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vein before its fork ; anal vein not near extending to the fork of the 

 subaual. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen with Jive triangtdar testaceous 

 spots on each side, the second and the third each forming a hand above. 

 Legs testaceous, long, and slender ; spurs long ; tarsi brownish ; hind 

 tibiae with short spines; /ore tibia a little shorter tlian the fore metatarsi. 

 Common. (E. S. I.) 



37. leptura, Meig. Zw. vi. 301. 42(1830); Stseg. ; Zett.— cm- 

 gulata ? JNIeig. ; Mcq. Testacea, vertice thoracisque disco piceis, antennis 

 tarsisquc nigricantibus, alis subcinereis, abdomine macidis trigonis dor- 

 salibiis fuscis fasciaqite snhapicali nigra. Long. 2\ ; alar. 2-| lin. 



Testaceous. Fertex and disc of the thorax piceous. Antennae black- 

 ish, testaceous at the base, longer than the thorax. Wings slightly 

 greyish ; veinlets of the proebrachial areolet forming a slightly acute 

 angle, the hind one more than four times the length of the fore one, 

 aiul about twice the length of the subapical vein before its fork ; 

 anal vein not extending near to the fork of the subaual. Abdomen 

 rather long, loith broton triangular dorsal spots, and tvith a broad Mack 

 subapical band. Legs long, slender ; tarsi blackish ; hind tibiae with 

 minute spines and rather long spurs ; fore tibics shorter than the fore 

 metatarsi. 



Not rare. (E.) 



38. sesnifusca, Meig. Zw. i. 267. 15 (1818). Nigra, cinereo-to- 

 mentosa, pal])is, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, antennis basi fulvis, 

 thorace fulvo-bimaculato, alis subcinereis fusco-subnebulosis, femoribus 

 posticis apice tarsisque fuscis. Long. 1^-1^; alar. 2-2^ lin. 



Black, with greg tomentum. Palpi testaceous. Antennte tawny at 

 the base, not longer than the thorax. Thorax with a taiony spot on each 

 side in front. Wings slightly greyish, a little clouded icith pale brown 

 across the middle and at the tips ; veinlets of the priebi'achial areolet 

 forming a slightly obtuse angle, the hind one more than twice the length 

 of the fore one, and shorter than the subapical vein before its fork ; 

 anal vein extending almost beyond the fork of the subaual. Halteres 

 testaceous. Legs testaceous ; tibia? darker than the femora; spurs long; 

 tarsi brown ; hind femora with brown tips ; hind tibiae with very minute 

 spines ; fore tibicc longer than the fore metatarsi. 



Not common. (E.) 



39. diagonalis, Iloffm. ; Meig. Zw. i. 273. 29 {\.%\%).—dorsalis, 

 Staeg. ; Zett. Fulva, antennis nigris basi fulvis, thoracis vitta dorsali, 

 abdominis marginibus posticis, femoribus posticis apice tarsisque fuscis, 

 alis subcinereis, halteribus testaceis. Long, l-i; alar. 3 lin. 



Tawny. Antenuaj black, tawny at the base. Thorax tvith a broad 

 brown dorsal stripe. Wings slightly greyish ; veinlets of the pr;^brachial 

 areolet forming a right angle, the hind one nearly four times the length 

 of the fore one, and much longer than the subapical vein before its 

 fork ; anal vein not extending to the fork of the subaual. Halteres 

 testaceous. Abdomen with brown bands on the hind borders of the seg- 



