together, and forming a thickly hairy pouch, in which 

 it changes to the fly state. 



31. so data, n. Fcem. fulva, antennis nigris, alls sublimpidis, costa 

 venaque cubitali nigris, halteribus albidis, abdomine testaceo, pedibus 

 testaceis, tibiis tarsisguefusco-fasdatis. Long. |-; alar. 1^ lin. 



Fern. Tawny. Antennae black ; joints sessile. Wings nearly limpid., 

 pubescent, ciliated; costa and cubital vein black. Halteres whitish. 

 Abdomen testaceous. Legs pale testaceous ; tibiae and tarsi with brown 

 bands. 



Hare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



32. discolor, n. Mas, sordide testacea, capite antennisque nigris, 

 articulorum petiolis testaceis, alls subdnereis, venis pallide fuscis, pedi- 

 bus pallide testaceis, tarsisfuscescentibus. Long. -| ; alar. 2 lin. 



Male. Dingy testaceous. Head black. Antenna black, moniliform ; 

 petioles of the joints testaceous, a little longer than the incrassated 

 part, Wings greyish; veins pale brown. Legs pale testaceous, long, 

 slender ; tarsi brownish. 



Not common. (E.) 



33. decolor at a, n. Foem. pallide testacea, capite antenuisque ni- 

 gricantibus, alls subdnereis, venis fuscis, pedibus albido-testaceis, tarsi* 

 fuscescentibus. Long-. %; alar. 2 liri. 



