CECIDOMYIA. 97 



taceis dnereo-nebulosis, pedibus mediocriter longis, fasciis latis pallide 

 fuscis. Long. -| ; alar, li lin. 



Male. Pale testaceous. Head black. Antennae blackish, pale tes- 

 taceous at the base, raoniliforra, verticillate-pilose, nearly as long as 

 the body ; joints simple, nearly oval, rather longer than their petioles. 

 Wings with a slight testaceous tinge, mottled with grey ; veins testaceous ; 

 subcostal vein a little less than half the length of the wing ; cubital 

 straight; subanal indistinct; first branch of the anal slight; second 

 branch curved obliquely but abruptly to the hind border. Legs slender, 

 moderately long, with broad, pale brown bands. 



Not common. (E.) 



63. decora, n. Mas, albida, capite nigro, antennis nigricantibus 

 basi albis, alis albis fusco-bifasciatis, venis halteribus pedibusque albis. 

 Long. \ ; alar, li lin. 



Male. Whitish. Head black. Antennae blackish, white at the base, 

 twelve-jointed?, monilifonn, verticillate-pilose, not shorter than the 

 body; joints simple, nearly oval, longer than their petioles. Wings 

 white, with two brown bands, which are paler towards the hind border ; 

 veins and halteres white. Legs white, slender, moderately long. 



Eare. Found near Chepstow, Monmouthshire. (E.) 



64. Loti, Deg. Ins. vi. 157. 29. PL 27 (1778); Meig. ; Mcq. ; 

 Bremi; Loew ; Winn. Nigro-fusca, antennis fuscis, thorace e pilis 

 albo-flavis bivittato, scutello albo-Jtavo, alis limpidis, halteribus albidis, 

 ventre sordide flavo fusco-notato, pedibus piceis subtus albidis ; Mas, an- 

 tennis corpore paullo longioribus ; Fcem. antennis corpore brevioribus, 

 oviductu corpore longiore basi nigro nitido, lamellis nullis. Long. -| J 

 lin. 



Wings with dark grey pubescence ; veins brown ; transverse veinlet 

 at a little before the middle of the subcostal vein ; second branch of 

 the anal vein curved to the hind border. Male. Antennae a little longer 

 than the body ; joints mostly cylindrical, as long as their petioles. Few. 

 Antennae two-thirds of the length of the body ; third joint longer by 

 half than the fourth ; joints about six times the length of their petioles. 

 Oviduct black, shining, longer than the body ; third segment yellow, 

 without valves. 



Lives in the blossoms of Lotus corniculatus and of Medicago 

 sativa ; generally changes to a pupa in the earth. 



65. Linariae, Kaltenbach, MSS. ; Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 260. 49 

 (1853). Flava, antennis fuscescente-flavis, thoracis disco fuscescente 

 aut vittis tribus fuscis, alis limpidis, venis flavis, halteribus albis, ab- 

 domine sordide fusco-flavo, pedibus fuscescentibus subtus albo-flavidis ; 

 Mas, antennis 26-articulatis, corpore multo longioribus ; Fcem. anten- 

 nis 14-articulatis, corpore paullo brevioribus, oviductu producto lamellis 

 nullis. Long. i--f lin. 



Yellow. Disc of the thorax brown. Wings with whitish pubescence ; 

 VOL. iv. o 



