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MYCETOPHILID^. 



Of the last division there is but oue species, which has as yet 

 been found only in Denmark. It partly agrees with Azana in the 

 structure of its Ming-veins. The first division is also unknown 

 in Britain. It comprises two European and one Greenland species. 



1. dubia, Stseg. D. D. 235. 3 (1840); Zett. Cinereo-7iujra, alls 

 subcinereis, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, tarsis nigris. Long. 3-3i ; 

 alar. 5-6 bn. 



Black. Antennce slender, a little longer than the thorax. Head and 

 thorax slightly covered with grey tomeutum. Wings very slightly 

 greyish ; veinlets of the prpebrachial areolet forming a hardly acute 

 angle, the hind one almost four times the length of the fore one, and 

 shorter than the subapical vein before its fork ; fork of the subanal 

 vein nearer than the fork of the subapical to the base of the wing ; 

 anal vein extending nearly to the fork of the snbanal. Halteres tes- 

 taceous. Abdomen long. Legs testaceous, long, slender ; tibiae darker 

 than the femora ; tarsi black ; hind tibiae with rather long spurs and 

 with short spines ; fore tibise longer than the fore metatarsi. 



Not rare. (E.) 



2. bcrealis? Zett. D. S. xi. 4160. 8 (lS'o2).—trivittata p., Zett. 

 I. L. Ferruf/inea, vertice thoracisque disco ciuereis, alis subcinereis, 

 palpis fulvis, halteribus abdominisque marginibus posticis testaceis, 

 tarsis nigricantibus. Long. 3J; alar. 6 lin. 



Ferrnginoiis. Vertex and disc of the thorax cinereous. Palpi tawny. 

 Antennae black, hardly longer than the thorax. Wings slightly grey- 

 ish; radial and cubital veins distinct; subapical and subanal veins se- 

 condary ; veinlets of the prajbrachial areolet forming an obtuse angle, 

 the hind one twice the length of the fore one, and hardly one-fifth of 

 the length of the subapical vein before its fork ; radial vein nndulating ; 

 fork of the subanal vein very much nearer than the fork of the subapical 

 to the base of the wing ; anal vein extending far beyond the fork of the 

 subanal, but not to the border. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen long, 

 slender ; hind borders of the segments testaceous. Legs long, slender ; 

 tarsi blackish ; hind tibiae with very short spines and moderately long 

 spurs ; fore tibise much shorter than the fore metatarsi. 



Eare. (E.) 



3. plana, n. Nigra, palpis, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, thorace 

 maculis duabus anticis fulvis, alis sublimpidis, femoribus basi nigris, 

 tibiis fulvis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 2|-; alar. 5 lin. 



Black. Palpi testaceous. Autenme stout, much longer than the 

 thorax. Thorax ^cith a slight taicny spot on each side in front. Wings 

 nearly limpid ; veinlets of the prasbrachial areolet forming an obtuse 

 angle, the hind one a little more than twice the length of the fore one, 

 and a little longer than tlic subapical vein before its fork ; fork of the 

 subanal vein a little nearer than the fork of the subajiical to the base 

 of the wing ; anal vein extending much beyond the fork of the subanal. 



