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Body sleiider. Eyes cmarp;inate. Ocelli none. Palpi short. An- 

 tenna slender, eleven-joinled. Thorax nearly elliptical. Wings pubes- 

 cent ; subcostal vein joining the costa at about four-fifths of the length 

 of the wing; radial short; cubital simple ; subapical forked much be- 

 yond the middle of the wing; subanal simj)le ; anal complete. Abdo- 

 men oblanceolate. Legs slender, rather long, tvith no spines or spurs ; 

 metatarsi very long. Male. Jntennce moniUform, verticillate-pilose. 

 Fern. Antennae submoniliform, pilose, short. 



1. carnea, Loew, Eat. Zeit. Stett. v. 32 !• (1844). Carnea, thorace 

 superuc articulisqno tiagelli antennaruni fuseis, abdominis maculis qua- 

 dratis pedibusque fuscescentibus. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Brown. Antennfe black. Wings nearly limpid ; veins pale, black 

 towards the costa. Haltercs whitish. Legs testaceous; tarsi brown. 

 Fern. Abdomen testaceous beneath; incisures testaceous. 



Rare. Not local. (E. S. I.) 



Genus XVIL CATOCHA. 



Catocha, Hal. E. M. i. 1.56 (1833). Macrostyla, Winn. Lestremia 

 p., Zett. 



Mas et Foem. Caput parvum, subrotunduni. Frons lata. Oculi ro- 

 tund!. Ocelli ires, frontales, inaquales, in trianguliun dispositi. An- 

 tennre porrectoe, moniliformes ; articulus primus cyathiformis ; se- 

 cundus cupuliformis ; tertius et sequentcs discreti. Thorax ovatus, 

 convexus. Scutellum magnum, semiluuatum. Alrp lata% ol)tus8e, 

 ])ubescentes, incumbentes, margine postico sat late ciliato ; veyia cn- 

 hitalis et suhunalis simplices. Halteres magni. Abdomen segmentis 

 8, gracile, cylindricum, apice acuminatum. Fedes longi, pubescentes, 

 spinis et calcaribus nullis. Mas. Antennae IQ-ariiculatce, articulis 

 globosis remotis pilosis. Ffem. Antenna; breviores, 10-articulata, 

 articulis ovatis. 



Fetn. Head small, nearly round. Front broad. Eyes lunate, nearly 

 meeting above. Ocelli t/iree, on the front, of unequal size, the middle one 

 small, in advance uf the others. Anteun;e porrect, niouiliform ; first and 

 second joints cyathiform ; third and tenth elongate, oval; the rest oval. 

 Thorax oval, convex. Scutellum large, semilunate. Tf'ings broad, obtuse, 

 pubescent, with a rather broad fringe on the hind border; subcostal 

 vein ending at about half the length of the wing ; cubital simple, ending 

 at hardly in front of the tip, springing near the base of the wing from an 

 angle formed by two oblique veinlets ; subapical forked near its tip, its 

 fore fork ending at very little behind the tip of the wing ; subanal and 

 anal veins extending to the border ; subanal simple. Halteres large. 

 Abdomen with eight segments, slender, cylindrical, acuminated at the 

 tip. Legs long, pubescent, with no spurs or spines. Male. Antenna 



