LIST OF DIPTERA. 627 



which however is tawny ; fourth segment pitchy, ferruginous on the 

 hind border, and adorned with a broad angular yellow band ; fifth 

 segment dark green, shining : legs tawny, clothed with short tawny 

 and black hairs ; thighs darker towards the tips ; shanks pale yellow 

 towards the base ; hind shanks ferruginous, yellow r at the base, taw- 

 ny in the middle ; claws and foot-cushions tawny ; tips of claws 

 black : wings colourless ; wing-ribs, veins, and poisers tawny. 

 Length of the body b\ lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, Esq. 



Eristalis Inamames, n. s., mas. Niger, pilis fulvis vestitus, scu- 

 tello nigro piloso, abdomine basi fulvo, antennis pedibusque 

 nigris, tarsis fulvis, alis limpidis. 



Body black, broad and thick : head clothed with pale tawny 

 hairs, silvery behind, beset with black hairs on the crown, covered in 

 front with a dark tawny bloom : mouth black : feelers black ; bristle 

 tawny, feathered : eyes reddish bronze ; facets on the front of the 

 crown larger than those elsewhere : chest and breast black, chest 

 thickly clothed with short bright tawny hairs ; breast covered with a 

 dull tawny bloom ; scutcheon, with the exception of its hind border, 

 clothed with black hairs : abdomen short-obconical, clothed with 

 short tawny hairs, tawny at the base, a little broader and shorter 

 than the chest: legs black, clothed with short black hairs; feet 

 dark tawny ; foot-cushions pale tawny ; claws yellow, with black 

 tips: wings colourless; wing-ribs and veins pitchy ; poisers tawny. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Sandwich Isles. Presented by Captain Beechey. 



Eristalis Andraemon, n. s., fem. Niger, thorace antico fulvo pec- 

 tore cinereo, abdomine fulvo fasciis tribus nigris, pedibus nigris, 

 alis albidis basi et costce medio nigro-fuscis. 



Body black : eyes dark reddish bronze ; facets very small : 

 chest clothed with short black hairs, in front tawny and clothed 

 with short tawny hairs : breast gray : abdomen short-obconical, 

 bright tawny, adorned with three black bands on the hind borders of 

 the segments, a little broader but not longer than the chest ; first 

 band much broader than either of the two following : legs black, 

 clothed with short black hairs : wings whitish, dark brown at the 

 base, and having a large spot of the same colour on the middle of 

 the fore border; cross-veins clouded with brown : wing-ribs and 

 veins black. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 1 1 lines. 

 J a. Silhet. From the Kev. J. Staiuforth's collection. 



