38 MYCETOPHILIDiE. 



greyish ; subcostal veinlet opposite the micklle of the first cubital 

 areolet, which is rather large, not clouded, with slightly acute fore an- 

 gles, and slightly obtuse hind angles. Abdomen black, with a testa- 

 ceous band on the hind border of each segment. Tarsi brown ; hind 

 tibia) with minute spines and moderately long spurs. 

 Common. (E.) 



5. hilaris, n. Testacea, vertice, antennis, thoracis v'lttis tribus ah- 

 dominisqne fasciis niyris, alls sublimpidis, trochanteribus tarsisque ui- 

 gricantibus. Long. 2-i— 3 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



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

 Thorax with three black stripes, the lateral pair shortened in front. 

 Wings nearly limpid ; subcostal vein joining the costa ; its veinlet op- 

 posite the middle of the first cubital areolet ; the latter is of moderate 

 size, with slightly acute fore angles and equally obtuse liind angles. 

 Abdominal segments loith black hands. Trochanters and tarsi blackish ; 

 hind tibise with very minute spines and moderately long spurs. 



]\Iucli resembles S. marg'inata, but may be distinguislied by the 

 unclouded first cubital areolet. Not common. (E.) 



6. cougrua, n. Nigra, palpis fulvis, thoracis macidis dnahiis anti- 

 cis scntello pectorequeferrugineis, alis suljciuereis, halteribus pedibusque 

 testaceis, tarsis nigricantibus. Long. 3i; alar. 4-1- lin. 



Black. Palpi tawny. Antenna) ferruginous at the base. Thorax 

 loith a ferruginous spot on each side in front. Scutellum and pectus fer- 

 ruginous. Wings greyish ; subcostal veinlet a little beyond the middle 

 of the first cubital areolet j the latter of moderate size, not clouded, 

 with slightly acute fore angles and equally obtuse hind angles. Hal- 

 teres testaceous. Legs testaceous, long; tarsi blackish; hind tibise 

 with minute spines and moderately long spurs. 



Not common. (E.) 



7. trivittata, Zett. L L. 858. 2 (1840). Cinerea, subtus cana, 

 palpis, thoracis maculis duabus anticis, halteribus, ventre pedibusque 

 testaceis, alis subcinereis, tarsis nigricantibus. Long. 2-|-; alar. 5 lin. 



Grey, hoary beneath. Vertex black. Palpi testaceous. Antennae 

 black, testaceous at the base. Thorax ivith a testaceous spot on each 

 side in front. Wings slightly greyish ; subcostal veinlet before the 

 middle of the first cubital areolet, which is rather large, not clouded, 

 rectangular on the apical side ; the fore basal angle slightly acute, the 

 hind one slightly obtuse. Ilaltercs testaceous. Abdomen testaceous 

 beneath and along the hind borders of the segments on each side. Legs 

 testaceous, long, slender ; tarsi blackish ; hind tibia) with minute spines 

 and moderately long spurs. 



Not common ; appears in May. (E.) 



8. annulata, Meig. Zw. i. 21-7. 4 (1818); V^.%.—annulata, var. h? 

 Sta)g. — incisuratu ? Zett. Testacea, antennis thoracisquc fasciis tribus 



