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Cinereous. Head, palpi, and antennae black. Proboscis cinereous. 

 Pectus and metathorax hoary. Wings limpid, whitish, with two brown 

 spots along the costa, slightly clouded with brown at tlie tips and on the 

 transverse veinlets. Halteres pale testaceous, with darker knobs. Ab- 

 domen testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous; tarsi, except at the 

 base, and tips of the femora and of the tibiae, black. Male. Femora 

 with an anteapical blackish band. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



34. dumetorum, Meig. Zw. i. 136. 36 (1818); Mcq.; Schumm.; 

 Staag. ; Ross. (V.) ; Zett. Fulva, capite palpis antennisque nigris, 

 fronte argentea, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, alis subcinereis, maculis tri- 

 bus costalibus apicibusyue fuscis, venis transversis fusco-limbatis, abdomine 

 fasciis fuscis, pedibus testaceis, tarsis apice fuscis. Long. 3 ; alar. 6 lin. 



Tawny. Head, palpi, and antennae black. Front silvery- white. 

 Thorax with three brown stripes ; lateral pair very short ; a ferruginous 

 stripe on each side. Pectus testaceous. Wrings slightly greyish, pale 

 brown at the tips, and with three darker brown spots on the costa, one 

 at half the length of the wing, the other at three-fourths of the length ; 

 transverse veinlets clouded with brown. Halteres whitish, with brown 

 tips. Abdomen with a broad brown band along the hind border of 

 each segment. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brownish towards the tips. 



Not rare. (E.) 



35. chorea, Wied.; Meig. Zw. i. 134. 43 (1818) ; Mcq.; Schumm.; 

 Staeg. ; Ross. (V.) ; Zett. Testacea, vertice palpis antennisque nigris, 

 thorace vitta lata cinerea, alis sublimpidis, venis nonnullis fusco-limbatis, 

 femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Long. 3 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex of the head black. Palpi and antennas black, 

 testaceous towards the base. Thorax with a broad grey stripe. Wings 

 nearly limpid ; veins testaceous, black and slightly clouded with brown 

 towards the tips ; stigma pale brown. Halteres pale testaceous. Legs 

 slender ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae black. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



36. lutea, Meig. Zw. i. 133. 31 (1818); Mcq.; Gimm. Testacea, 

 palpis antennisque nigris, alis sublimpidis, femoribus apice tarsisque 

 sordide testaceis aut fuscis. Long. 3 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Pale testaceous. Palpi and antennae black, the latter testaceous at 

 the base. Wings nearly limpid ; veins testaceous ; stigma testaceous, 

 or very pale brown. Knobs of the halteres, tarsi, and tips of the fe- 

 mora dingy testaceous or brown. Var. (3. Stigma obsolete. Abdomen 

 with an indistinct brownish dorsal stripe. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



37. modesta, Wied.; Meig. Zw. i. 134. 32 (1818); Mcq.; Zett.; 

 Gimm.; Schumm.; Staeg.; Ross. (V.) Testacea, capite cano, palpis an- 

 tennisque nigris, thorace vitta fusca, alis limpidis, abdomine vitta nigro, 

 femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 3-4 ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



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