l-iS KMPID.E. 



G^nus XXn. PHYLLODROMIA. 



Phyllodromia, Ztt. d. s. i. 269 (IS4^). i.'i«/;j.s p., Fb. Tack^droMta 

 p., Fb. ; l\. Hemerodromia p.. Mg. ; Mq. : Ztt. 



Corpus minutum, angustum, subcyliiidrioum, jxirum uitidum, glabrum, 

 moUe, teuermii. Color flavus, raix» uiger. Proboscis; capite pauUo 

 brevior. Anteuutv arlieulo tortio ovato ; qiuu"to setiforuii, lougissimo, 

 detlexo. T'lena c?/^?Vrt7w stsnj}l4^x. Coxa aHtiae femoribH^ mom bre- 

 riores : femora antica crassa. 



Body miuute. narrow, nearly cyliudric^il, hardly sliining, smooth, 

 soft. Proboscis a little shorter than the head. Anteuniv with the 

 third joint oval: the fourth setiform: very long, deflexed. Cubital 

 vetM smpli?. Fore cojtiT as /<)«</ as the femora, which are thick. 



The Phi/IiodnmiUt appear iu spriug aiid sumuter, and inhabit 

 the leaver of tree* and shrubs ; they rim quickly, but their tlight 

 is slow. 



1. melanocephala, Fb. e. s. iv. 407. 21 (1794;); Flu.; Ztt.— 

 maaikp.:. r. . : Mc. ; Mq. — ob^-cratoria. \\\k. Ferniginea, capite 

 ciner^o, autennis nigris basi flavis, thorace nonmuiquam nigro-vittato, 

 alis limpidis, abdominis dorso fusco, hdteribus pedibusqne tlavis, femo- 

 ribus auticis nonuunquam nigro-vittatis. Long. \\ : alar. 2:^ lin. 



Ferruginous. Head grey. Proboscis tawniy. -Vntenna^ black ; 

 first and second joints yellow. Thorax sometimes with a short black 

 stripe. Wings colourless : veins tawny, yellow towaixis the base. 

 Halteres pale yellow. Abdomen brown on the disc. Legs pale 

 yellow ; dps of the tarsi brown : fore femora sometimes striped with 

 black. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



Genus XXHT. HEMERODROMIA. 



Hemeropromia, Hms. ; Mg. ki. iJS04) : Li.; Mq. : Ztt. Tacht/dro- 

 mia p., Fin. 



Corjnis parvum, sippe miuutmn, elongatum. angustnm, glabnmi, parum 

 nitidum. Color corporis cineieus, tlavus, niro uiger : pediun pallidus. 

 Oculi virescentes, in utroque sexu per lineam angustam iu froute 

 disjuucti. Proboscis capite paidlo bre\-ior. Antenuje articulo 

 primo brevissimo, tertio OA-ato subacute, quarto setiformi, perbrevi. 

 Fexa cubit-alk furcata. Coxa antica /emoribu^ mom breciares ; fe- 

 mora antica crassa. 



ifas. Anus obtusus, interdiun incrassatus. 



Feem. Quaudoque aliter coloratus : anus acutus. 



Bodv small or miuute, long, slender, smooth, hatdlv shining. Colour 



