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with light reflections on the sides of the hypostome ; forehead hav- 

 ing a black point ; antenna? reddish-brown : thorax dark-brown 

 above, the colour disposed in three broad stripes : abdomen narrow 

 and cylindrical, the basal segment, as well as all the rest, ferrugi- 

 nous with grey incisures ; the second segment is a good deal elon- 

 gated, and the terminal ones are very much incurved in the male. 

 5 lines. 



Likewise of frequent occurrence, at least in many parts of the 

 country. In Scotland we notice it every summer in the neighbour- 

 hood of Edinburgh and in Roxburghshire, and have seen specimens 

 from other southern counties. " London district." Stephen's Catal. 

 " Bath." C. C. Babi?igton, Esq. " Near Twizel." P. J. Selby, Esq. 

 " Dundrum, a sandy beach below the Mourne Mountains, Ireland, 

 taken once," A. H. Haliday, Esq. 



Myopa fasciata. 

 Meig Myopa ephippium, Fabr — Conops fusca, Harris'' Expos, pi. xx. fig. 6,7? 



A handsome species, and easily distinguished from its associates 

 by its dark-coloured abdomen, ringed with white : face yellow ; 

 forehead with two brown stripes and a shining yellow triangular 

 mark on the crown ; antenna? reddish-brown ; the third joint ap- 

 pearing paler : thorax blackish, the shoulders and sides brown : 

 abdomen black ; the second and third segments edged with white 

 behind, and on the sides ; the fourth segment with two black spots 

 anteriorly, all the rest white: halteres pale yellow; legs fulvous- 

 brown, the tibiae having a dusky ring near the middle : wings of a 

 uniform brownish colour. 3-4 lines. 



Apparently somewhat scarce in Britain, but frequent on many 

 parts of the continent. " Near London." Stephens' Catal. " Ken- 

 mare, Ireland." A. H. Haliday, Esq. 



Myopa atra. (s.) 



Fabr. Meig — Myopa annulata, Fabr. Antl. Syst — M. cinerascens, Meig. Klass. 



i. 287 — M. maculata, do. 288 — M. micans, do. 289. 



Very dissimilar to any hitherto described, both on account of its 

 small size, obscure colours, and somewhat peculiar facies ; it appears 

 also to differ in some measure in its habits from the other species. 

 Black; face yellow, with a silvery- white play of colour; vertex 

 brown ; antenna? (which are rather long in proportion to the size 

 of the body) black, the second joint, and base of the third fulvous 

 on the inner side : upper lip elongated, tongue very long. Tho- 



