584 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



SchranJc, Faun. Boic. iii. 2430. Geoff. Ins. ii. 518, 48. Scaeva 

 corollae, Fair. Syst. And. 250, 8. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 602, 16. 

 S. olitoria, Fall. Syrph. 43, 12. 

 a. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Syrphus Babyssa, n. s., fern. Cyaneus, ventre ferrugineo, antennis 

 ferrugineis, pedibus fulvis, tibiis apice fuscentibus, tarsis piceis, 

 alisfulvo subcinereis. 



Body bright deep blue, clothed with short tawny and hoary 

 hairs : mouth and feelers ferruginous ; bristles of the latter black : 

 eyes red : abdomen dark ferruginous beneath : legs tawny ; shanks 

 shaded with brown towards the tips ; feet pitchy : wings slightly 

 gray, with a tawny tinge ; wing-ribs ferruginous ; veins black ; poi- 

 sers tawny, with pitchy knobs. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 9 lines. 



a. Madeira. Presented by Mrs. Hope. 



Syrphus adolescens, Barnstoris MSS.,ma,s. et fern. Nigro-ceneus, 

 fronte scutelloque fulvis, abdominis fasciis tribus latis interruptis 

 unoque integro angustoflavis, antennis piceis, pedibus fulvis, fe- 

 moribus basi nigris, alis sublimpidis. 



Allied to S. arcucinctus. Body brassy black: head tawny 

 with a bluish tinge in front : mouth black : feelers pitchy : eyes 

 dark red : chest and breast clothed with short tawny hairs ; scutch- 

 eon dark tawny : abdomen adorned with three broad yellow broken 

 bands, and with one narrow entire yellow band : legs tawny ; thighs 

 at the base and hind thighs, except their tips, black: wings nearly 

 colourless ; wing-ribs and brands dark brown ; veins black ; poisers 

 tawny. Length of the body 4 — 5 lines ; of the wings 8 — 10 lines. 



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



G. Barnston, Esq. 



b. Nova Scotia. From Lieut. Bedman's collection. 



Syrphus auricollis, Meig. Dipt. iii. 318, 64. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt 

 535, 2. 



a. England. 



b. France. 



c. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Syrphus cinctus, Meig. Dipt. iii. 318, 65. Scaeva cincta, Fall. 

 Syrph. 45, 18. 



a . ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



b. ? 



