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vein curved, joining the anal vein at some distance from the border ; 

 discal areolet elongated exteriorly, irregularly triangular ; exterior side 

 very short. 



29. RuBA INFLATA, n. s. Mas. Testacea, valde pubescens, capita 

 subtus guttis duabus nigris, alis sub-cinereis apices versus fuscescen- 

 tibus, stigraate flavescente. 



Male. Testaceous. Head with a black dot on each side of the mouth. 

 Flagellura of the antennae black. Thorax and abdomen very pubes- 

 cent. Wings slightly greyish, brownish towards the tips, and espe- 

 cially so in front ; veins black, testaceous at the base ; stigma yellowish. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Gen. TiNDA, n. g. 



Fcem. Corpus longiusculum, depressum. Caput oblongum, margine 

 postico elevato. Antennce capite transverso vix breviores ; articulus 

 3"* fusiformis ; flagellum compressum, lanceolatum. Scutellum spi- 

 nosum. Abdomen ellipticum, thorace latius non longius. Pedes breves, 

 graciles. Alee angustse. 



Female. Body somewhat elongated and depressed. Head somewhat 

 oblong ; eyes nearly contiguous in front, diverging hindward, where 

 there is an elevated margin. Mouth and palpi very short. Antennae 

 nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; 3rd joint fusiform, fully half 

 the length of the flagellum, which is compressed and lanceolate, and 

 with indistinct joints. Thorax slightly widening hindward ; scutellum 

 with six ? very minute spines. Abdomen elliptical, broader but not 

 longer than the thorax. Legs short, slender. Wings narrow; 1st 

 cubital vein less than one-third the length of the 2nd ; three com- 

 plete externo-medial veins; subanal vein joining the anal vein at some 

 distance from the border ; discal areolet elongated, its exterior side 

 very short. 



30. TiNDA MODiFERA, n. s. F(£m. Nigra, antennis basi testaceis, 

 pedibus testaceis, femoribus posterioribus supra obscurioribus, alis 

 cinereis costam versus subnigricantibus. 



Female. Black, hardly shining. Antennae testaceous towards the base. 

 Legs testaceous; posterior femora somewhat darker above, except 

 towards the base. Wings grey, slightly blackish along most of the 

 costa ; veins black ; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 5 lines. 



Gren. SARijaA, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus contractum, breve, latum, crassum. Vertex gibbosus. 

 Oculi magni. Antennce brevissimae ; articulus 3^^ rotundus ; arista 

 apicalis, gracillima. Thorax gibbosus ; scutellum elevatura, conicum, 

 postice productum. Abdomen transversum, thorace brevius. Pedes 

 breves, graciles, simplices. Ala breviusculae. 



