98. NEMORÆA AMPLIFICANS, n. s. _Foem._ Cinereo-nigra, capite testaceo,
frontalibus nigris, palpis fulvis, antennis piceis, thorace vittis
quinque nigris, scutello ferrugineo, abdomine piceo fasciis duabus latis
interruptis cinereis, alis cinereis basi et apud costam fuscis.
_Female._ Cinereous black, with black bristles; head testaceous, more
cinereous beneath; frontalia black, slightly widening to the face,
with a row of bristles along each side; facialia not bristly; epistoma
not prominent; palpi tawny; antennæ piceous, not extending to the
epistoma; 3rd joint linear, rounded at the tip, full twice the length
of the 2nd; arista nearly twice the length of the 3rd, stout for full
half its length; thorax with five slender black stripes, thickly beset
with long stout bristles; scutellum ferruginous except towards its
base; abdomen piceous, setose towards its tip; 2nd and 3rd segments
with broad interrupted cinereous bands along their fore borders; legs
stout, bristly; wings grey, brown at the base and in front; veins black;
præbrachial vein forming a slightly obtuse angle at its flexure, from
whence it is very slightly curved inward to its tip; discal transverse
vein straight, excepting a very slight inward bend near its base, parted
by rather more than half its length from the border, and from the
flexure of the præbrachial; alulæ cinereous-white. Length of the body 8
lines; of the wings 14 lines.
99. NEMORÆA TENEBROSA, n. s. _Foem._ Cinereo-nigra, capite albido,
frontalibus nigris, oculis pubescentibus, palpis et antennarum articulo
2° rufescentibus, thorace lineis quinque nigris, scutello rufo, abdomine
obscure rufescente tessellis cinereis, femoribus posticis fimbriatis,
alis cinereis, basi costa et venarum marginibus obscure fuscis.
_Female._ Cinereous black, with black bristles; head whitish; frontalia
black, slightly widening to the face, with a row of bristles along
each side and beyond it; facialia bristly along most of the length;
epistoma not prominent; eyes pubescent; palpi reddish; antennæ not
nearly reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint linear, slender, obtuse at the
tip, much less than twice the length of the 2nd, which is reddish;
arista stout for full half its length, much longer than the 3rd joint;
thorax with five black lines; scutellum red, black at the base; abdomen
dark reddish, slightly tessellated with cinereous; legs black, bristly;
hind femora fringed with short black hairs; wings grey, dark brown at
the base, along the costa and along the black veins; præbrachial vein
forming a right angle at its flexure, from whence it is slightly curved
inward to its tip; discal transverse vein much curved inward near
its base, parted by much less than its length from the border and by
rather less than its length from the flexure of the præbrachial; alulæ
lurid-cinereous. Length of the body 6 lines; of the wings 12 lines.