92. VOLUCELLA DECORATA, n. s. _Mas._ Fulva, oculis thoraceque
pubescentibus, hujus disco cupreo-nigro, abdomine cupreo-nigro fasciis
tribus flavis, pedibus piceo-fulvis, tarsis piceis basi fulvis, alis
vitreis, costa lutea extus fuscescente, halteribus apice niveis.
_Male._ Tawny; epistoma very prominent; eyes pubescent; arista broadly
plumose; thorax pubescent; disk cupreous-black; abdomen cupreous-black,
with three yellow bands; 1st band basal; legs slightly shaded with
piceous; tarsi piceous, tawny at the base; wings vitreous, luteous and
exteriorly brownish along the costa; veins tawny, black towards the
tips; halteres with snow-white knobs. Length of the body 7 lines; of the
wings 14 lines.
Gen. BARYTEROCERA, _Walk._ See Vol. I. p. 123.
93. BARYTEROCERA GIBBULA, n. s. _Foem._ Cupreo-nigra, capite
flavescente vitta cupreo-nigra, antennis fulvis, thoracis lateribus
fasciaque flavis, abdominis lateribus fasciis tribus flavis strigisque
tribus flavis, pedibus flavis, tibiis posticis femoribusque nigris apice
flavis, alis cinereis, litura costali fasciisque duabus exterioribus
nigricantibus.
_Female._ Cupreous black; head in front yellowish with a cupreous-black
stripe; antennæ tawny; 3rd joint long, linear, obtuse at the tip;
thorax yellow along each side and with a yellow band in front of the
scutellum; abdomen yellow along each side and with three yellow bands;
1st band entire; 2nd nearly interrupted; 3rd emitting a lanceolate
streak in front and two hindward streaks which extend to the tip; legs
yellow; femora and hind tibiæ black with yellow tips; wings cinereous,
with a blackish mark by the middle of the costa, and with two exterior
slender blackish bands; veins black; halteres yellow. Length of the body
2-1/2 lines; of the wings 4 lines.
Gen. EUMERUS, _Meigen_.
94. EUMERUS FIGURANS, n. s. _Foem._ Niger, capite albo vitta cyanea,
scutelli margine postico fulvo, abdomine nigro-æneo fasciis duabus
albis, 2^{a} interrupta, tarsis subtus genubusque testaceis, alis
subcinereis.
_Female._ Black, nearly cylindrical; head whitish, with a dark blue
stripe on the vertex; antennæ with whitish tomentum; 3rd joint somewhat
dilated, rather broader than long; scutellum tawny along the hind
border; pectus cinereous; abdomen æneous-black, minutely punctured, with
two white bands, placed oblique with regard _to the_ segments, the 2nd
interrupted; tarsi beneath and knees testaceous; wings greyish; veins
black; cubital vein much contorted; halteres testaceous. Length of the
body 5-1/2 lines; of the wings 6 lines.