552 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



in the middle, and with a hoary spot on each side ; hind borders 

 shining : legs black ; knees and feet ferruginous, the latter pitchy 

 towards the tips ; foot-cushions and claws tawny ; tips of the claws 

 black ; hind thighs thick, unarmed ; hind shanks curved : wings 

 pale gray ; wing-ribs and veins black ; veins pitchy towards the 

 base ; poisers yellow. Length of the body 3 — 4 lines ; of the wings 

 6 — 7 lines. 



a. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 

 G. Barnston, Esq. 



Sykitta, St. Fargeau. 



Syritta pipiens, St. Farg. et Serv. Ency. Macq. Dipt. Nord. 

 124, 1. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 525, 1, pi. 12, /. 3. Musca pi- 

 piens, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 988. Faun. Suec. 1822. Gmel. Ed. 

 Syst. Nat. v. 2877, 56. Deg. Ins. vi. 53, 11, pi 7, /. 8, 9. 

 Schrank, Faun. Boic. iii. 2411. Ins. Austr. 915. Harr. Ex. 

 109, pi. 32, /. 48. Berk. Syn. i. 164. Stew. El. 266. Turt. 

 iii. 652. Musca, &c, Geoff. Ins. ii. 519, 49. Schell. Gen. 

 Mouch. pi. 10, /. 3. Syrphus pipiens, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 435, 

 65. Ent. Syst. iv. 310, 119. Panz. Faun. Germ, xxxii. 20. 

 Milesia pipiens, Fabr. Syst. Anil. 194, 27. Latr. Gen. Crust. 

 iv. 331. Cons. Gen. 443. Fall. Syrph. 12, 9. Xylota pipiens, 

 Meig. Dipt. iii. 213, 1. Coprina pipiens, Zett. Ins. Lapp. 

 584, 1. 



a. England, 



b. France. 



c. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Syritta proxima. Xylota proxima, Say, Amer. Ent.pl. 8. Wied. 

 Auss. Zweif. ii. 102, 9. 



a. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Redman's collection. 



b. Ohio. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



c. Trenton Falls. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



d. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



e. North America. From Mr. Children's collection. 



Syritta indica. Eumerus indicus, Wied. Anal. Ent. 33, 49. 



Xylota indica? Wied. Auss. Zweif. ii. 103, 10. 

 a. Isle of France. 



Syritta fasciata. Xylota fasciata, Wied. Auss. Zweif. ii. 103, 



11. 

 a. Sierra Leone. Presented by the Rev. D. F. Morgan. 



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