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upper edge of the femora, tlie base of the fore pair beneath, and the 

 tarsi hlachisli. hi the male the intermediate femora have four short spines 

 beneath, in a row, near the tip. 



Not rare on moors and mountains. (E. S. I.) 



Genus VII. THINOPHILUS. 



THINOPHILUS, Wlbg. act. holm, consp. (18i4), 37 ; Ztt. d. s. 3100. 

 Medeteriis p., Hal. Rhaphium p., Ztt. 



Antennce articido tertio rotundato, arista dorsali. Oculi puhescentes, dls- 

 tantes. Proboscis crassa, exserta, palpis magnis. Abdomen depressum, 

 hypopygio maris immerso, appendicibus tenuibus. Vena transversa a 

 margine distans. 



Eyes pubescent, distant. Face broad in both sexes, not descending as 

 low as the eyes, ending in an obtuse angle below. Supercilia black ; 

 beard of the lower occiput soft, pale. Protjoscis jjrotiiberant, compressed 

 below, thick behind; i\ie paJjn large, uncovered. AntemKS xmi.c\\ shorter 

 than the head, 7oith the first joint naked,, the second shortest, produced 

 at the inside above the base of the third joint, which is rounded ; arista 

 dorsal, slender, nearly naked, the penultimate joint short. Metathoracic 

 epimera dilated. Wings oblong ; the discal transverse vein distant 

 from the hind margin by more than its own length ; subapical approach- 

 ing the cubital with a gentle curve, or straight and parallel (sp. 3). 

 Abdomen scarcely longer than the thorax, depressed, with five segments, 

 the anterior ones nearly of equal length ; in the male a little compressed 

 behind, the hypopygium short and thick, partly imbedded, its appendages 

 slender, inflected. Legs of moderate length ; fore coxse with some 

 bristles outside towards the tip ; tibise more or less spiny ; anterior 

 metatarsi long; the hind one scarcely longer than the next joint, 

 unarmed. 



The separation of this genus seems to be quite justified. Agree- 

 ing with the female Rhaphia, in the broad face, large proboscis 

 and paljn, and not differing much in the wings or legs, the short 

 depressed abdomen gives them more the figure of the two pre- 

 ceding genera, while in the antennae they difter from them all. 



1. flavipalpis, Ztt. d. s. 472. 13 (1843); Wlbg. JEnescens, 

 thoracis dorso antice ferruginoso, antennis subtus et pedum geniculis lutes- 

 centibus, halteribus flavidis ; Mas. tarsis anterioribus albidis, nigro annu- 

 latis et pennatis, tibia antica apice calcarata, hypopygii appendicibus snb- 

 fsqnilongis fuscis. Long. 2| ; alar. 6 lin. 



Dull brassy, beneath greenish-grey. Face bm'nished in the middle. 

 Supercifia not a detached row, the upper occiput being beset with 

 scattered spines. Palpi pale yellowish. Antennae reddish-tawny, edged 



