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Glossy black, nearly as large as Ledremia leucojjhrEa, from which it 

 differs princii)ally by the antennae ; the wings are alike in ncuration. 

 Wings pure white ; veins colourless, except the two subcostal, which 

 are rosy iu newly-disclosed specimens. Legs pale, much longer in the 

 male than in the female ; hind tibise and tarsi white. 



Rare. (E. I.) 



Genus XIX. CAMPYLOMYZA. 



CAMPYLOMYZA, Wicd. ; Meig. Zw. i. 101 (1818); Mcq.; Westw. ; 

 Stteg. Ctcidomyla p., Meig. Kl. Zw. Campylomyia, Zett. Forri- 

 comJyla ? Rondani. 



Corpus oblongum, parvum aut minimum, plcrumquc nigrum. Caput 

 parvum. Oculi remoti. Ocelli tres. Proboscis brevis, areuata. 

 Palpi parvi, porrecti, arcuati. Antennae 11-20-articulata?, monili- 

 formcs, porrecta). Thorax ovatus. Al?e mediocriter longac, sat 

 latiT? ; vena costalis cum cubitali ad ala> apiccm terrainata ; medias- 

 tinalis obsoleta ; subcostalis ala; dimidio paullo brevior ; venula ob- 

 liqua transversa subcostalem et cubitalem connectens ; vena subapi- 

 calis fere obsoleta ; subanalis distincta, analis angulata aut subobso- 

 lete furcata. Halteres parvi. Abdomen segmeutis 8. Pedes sat 

 graciles, non elongati; metatarsus elongatus. Mas. Antennas mo- 

 niliformes, corporis longitudine ; articuli globosi, remoti, pilosi. 

 Abdomen lineare. Teem, Anteimai submoniliformes, corpore multo 

 breWores ; articuli approximati, pubescentes. Abdomen lanceola- 

 tnm, valvulis duabus apicalibus. 



Body oblong, small, or very minute, generally black. Head small, 

 sessile. Eyes remote. Ocelli three. Proboscis eiSrved. Palpi small, 

 porrect, curved. Antennfe eleven- to twenty-jointed, moniliform, por- 

 rect. Thorace oval. Wings moderately long, rather broad ; cidjital 

 vein ending at the tip of the wing ; mediastinal ol)solete ; subcostal less 

 than half the length of the wing, connected near its tip with the cubi- 

 tal by an oblique transverse vcinlet ; cubital nearly straight, ending at 

 the tip of the costal ; subapical almost obsolete ; subanal distinct, 

 nearly straight ; anal forming with its second l)ranch a slightly obtuse 

 angle, its first branch nearly obsolete, contiguous to the anal vein. 

 Halteres rather short. Abdomen with eight segments. Legs of mo- 

 derate length and thickness ; joints of the tarsi from the first to the 

 fourth successively decreasing in length. M(de. Antenna} moniliform, 

 as long as the body ; joints globose, remote, pilose. Abdomen linear. 

 Fern. Antenna^ submoniliform, much shorter than the body ; joints ap- 

 pro.ximate, pubescent. Abdomen lanceolate, with two apical valves. 



The CampyloniyzcB abound in hedges and woods, and arc not 

 uncommon on windows. In their habits they are allied to the 

 Sciarat, as well as to the Cecidomyice. 



