MYCETOPHILA. 19 



extending much beyond the fork of the snbanal. Halteres testa- 

 ceous. Legs testaceous ; spurs rather short ; tarsi brown ; hind tibiae 

 with a few very short spines ; fore iibice very mncJt longer than the fore 

 metatard. 



Not rare. (E.) 



25. fenestralis, Hoffm. ; Meig. Zw. i. 265. 11 (1818); Stann. 

 — rufa, Mc(|. — doniestica, Meig. ; Rs. ; Zett. Nigra ant fusco-ferru- 

 ginea, vert ice albo-toraentoso, palpis, antennis basi, pectore thoracisque 

 kteribus, halteribus, abdominis fiisciis basalibus, ventre pedibusque tes- 

 taceis, alis siibcinereis, tarsis fuscis. Long, l-i ; alar. 2i lin. 



Black or brownish-ferruginous. Vertex with white tomentum. Palpi 

 testaceous. Antennae testaceous at the base. Pectus and sides of the 

 thorax testaceous. Wings greyish ; prfebrachial areolet closed by two 

 veinlets, which form an acute angle ; the hind one nearly four times the 

 length of the fore one, and a little longer than the subapical vein before 

 its fork ; anal vein very short. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen testa- 

 ceous beneath, and with testaceous bands for half the length from the 

 base ; tip testaceous. Legs testaceous ; tibial darker than the femora ; 

 spurs rather short ; tarsi brown ; hind tibiae with very short spines ; fore 

 tibipe a little shorter than the fore metatarsi. Male. Antennae nearly 

 twice the length of the thorax. Fern. Autenuce hardly longer than the 

 thorax. 



Common. (E. S. 1.) 



26. ornaticoUis, Meg.; Meig. Zw. i. 269. 19 (1818); Mcq. ; 

 Stseg. ; li. ; Zett. — (jrala ? Meig. Testacea, albo-tomeutosa, vertlce an- 

 tennis thoracisque disco nujro-fuscls, alis subcinereis ad costam obsolete 

 fulvescentibus, abdomine maculis dorsalibus trigonis nigro-fuscis, pedi- 

 bus longiusculis, tarsis fuscescentibus. Long. 2-|-3 ; alar. 4-4|- lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex of the head blacJcish-brown, with white tomentum . 

 Antennse blackish-brown, testaceous at the base. Dorsal disc of the 

 thorax blackish-brown ; sides with white tomentum. Wings slightly grey- 

 ish, with an indistinct tawny tinge in front ; veinlets of the praebra- 

 chial areolet forming a slightly acute angle ; the hind one about thrice 

 the length of the fore one, and nearly twice the length of the subapical 

 vein before its fork ; anal vein extending to the fork of the snbanal. 

 Abdomen with a large triangular blackish-brown spot on each dorsal 

 segment. Legs rather long ; spurs long ; tarsi brownish ; hind tibiae 

 with moderately long spines ; fore tibice very much shorter than the fore 

 metntarsi. 



Common. (E. S. I.) 



27. sobria, n. Nigro-fusca, cano-subtoinentosa, palpis, halteribus, 

 abtlominis fasciis pedibusque testaceis, antennis basi thoracisque ma- 

 culis duabus fulvis, alis subcinereis, femoribus apice basique fusco-ma- 

 cidatis, tarsis fuscescentibus. Long. ]-^— 2; alar. 3-3-i lin. 



Blackish-brown, with slight hoary tomentmn. Palpi testaceous. An- 

 tennie tawny at the base. Thorax with a tatcny spot on each side in 



