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terminating some distance beyond the end of the sector ; Sc. 2 far 

 removed from the tip of Sc, so that S^ is almost as long as the 

 sector ; r indistinct, inserted on R 2 just beyond its origin ; Rs in a 

 straight line with R 3 ; R 2 strongly arcuated at origin ; r-m a little 

 longer than the deflection of R 4 + b ; cell 1st M z open by the atrophy 

 of m; basal deflection of Cu-^ before the fork of N; fusion of veins 

 M 3 and Cu^ i. e. the petiole of cell M.^, about one-third the length of 

 the cell ; second anal vein short, ending opposite the basal portion 

 of the sectoi'. 



Abdomen dark, sparsely dusted with grey ; hypopygium somewhat 

 paler brown. 



Habitat. South Africa. 



Holotype, , Hottentot-Hollands Mts., 4000 ft., Caledon, Cape 

 Colony, 1917 (K. H. Barnard). 



Type in the South African Museum. 



This small fly is of considerable interest. It presents many features 

 in agreement with the Seychelles Taslocera minutissima, Edwards, but 

 is a rather larger fly. Sc 2 is present, though far retracted. The 

 principal character given to separate Molophilns from Erioptera is the 

 fact that the sector apparently ends in cell R z , whereas in Erioptera it 

 ends in cell R 3 . In the present insect the sector is in direct alignment 

 with vein R s and consequently does not end in any cell. This feature 

 is approximated by some Molophilus (ursimis) from Eastern North 

 America. 



GEN. TEIMICEA, Osten Sackeu. 

 TRIMICRA INCONSPICUA, Loew. 



The following additional records are at hand : 



< 9 > Cape Town, Cape Colony, September, 1913 (L. Periuguey). 



c ? , Knysna, Cape Colony, October, 1916 (L. Peringuey). 



<J 9 , Barbertou, Transvaal, May 8th-15th, 1913 (H. K. Munro). 



<J <$ , Junction of the Crocodile and Marico Eivers, Transvaal, 

 February, 1918 (E. Tucker). 



$ <J, Maritzburg, Natal, December 18th, 1917 (S. G. Rich). 



As stated in my earlier paper, it seems probable that this species is 

 the same as Limnobia lanuginipes, Walker; two of the above specimens 

 are almost as large as the figures given for lanuginipes (male, length 

 8'5 mm. ; wing 10'5 mm.). Moreover it is probable that both of the 

 names above used are synonyms of Limnobia capensis, Macquart, the 

 description of which agrees very well with the present insect. The 

 various types should be consulted, if possible, before any positive 

 statement of synonymy is made. 



