452 Mr. Stephens on the 



Remarks upon the economy and metamorphosis of these curious 

 Insects are, nevertheless, to be met with in the works of several 

 of our countrymen ; and in those of that great, but neglected} 

 luminary, Ray, and the modern publications of Shaw, Bingley, 

 and Kirby and Spence, their general history may be obtained. 



CuLEx Auctorum. 



Antennw porrectaj, filiformes, 14-articulatae : maris plumosae ; 

 feminae pilosa;. Palpi porrecti quinque articulati : maris 

 proboscidae longiores ; feminas brevissimae. Proboscis por- 

 recta, longitudine thoracis. Alee squamatae, incumbentes. — 

 Meigen. 



1. Cu. annulatus. Fabr. 



Nigro fuscus ; abdomine pedibusque albo-fasciatis; alis 

 punctis quinque fuscls. 

 Cu. annulatus. Fabr. Ent. Syst. v. iv. p. 400* — Fabr. Sj/st. 

 Jnt. p. 3b*—VHL Ent. v. iii. p. 5Qb*—GmeL Syst. Nat. 

 vol. v. p. 2^S7—Turt. Trans, v. iii. p. 663*— Meig. 

 Europ. Zweif. 8vo. v. i. p. 4. tab, 1. f. 10*. 

 Cu. plpiens. Sam. Ent, Compend. pi. 9. f. 5. .* 

 A highly beautiful insect, and, although frequent during the 

 autumnal months, has not yet been noticed as a British species, 

 except through the accidental introduction of the figure above- 

 quoted by Samouelle, in mistake for Cu. plpiens. 



2. Cu. affinis Mihi. 



Rufo-fuscus ; abdomine pedibusque albo-annulatis; alis 

 punctis duabus fuscls. 

 I have seen but one specimen of this insect, captured by myself, 

 at Hertford, in June : it greatly resembles the preceding, but is 

 somewhat smaller and paler ; its time of appearance is different. 



3. Oil. Calopiis? Meigen. 



Fuscus ; abdomine argcnteo annulato ; pedibus niveo 

 animlatis. 

 Cu. Calopus (Fuscus; argentco-punctatis ; pedibus argenteo 

 ^.nnulatis.) Meig. Europ. Zzceif. 8vo. v. i. p. 3* ? 



