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8. splendida, Mgrle. ; Mg. zw. iii. 271. 11 (1822) ; Mq. ; Lw. 

 Mnea, autcimis nigris, alis subcinereis, pedibus piceis, femoribus seneis, 

 tibiis basi genubusque fulvis. Long. 3i-2f ; alar. 5-5 i lin. 



iEneous. Antemia3 black ; third joint long and slender. Wings 

 greyish. Haltercs Intcous. Legs piccous ; femora aeneous ; tibia? and 

 tarsi clothed with ferruginous hairs; tibiae at the base and knees 

 tawny. 



Not commou. (E.) 



Genus XXIL BRACHYOPA. 



Brachyopa, Mg. zw. iii. 260 (1822); St. F. et Srv. ; Mq. ; Lw. ; 

 Ztt. ; Edn. Oscinis p., Fb. ? Miisca p., Pz. ; Fb. ? RJungia 

 p., Fk. 



Ejnstoma vLv dowjatum, ad os /;ro>«i«e«s. AnteniKB basi disjunctce, 

 cajntis latitudiue conjunctim breviores ; articulus quartus dorsalis ; 

 qulntm mulus vel pubescens. Scutelhim convexiuscidimi, marglne non 

 bene determinato. Ala areola discali ab maryine poster lore divaricata, 

 areola subapicali integra, lobo axiUari distindo, venis subcostali el ra- 

 diall ad marginem disjunctis, vena transversa pr(ebrachiali ante ureolic 

 discalis medium locata. 



Head semicircular, narrower than the thorax ; ejnstoma bid lillle 

 elongated horizontally, protuberant towards the mouth, much impressed, 

 truncated ; peristoma oblong, refuse in front. Eyes bare, almost 

 round. Labrum narrow, notched at the tip. Lingua acute, as long as 

 the labrum. Maxillse subulate, half the length of the palpi. Palpi 

 filiform, curved, clavate towards the tips, as long as the labrum. La- 

 bium long, semicylindrical, hairy and bUobed at the tip. Anteunte 

 5-joiuted, poiTCct, nutant, seated on a tubercle of the fore front, «e/ja- 

 rated at the base, jointly shorter than the breadth of the head ; first and 

 second joints small ; second larger than the first ; tliii-d almost ellipti- 

 cal ; fourth very short, seated on the base of the third ; fifth setiform, 

 bare or pubescent. Thorax oblong, pubescent, somewhat widened in 

 the middle ; scutellum semicircular, somewhat convex ; margin undefined. 

 Wings twice the length of the abdomen, lanceolate, finely pubescent, 

 incumbent and parallel in repose ; discal areolet diverging from the 

 2)osterior margin ; suhapical areolet entire ; axillary lobe distinct ; sub- 

 costal and radial veins ending separately in the margin ; transverse pra- 

 brachial vein palced before the middle of the discal areolet. Haltercs 

 uncovered. Abdomen oval, convex, pubescent. Legs simple ; hind 

 legs somewhat longer than the anterior ; hind femora broad ; hind 

 libite curved, Male. Eyes nearly contiguous. Fern. Eyes parted. 



1. bicolor, Fin. syrph. .3-3. 2 (1816); Mg. ! zw. iii. 262. 2. pi. 



