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Whitish-hoary. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with three broad 

 brown stripes. Wings slightly brownish ; stigma brown ; veins black, 

 tawny towards the base. Halteres tawny, with brownish knobs. Ab- 

 domen with a brown stripe along each side ; tip ferruginous. Legs 

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

 Male. Antennae more than thrice the length of the proboscis. Fern. 

 Antennas more than twice the length of the proboscis. 



Bare. In the British Museum. (E. I.) 



20. plumbea, P. Sp. Ins. ii. 403. 15 (1781) ; Gmel. ; Meig. 

 Cana, thorace vittis guatuor fuscis, alis limpidis, venis cinereo-sublim- 

 batis, pedibus nigris, femoribus basi testaceis ; Fcetn. alis abbreviatis, 

 pedibus breviusculis validis. Long. 45 ; alar. 711 lin. 



Hoary. Palpi and antennae black. Thorax with four brown stripes, 

 the outer pair short. Pectus and metathorax whitish. Wings limpid, 

 slightly clouded with grey along the veins ; veins black, pale testaceous 

 at the base. Halteres testaceous, with black knobs. Legs black ; 

 femora testaceous towards the base. Fern. Wings not extending beyond 

 the tip of the abdomen. Legs short, stout. 



Abundant on the moors of the North of England in the spring. 

 (E.) 



21. fimbriata? Meig. Zw. i. 190. 31 (1818). -fusca? Staeg. ; 

 Zett. Mas, cana, thoracis disco cinereo vittis tribus fuscis, alis cinereis 

 basi costaque luridis, abdomine luteo vitta dorsali nigra segmentorum 

 margiuibus posticis flavis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque apice tar- 

 sisque nigris. Long. 6 ; alar. 15 lin. 



Male. Hoary. Head beneath and palpi testaceous, the latter brown 

 towards the tips. Antennae black, testaceous at the base, full five 

 times the length of the proboscis. Disc of the thorax cinereous, with 

 three brown stripes, the lateral pair indistinct. Wings grey, lurid at 

 the base and along the costa ; no stigma ; veins black, testaceous to- 

 wards the base. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen luteous, with a black 

 stripe above and another beneath; hind borders of the segments pale 

 yellow. Legs tawny, long and slender ; tarsi and tips of the femora 

 and of the tibiae black. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



22. dispar, Hal. E. M. i. 155 (1833). Cinerea, thorace vittis 

 duabus fuscis, alis subcinereis macula apud stigma albida, abdominis 

 basi lateribusque luridis, femoribus basi testaceis ; Fcem. alis brevissi- 

 mis. Long. 5-6 ; alar. 12 lin. 



Cinereous. Palpi and antennas black. Thorax with two brown 

 stripes, which taper hindward. Pectus and metathorax whitish. Wings 

 greyish, with a small whitish spot by the stigma, which is pale 

 brown. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen lurid at the base and along 

 each side. Femora testaceous towards the base. Fern. Wings rudi- 



