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Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. contaminata, L. F. S. 432. 1743 (1761) ; F. ; Schr. ; Gmel. ; 

 Latr. ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Gimm. ; Staeg. ; Ross. (V.). Nigra, scu- 

 tello pedibusque fulvis, alls subcinereis fasciis tribus maculisque duabus 



fuscis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris ; Mas, abdomine maculis 

 duabus lateralibus fasciaque fulvis ; Fcem. abdoraine maculis quatuor la- 

 teralibus fulvis. Long. 3|-4 ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Black, shining. Proboscis, palpi, and scutellum tawny. Wings 

 slightly greyish, with three brown bands; the first near the base, abbre- 

 viated hindward; second nearly reaching the hind border; third in- 

 terrupted ; a brown spot on the base of the petiole of the radial, and cu- 

 bital veins, and a brown dot on the tip of the mediastinal vein. Halteres 

 testaceous. Abdomen tawny at the tip. Legs tawny ; tarsi towards 

 the tips, and tips of the femora and of the tibias black. Male. Abdo- 

 men with a tawny spot on each side, and with a tawny band nearer the 

 tip. Fern. Abdomen with two tawny spots on each side. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. lacustris, Meig. Zw. vi. 291. 5 (1830); Mcq.; Sta3g.; Ross. 

 (V.) ; Zett. Nigra, scutello fulvo, alis subcinereis fasciis tribus fuscis, 

 pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris ; Mas, abdo- 

 mine fasciis duabus fulvis ; Fcem. abdomine maculis quatuor lateralibus 

 fulvis. Long. 3^ ; alar. 7 lin. 



Black. Proboscis and palpi testaceous. Thorax with a tawny 

 suture between the wings. Scutellum generally tawny. Wings slightly 

 greyish, with three brownish bands; the Jirst near the base, apparent 

 only by the costa ; the second and third more complete than those of P. 

 contaminata. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen tawny at the tip. Legs 

 testaceous ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibias black, the 

 former dull testaceous towards the base. Male. Abdomen with two 

 tawny bands. Fern. Abdomen with four lateral tawny spots. 



Not rare. (E. S.) 



4. fasciata, Scop. Ent. Cam. 321. 855 (1763). paludosa, Meig.; 

 Mcq. ; Gimm. ; Sta3g. ; Ross. (V.) ; Zett. Nigra, alis subcinereis fasciis 

 tribus maculaque fuscis, pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tar- 

 sisque nigris. Long. 3|-4 ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Black, shining. Proboscis and palpi testaceous. Wings slightly 

 greyish, with three brown bands ; first and second abbreviated hind- 

 ward; third interrupted ; a brown spot on the tip_of the mediastinal 

 vein. Halteres testaceous. Legs testaceous ; tarsi towards the tips, 

 and tips of the femora, and of the tibire, black. Male. Abdominal ap- 

 pendages testaceous. Fern. Abdomen tawny at the tip. 



Not rare. (E. S. I.) 



5. scutellaris, Hotfm. ; Meig. Zw. i. 206. 2 (1818) ; Zett. ; 

 Gimm. ; Strcg. nigra, F. Nigra, scutello fulvo, alis subcinereis, 



