(EDALEA. Ill 



Tellow, slender, thinly clothed with black hairs and bristles. Head 

 black. Proboscis pale yellow, blackish towards the tip. Antennae 

 black ; first joint yellow ; second brown ; fifth rather more than half 

 the length of the tliird. Thorax with an indistinct slender pale brown 

 stripe; disc of the metathorax greyish. Wings colourless ; no stigma. 

 Ilalteres tawny. Tip and hind borders of the segments of the abdo- 

 men brown. Legs yellow, long and slender ; tips of the tibia) darker ; 

 tarsi brown. 



Not common. (E. S.) 



Genus X. EUTHYNEURA. 



Edthyneura, Mq. a. s. e. iii. (1836). 



Proboscis porrecta, caplte loncjior. Antennarum articulns tertins qniiito 

 longior. Alarum vena cnhlialls simplex ; vetKS externo-mcdice 3. CoX(X 

 femoribus hreviores. 



Proboscis horizontal, longer than the head. Third joint of the an- 

 tenna longer than the fifth. Cubital vein simple ; externo-medial veins 

 3, arising from a discal areolet. Coxce shorter than the femora. 



1. myrtilli, Mq. a. s. e. iii. (1836). Nigra, antennis apice subu- 

 latis, alis limpidis, tibiis basi femoribusque fulvis. Long. \~ ; alar. 

 3 Un. 



Black, shining, not hairy. Tips of the antennce snhdate. Wings 

 colourless ; stigma pale brow^l. Tibiae towards the base and femora 

 tawny. 



Eare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (E. I.) 



2. myricae, Hal., MSS. Nigra, gracilis, antennis apice obtusis, 

 alis limpidis, abdomine attemiato, pedibns fuscis, tarsis nigris. Long. Ij ; 

 alar. If lin. 



Black, long, slender, not hairy. Tips of the antenna obtuse. Wings 

 colourless. Halteres tawny. Abdomen attenuated, about thrice the 

 length of the thorax. Legs brown, long, slender ; tarsi black. 



Rare. In Mr. Haliday's collection. (E. 1.) 



Genus XI. CBDALEA. 



(Edalea, Mg. zw. ii. 355 (1820) ; Mq. ; Ztt. Enqns p., Fin. XipJd- 

 dicera, Mq. 



Corpus minutum, subelongatum, glabriusculum, nitidum. Color cor- 

 poris niger, pedum pallidus. Proboscis capite brevior. Palpi dilatati, 

 compressi. Antennpc S-articulatte, pon-ectai, capite longiores, basi 



