HKMKHOnHOMIA. I 4.'i 



oi' ilir; body cificrcouH, yellow, rarely bl;ju;k ; of the IfigH pale. Head 

 round. %<;« ^rw;u, parted in botli nexe« by a very narrow front. 

 Ocelli 'i, on the erown. ProboseiH perr;endieular, a little hhorU-r than 

 tlie bead. Labruixi acute. Palpi nubulate or cylindrical, brifetly at 

 the tJpH. Labium cylindrical. Antenn;« i-'ynuU-A, porrect, approxi- 

 mate at i\ui bane, diverj^ing upwards ; firht joint very «mall ; Jiccjnd 

 Hliort, cylindrical ; third oval, Boniewhat pointed in front ; fourth ftf-'ti- 

 forrn, very »hort. Thorax rather lon;^, or alnioht cylindrical. Win^H 

 lon}^, with obtuHC tips, very finely piibeswnt, incumbent and parallel 

 in repose. CidUal vfdn/or/ced. ilaltercH [inc/jvuriA. Abdomen cylin- 

 drical. Lej^fi lonf.^, slender. Fore coxa; «* l/jwj ojt Ui^, fem/jro. ; fore 

 femora thick in most hpeciea, Hpinose beneath; rnetatarfei as long a.<* 

 the other 4 joints. 



Male. Tip of the abdomen obtuse, sometimes incrassated. 



i'(?)«. Occasionally differinjj from the male in wlour; tip of the 

 abdomen acute. 



Tlie llc/mfirodromim prey on rninutc JJlpUra, and inhabit the 

 leaves of sliriibs, hedf/es, and grfi«sy «pot«, and are most frequent 

 on the banks of rivers and of lakes ; fill their movements are slow. 

 The genus may be thus divided : — 



a. A discal areolet ; praebracbial areolet longer than the pobrachial. - 



/j. Stigma black. Species 1, 2. 



fj b. No stigma. Species 3. 

 a a. No discal areoh^; pobrachial areolet Viwn-;t than the pra;braehial. 

 Species 4-C. 



1 . praecatoria, Fin. d. h. emp. 10. 12 (1815); Ztt. — rn/jnofstifjr/ui, 

 Mg. ; -Mq. ; .Stepli. ill.! pi. 4.5. f. 3. Cinerea, aritennis nigris bad 

 flavis, alls limpidis, halteribus pedibusque flavis. Long. 2-2-J ; alar. 

 3i-4ilin. 



Grffi/. Proboscis yellow, with a black tip. Antennae black, yellow 

 towards the base. Wings colourless ; stigma black ; veins black, yellow 

 at the base. Hal teres yeUow. Legs yellow; tips of the tarsi brown. 

 Fern. Abdomen tawny beneath, sometimes also above with a row of 

 grey spots along each side. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. T.) 



2. monostigma. Urns.; Ztt. d. s. i. 207.8 ("1842). Fuha, capite 

 albo, aiiteiiuis WisV-Jhorace cinereo-hivUiuto, pectore albo, aUs limpidis, 

 stigmate nigro, halteribus pedibusque flavis, abdomine maculis nigris 

 vittato. Long. 1-2 ; alar. 3 hn. 



Smaller, paler, and more slender than U.praicatoria. Tawny. Ihtiul 

 white. Eyes red. Proboscis yellow, with a black tip. Antennaj 

 yellow. Thr/rax with 2 grey HlripeH; underside tinged with white. 

 Wings colourless ; stigma black ; veins brown, yellow towards the base. 



