14 MYCETOPHILIDil, 



thorax blackish, with two parallel tawny stripes. Wings d'ujldhj grey- 

 ish, with a tajcny tinge in front ; a hroion spot on the tij} of the prce- 

 brachinl areolet and of the fork of the siibapical vein, and another ad- 

 joining the costa at three-fourths of the length ; veinlets of the prtebra- 

 chial areolet forming a slightly obtuse angle ; the hind one twice the 

 length of the fore one, and more than twice the length of the subapical 

 vein before its foric ; subapical and subanal veins forked at an equal 

 distance from the base of the wing ; anal vein not extending to the 

 fork of the subanal. Abdomen black above ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments and tip tawny. Legs testaceous ; tarsi brownish ; tips of the 

 hind femora brown; fore tibia? a little longer than the fore metatarsi. 



Generally distributed. " The larva is gregarious in the grow- 

 ing stems of liollow-stalked Agarics; and spius^ for its trans- 

 formationj a long pouch of white silk, with a flat circular lid/'' — 

 Halidai/. (E. S. I.) 



11. fuscicomisj Meig. Zw. i. 261. 2 (1818); Zett. I. L. D. S. ; 

 Stann. ; Stteg. — prceusta, Meig. ; Zett. I. L. Nigro-fusca, palpis tes- 

 taceis, antennis basi fulvis, thorace antico fulvo maculis tribus nigro- 

 fuscis, alis subcinereis fusco bimaculatis, ventre albo tomentoso, pedibus 

 testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscescentibus. Long. \\- 

 2 ; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Blackish-brown. Palpi testaceous. Antenuce tawny at the base. 

 Thorax tawny in front, with three blackish-brown spots ; the middle 

 one in advance. Wings gregish, with two broivn spots, the first on the 

 tip of the pj'abrachial areolet and of the fork of the subapical vein, the 

 other at two-thirds of the length and adjoining the costa ; veinlets of the 

 preebrachial areolet forming an obtuse angle, the hind one twice the 

 length of the fore one, and more than twice the. length of the subapical 

 vein before its fork ; subanal vein forked at a bttle distance bcyoncl the 

 fork of the subapical ; anal vein not extending near to the fork of the 

 subanal. Halteres whitish. Abdomen with white tomentum beneath. 

 Legs testaceous ; tarsi brownish ; tips of the posterior femora and tibiae 

 brown ; fore tibiae much longer than the fore metatarsi. 



Not rare. (E.) 



12. lineola, Meig. Zw. i. 262. 4 (1818); ^imi\. —ruficollis, Meg. ; 

 Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Es. — centralis, Meig. ; Stajg. — lurida ? Meig. 

 Nigro-fusca, abdominis marginibus pedibusque testaceis, capite antennis- 

 que basi fulvis, palpis halteribus thorace vittis duabus fulvis, alis sub- 

 cinereis, macula discalifusca. Long. l-|-2; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Blackish-brown. Head tawny. Palpi testaceous. Antenna; tawny 

 at the base. Thorax on each side with a tawny stripe, which is dilated 

 in front. Wings greyish, loith a broivn spot on the tip of the preebrachial 

 areolet and of the fork of the subapical vein ; veinlets of the prtebra- 

 chial areolet forming a nearly right angle, the hind one less than twice 

 the length of the fore one, which is hardly shorter than the subapical vein 

 before its fork ; subanal vein forked at hardly beyond the fork of 



