13 MYCETOPUILID/E. 



Note. The specimen here described has much resemblance to 

 M. nigra, and may possibly not be M. joaludosa. 

 Eiire. (E.) 



5. pictipennis, Staeg. D. D. 266. 41 (1840) ; Zett. Nigra, sub- 

 nitens, alls siibcbiereis maciiUs duabus diffusis fuscis apud marglnem pos- 

 ticum connexis et imllidlorlhiis, lialteribus pedibusque testaceis, tarsis 

 nigricantibus. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 Uu. 



Black, slightly sliining. Palpi and antcnua? blackish. Thorax with 

 tawny down. Wings greyish, with a large hroton spot by the pr(ebrachial 

 areolet, and another near the tip of the costa ; these spots are connected in 

 the disc of the wing, and extend thence in a paler band to the hind border ; 

 veiulets of the prsebrachial areolet forming an obtuse angle ; the hind 

 one about twice the length of the fore one, and as long as the subapical 

 vein before its fork ; anal vein short. Halteres testaceous. Legs 

 dingy, testaceous ; tarsi blackish. 



Hare. (E.) 



6. rara, Stceg. D. D. 266. 42 (1840); Zett. Nigro-fusca, palpis 

 pedibusque fulvis, antennis fuscis basi fulvis, thorace maculis duabus 

 fulvis, alis subcinereis, macidis duabus snbobsoletis fuscescentibus, halteri- 

 bus albidis, tarsis fuscis. Long. lj-l|^; alar. 2|-3 lin. 



Blackish-brown. Palpi tawny. Antennae brown, not longer than 

 the thorax, tawny at the base. Thorax slightly clothed with pale to- 

 mentum ; a tawny spot on each side in front. Wings very slightly 

 greyish, tcith a large, indistinct, broivnish, subapical, costal spot ; trans- 

 verse veiulets of the prabrachial areolet very slightly clouded toith brown, 

 forming a very obtuse angle ; the hind one about twice the length of 

 the fore one, and nearly as long as the subapical vein before its fork ; 

 anal vein about half the length of the subanal. Halteres whitish. 

 Legs tawny ; tarsi brown ; fore tibiae hardly longer than the fore me- 

 tatarsi. 



Bare. (E.) 



7. bimaculata, F. S. A. 59. 12 (1805); Stfeg. ; Zett. D. S.— ii- 

 usta, Mcig. — arcnata p., Zett. I. L. — pictula? Meig. Nigro-fusca, 

 palpis, thoracis vittis duabus, halteribus, ventre, segmentorum margi- 

 uibus posticis pedibusque testaceis, antennis basi fulvis, alis subcinereis 

 macula discali fasciaque subapicali obscuris, apicibus cinereis, tarsis fuscis. 

 Long. 2-2|; alar. 4-5 lin. 



Blackish-brown, thinly clothed with pale down. Palpi testaceous. 

 Antenna; blackish-brown, tawny at the base. Thorax very stout, on 

 each side with a testaceous stripe, which is dilated in front. Wings 

 slightly greyish, with a brown spot, which extends from the costa to the 

 pr(Bbrachla.t areolet, and at three-fourths of the length with a grey band, 

 which is broton in front; tips grey ; veiulets of the piu'brachial areolet 

 f()ru)ing a very obtuse angle ; the hind oiu^ about twice the length of tlie 

 fore one, and of the subapical vein before its fork ; subanal vein forkctl 



