LIST OF DIPTERA. 599 



Merodon morosus, n. s., fem. Niger, scutello fulvo, abdominis fas- 

 ciis subinterruptis cinereis, antennis pedibusque nigris, genubus 

 ferrugineis, alis albidis. 



Body black, punctured, rather dull, clothed with pale tawny 

 hairs : head clothed with whitish down in front, prominent about 

 the mouth, which is black : feelers black, their bristles ferruginous : 

 eyes dark red : chest more thickly clothed than is the breast ; scutch- 

 eon tawny, clothed with longer hairs : segments of the abdomen 

 adorned with gray bands, whose hind borders are much indented in 

 the middle : legs black, clothed with short tawny hairs ; knees fer- 

 ruginous; soles of the feet covered with bright tawny down : wings 

 whitish; wing-ribs ferruginous; veins pale tawny; poisers yellow. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



Merodon contrarius, n. s., mas. et fem. Niger, abdominis fasciis 

 interruptis cinereis, antennis rufis, pedibus nigris, alis nigro- 

 cinereis. 



Body black, dull, clothed with black hairs : head a little 

 broader than the chest ; front bright tawny : mouth black : feelers 

 red : eyes brassy black ; all the facets small : fore borders of the 

 abdominal segments adorned with interrupted gray bands : legs 

 black, clothed with short black hairs ; soles of the feet covered with 

 ferruginous down : wings blackish gray; wing-ribs and veins black ; 

 poisers pitchy. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



a. New Holland. 



Merodon bipartitus, n. s., fem. Niger, antennis piceis setis fulvis, 

 pedibus nigris, tibiis basi pedibusque subtus ferrugineis , alis sub- 

 cinereis fusco ad costam unimaculatis . 



Body black : head shining, clothed with tawny and black 

 hairs, prominent about the mouth, which is black : feelers pitchy ; 

 bristle tawny : eyes black ; all the facets very small : chest thickly 

 clothed with yellowish white hairs : abdomen linear, shining, a little 

 longer and broader than the chest, thinly clothed with short tawny 

 hairs, covered more thickly towards the tip with black hairs : legs 

 black, clothed with short black hairs ; shanks ferruginous towards 

 the base ; feet ferruginous beneath ; claws and foot-cushions taw- 

 ny ; tips of feet black : wings slightly gray, with a small brown 

 spot under the middle of the fore border ; wing-ribs and veins pitchy ; 

 veins tawny towards the base and along the fore borders; poisers 

 tawny. Length of the body A\ lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



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



