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testaceis, pedibus obscure testaceis pubescentibus, femoribus fuscescen- 

 tibus. Long. 2i ; alar. 4 lin. 



Male. Black. Wings slightly greyish ; veins and lialteres testaceous. 

 Legs dull testaceous, pubescent ; femora brownish. 



Not rare. (E.) 



15. flavimanus? Meig. Zw. vi. 246. 80 (1830). Var.? Fcem. 

 nigro-cinereus, alls subcinereis, venis testaceis apud costam fuscis, halte- 

 ribus testaceis, pedibus obscure testaceis, tibiis tarsisque anticis femo- 

 ribusque posterioribus nigricantibus. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Fern. Greyish -black. Wings slightly greyish; costal, radial, and 

 cubital veins and discal transverse veinlet brown, the rest testaceous. 

 Halteres testaceous. Legs dark testaceous, rather stout ; femora, fore 

 tibiae, and fore tarsi blackish ; fore femora testaceous, blackish towards 

 the tips. 



Not common. (E.) 



16. aprilinus? Hoffm. ; Meig. Zw. vi. 245. 78 (1830). Mas et 

 Fcem. cano-viridis, thorace vittis tribus nigris, alis limpidis, venis albi- 

 dis apud costam fuscis, halteribus albis, abdominis segmentorum margi- 

 nibus posticis canis, pedibus testaceis, femoribus, tibiis et tarsorum arti- 

 culis apice fuscis. Long. 2|; alar. 4^- lin. 



Green, with a hoary tinge. Thorax with three black stripes, the 

 middle one double. Wings limpid; costal, radial, and cubital veins 

 and discal transverse veinlet brown, the rest whitish. Halteres white. 

 Abdomen black, with a hoary band on the hind border of each segment. 

 Legs testaceous ; tips of the femora, of the tibiae, and of the joints of 

 the tarsi brown. Male. Antennae with brown plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



17. flabellatus, Meig. Zw. i. 51. 70 (1818). Fcem. nigro-fuscus, 

 thorace testaceo, vittis tribus latis nigris, alis subcinereis, venis testaceis 

 apud costam fuscescentibus, halteribus albis, pedibus obscure testaceis. 

 Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Fern. Brownish-black. Thorax testaceous, with three broad black 

 stripes. Wings greyish ; costal, radial, and cubital veins brownish, the 

 rest testaceous. Halteres white. Legs dark testaceous. Male. An- 

 tennaB with brown plumes. 



Not rare. (E.) 



18. objectans, n. Mas, viridis, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, alis 

 limpidis, venis albidis apud costam testaceis, halteribus albis, pedibus 

 testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 2^; alar. 

 3| lin. 



Male. Green. Thorax with three brown stripes. Wings limpid ; cos- 

 tal, radial, and cubital veins testaceous, the rest whitish. Halteres white. 

 Legs testaceous ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibia? brown. 

 Male. Antennae with brown plumes. 



Not common. (E.) 



