MYCETOBIA. 49 



(lepressiim. Facies pilosa. Oculi rcniforracs. Ooelli tres, fere eequales ; 

 intermedius anticus, lateralibus vix minor. Palpi 4-articulati, gra- 

 ciles. AntenucC latiuscula3, fere cyliudricas, 1 T-articulatte, corporis 

 diuiiflio lion longiores ; articulus septimus-decimus minimus. Thorax 

 subrotuudus, convexus. Scutcllum parvum. Alee sat latse, pubes- 

 centes ; vena subanalis simplex. Halteres breves. Abdomen cylin- 

 dricum, segmentis 7, thorace multo lougius. Pedes graciles, sat 

 breves, subpubescentes ; femora valida ; tibice graciles, calcaratae, 

 podlccE spiiiis nonuullis minimis. 



Body linear, nearly bare, rather sliort. Head round, flat above. Face 

 pilose. Eyes reniform. Ocelli three, the middle one in front, hardly 

 smaller than the others. Palpi four-jointed, slender. Antennae seven- 

 teen-jointed, rather stout, almost cylindrical, not more than half the 

 length of the body ; seventeenth joint very small. Thorax nearly round, 

 convex. Scutellum small. TFings moderately broad, pubescent, parallel 

 in repose; subcostal vein ending at much less tliin half the length of 

 the wing ; radial springing from the subcostal near its base, ending at 

 a little in front of the tip of the wing ; cubital and subapical long, 

 springing from an angular transverse veinlet, the latter forked at a 

 little before half its length; subanal simple ; anal reaching the border. 

 Halteres short. Abdomen much longer than the thorax, cylindrical, 

 with seven segments. Legs rather short, slightly pubescent ; femora 

 stout ; tibiae slender, armed with spurs at the tips ; Jiind tibice with some 

 slender and very short lateral spines. 



1. ferruginosa, Meig. Zw. \-i. 294 (1S30) ; Vi'vim.—flavicans, 

 Ruthe. — TFinthemi, Mcq. — testacea, Zett. Tota ferruginea, alls fulves- 

 centibus, tarsis fuscis. Long. 1^ ; alar. 3 lin. 



Eare. Has been found by Mr. Haliday at Killarney. (I.) 



Genus XI. MYCETOBIA. 



Mycetobia, Meig. Zw. i. 229 (1818); Mcq.; Winn. 



Corpus lineare, breviusculum, fere nudum. Caput rotundum, supra 

 depressum. Oculi reniformes. Ocelli trcs ; intermedius anticus, 

 parvus. Palpi 4-articulati. Antennae latiuscula^ 17 -articulate, cor- 

 ])oris dimidio non longiores ; articulus septimus-decimus minimus. 

 Thorax fere ellipticiis. Alae sat latic ; \:ena suha)ialisfi(rcata. Hal- 

 teres breves. Abdomen thorace raulto longius. Pedes latiusculi, 

 sat breves, subpubescentes ; tibia calcaribns minimis, non spiiwsa. 

 Body linear, nearly bare, rather short. Head round, flat above. 

 Eyes reniforin. Ocelli three ; the middle one small, in front. Palpi 

 four-jointed. AntenucE stout, sixtecn-jointed, rather less than half the 

 length of the body. Thorax nearly elliptical. Wings moderately broad ; 

 subcostal vein ending at a little beyond two-thirds of the lengtli of the 

 wing. Radial emerging from the subcostal at half the length of the 

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