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by four times its length from tlie border, and by more than four times 

 its length from the prsebrachial transverse ; halteres white. Length 

 of the body 21 lines; of the wings 4 lines. 



Gen. EificoPTEEA, Maeq. 



189. Enicoptera pictipennis, n. s. Mas. Fulva, longa, nitens, 

 pubescens, capite luteo vitta lata, litura antica arcuata maculisque 

 duabus lateralibus nigris, palpis nigro notatis, antennis basi nigro gut- 

 tatis apice nigricantibus, abdomine longi-fusiformi nigricante basi ful- 

 vo, alis longis luteis apud costam nigris postice cinereis, vittis quatuor 

 deviis fuscis. 



Male. Tawny, long, shining, pubescent, testaceous beneath ; head pale 

 luteous, with a broad black stripe, which is dilated on each side ; a 

 black U-shaped mark about the face, which is black ; a large black 

 spot on each side of the peristoma; palpi partly black; antennae 

 blackish at the tips, and with a black dot on each at the base ; 3rd 

 joint linear, rounded at the tip, more than twice the length of the 2nd ; 

 arista plumose ; pectus with a minute blackish mark on each side in 

 front ; abdomen blackish, except towards the base, elongate-fusiform, 

 much longer and narrower than the thorax; legs long, testaceous, 

 minutely pubescent ; wings long, luteous, cinereous along the inner 

 part of the hind border ; black along the exterior part of the costa^ 

 and with four irregular brown stripes which are abbreviated towards 

 the base, the first also interrupted ; veins luteous, black in the dark 

 parts ; radial vein undulating ; cubital vein hardly undulating ; praj- 

 brachial vein curved and inclined forward towards its tip ; discal trans- 

 verse vein very oblique, slightly curved outwards, parted by less than 

 half its length from the border, and by more than its length from the 

 praibrachial transverse. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 

 190. Enicoptera TORTUOSA, n.s. Mas. Fulva, longa, nitens, pubes- 

 cens, facie argenteo bistrigata, thoracis vittis duabus fasciaque metatho- 

 race pectorisque disco nigris, abdomine lineari vittis duabus ventralibus 

 nigris, alis longis vitreis subdilatatis, vitta costali fulva nigricante ne- 

 bulosa, apice furcata, vittis duabus obliquis flavo-fuscis. 

 Male, Tawny, long, shining, minutely pubescent ; head depressed 

 above, with a silvery streak on each side of the face; antennaj reach- 

 ing the epistoma ; 3rd joint linear, slightly and obliquely truncated at 

 the tip, full four times the length of the 2nd ; arista plumose » 

 thorax with an irregular black stripe along each side, and with a black 

 band adjoining the scutellum ; metathorax and disc of the pectus 

 black ; abdomen linear, much longer and narrower than the thorax, 

 with a black stripe beneath ; legs long, minutely pubescent ; wings 

 long, vitreous, somewhat dilated, tawny and |)artly shaded with black- 

 ish along the costa; this costal stripe dilated towards the base, and 

 emitting a fork towards the tip ; two oblique brown and yellow stripes. 



