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to about the root of the arista ; facial setae reaching about one-third of the way up ; 

 antennae black with the third joint thick, and between two and three times the 

 length of the second ; arista long, thickened for about a third of its length ; palpi 

 black ; epistome setose and slightly prominent ; thorax black, covered with hoary 

 pubescence, and marked with four black stripes of nearly equal width ; outer dorso- 

 central post-sutural bristles three in number ; abdomen cylindrico-conical in the 

 male, black, with wide, grey, transverse fasciae and tessellations ; discal and marginal 

 setae long and numerous ; wings witli the fourth longitudinal veins bent at an obtuse 

 angle ; apical cross veins straight ; outer cross ones slightly sinuous, and fifth 

 longitudinal one not quite reaching the margin of the wing ; legs black and spinose ; 

 hind tibiae armed with an irregular row of spines. 



This species has been taken by Mr. Dale in Dorset, and by Mr. Piffard at 

 Felden, Herts. 



M. EGENS, Egg. 



This rare species has been captured by Mr. Esau near Eastbourne. 



HTPOSTENA, Mgn. 



H. PROCERA, Mgn. 

 Mr. Billups sent me a specimen of this fly which he had captured, for identifica- 

 tion in March, 1893. 



BAUMHAUEEIA, Mgn. 



B. ALBOCINGULATA, Fin. 



B. gracilis, Egg. 



Foi'ehead and face prominent and swollen ; eyes widely separated in both sexes ; 

 frontal stripe wide, piceous or black, and bifid posteriorly, where it includes a grey 

 ocellar triangle, the ocelli themselves being placed on a black spot ; fronto-orbital 

 setae numerous, in an irregular double or triple row ; antennae black, with the second 

 joint partly rufous, and five or six times shorter than the third ; arista rather short 

 and thickened nearly to the end j facialia ciliated along their lower halves ; palpi 

 piceous or rufous ; thorax black, covered with cinereous pubescence, especially on 

 the front and sides ; there are four longitudinal black stripes, and three outer post- 

 sutural dorso-central bristles ; abdomen conical, black and shining, with a continuous 

 rather narrow white band round the front margin of the second, third and fourth 

 segments ; dorsal setae both marginal and discal ; wings with the apical cross veins 

 straight, joined to the end of the third longitudinal vein close to the costa, and 

 some distance before the apex of the wing ; outer cross vein oblique, rather sinuous, 

 and placed nearly in the centre between the inner cross vein and the angle of the 

 fourth ; legs black. 



The Rev. E. N. Bloomfield kindly sent me both sexes of this pretty species, 

 which were captured at Felden, Herts. 



DEGEERIA, Mgn. 



D. PULCHELLA, Mgn. 



Mr. Billups sent me a female of this species in December, 1893, bred from 

 Peronea maccana. 



