SCIOPHILA. 37 



In the sixteen following species the fork of the subapical vein 

 is much further than the fork of the subanal from the base of the 

 wing. 



1. tenuis, n. Fulva, jialpis halteribiis pedibusque testaceis, anten- 

 nis thoracisque vittis tribus nigricautibus, ahs subHmpidis. Long. 3| ; 

 alar. 4 hn. 



Tawny, slender. A'ertex black. Palpi testaceous. Antenna? black- 

 ish, testaceous at the base. Thorax with three blackish stripes, the 

 middle one extending to the fore border, the lateral pair short. Wings 

 nearly limpid ; the transverse veinlet from the subcostal vein opposite 

 the middle of the first cubital areolet, which has sbghtly acute fore an- 

 gles, and slightly obtuse hind angles, the outer side slightly undulating. 

 Halteres testaceous. ^Legs testaceous, long, very slender ; hind tibise 

 with very minute spines and rather short spurs. 



Rare. (E.) 



2. hyalinata? Meig. Zw. vi. 295. 15 (1830); Stseg. ; Zett. Tes- 

 tacea, vertice, thoracis disco antennisque nigris, alls subcinereis, abdo- 

 raine fusco, segmentorum marginibus posticis testaceis, tarsis uigrican- 

 tibus. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 5^-Q lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex and disc of the thorax black. Antennas black, 

 testaceous at the base. Wings greyish ; subcostal veinlet opposite the 

 middle of the first cubital areolet ; the latter rather large, with slightly 

 acute fore angles, and equally obtuse hind angles ; cubital vein curved. 

 Abdomen brown ; hind borders of the segments testaceous. Tibiae 

 darker than the femora ; tarsi blackish ; hind tibice with very minute 

 spines and rather short spurs. w 



Not common. (E.) 



3. marginata, Meg.; Meig. Zw. i. 249. 8 (1818); Staeg. ; Rs. ; 

 Zett. — nnimaculata ? jMcq. Testacea, vertice, antennis, thoracisque vit- 

 tis tribus nigris, alls subcinereis, areola cubiiali prima ohscura, abdomine 

 nigro, fasciis testaceis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 2|-3 ; alar. 54^-6 lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex black. Antenna? black, testaceous towards the 

 base. Thorax with three black or brown stripes, the lateral pair short. 

 Wings very slightly greyish; transverse veinlet from tlie subcostal vein 

 opfiosite the middle of the first cubital areolet, which is clouded and 

 ratlier large ; fore angles sbghtly acute, hind angles sliglitly obtuse. 

 Abdomen black, with a testaceous band on the hind border of each 

 segment. Tarsi brown ; hind tibia? with minute spines and moderately 

 long spurs. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



4. fasciata, Fries; Zett. I. L. 858. 3 (1840); Sta?g. Testacea, 

 vertice, antennis t/ioi-acis([i\e vittis tribus nif/ris, alls subcinereis, abdo- 

 mine nigro fasciis testaceis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 2-3 ; alar. 41-6 lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex black. Antemue black, testaceous at the base. 

 Thorax with three black stripes, the lateral pair short. Wings sliglitly 



