64 MYCETOPHILID.E. 



hyalinis, abdomine nigro-fusco, incisuris apiceque flavis^ t arsis fuscis. 

 Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Yellow. Aiitennse brown, yellow at the base ; as long as the thorax. 

 Tliorax with three brown stripes, the lateral pair shortened in front. 

 Wings greyisli, with two liy aline hands. Abdomen blackish -brown ; 

 sutures and tip yellow. Tarsi brown. 



Rare. " Inhabits decaying stumps bearing Boleti in copses.''' 

 —Meig. In the collection of Mr. Clifton. (E.) 



2. ferruginea. Walk. C. D. B. M. i. 88 (1848). :Fulva, antenuis 

 abdominlsque fasciis fuscis, alis subcinereis, pedibus testaceis. Long. 4 ; 

 alar. 7 lin. 



Pale tawny. Antennae brown, testaceous towards the base. Wings 

 slightly greyish. Abdomen with a broad brown band on the hind bor- 

 der of each segment. Legs testaceous ; femora paler than the tibiaj. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



8. vittata, n. Teslacea, antennis, thoracis fasciis tribus, abdominis 

 vitta dorsali tarsisque fuscis, alis subcinereis. Long. %\ ; alar. 5 lin. 



Testaceous. Antenna; brown, testaceous at the base. Thorax with 

 three brown stripes, the middle one in advance of the others, broadest 

 in front. Wings very slightly greyish. Abdomen with a brown dorsal 

 stripe. Tarsi brown. 



Rare. (E.) 



Genus XXL PLATYURA. 



Platyura, Meig. Zw. i. 231 (1818) ; Curt. ; Mcq. ; Zett. Ceroplatus^., 

 F. ; Latr. Rltagio p., E. Sciara p., F. Asindulmu p., Latr. Cero- 

 platiis p., Zett. 



Corpus angustmn, longum. Caput parvum. Proboscis brevis. Oculi 

 rotundi. Ocelli tres, intermedius minimus. Palpi 4-articulati ; 

 articulus quartus longus, linearis. Anlennce 17-articulata3, breves, 

 validce. Thorax brevis, subcllipticus. Ala niidce, mediocriter lata? ; 

 vena ciibitalis f areata, llaltcres breves. Abdomen deprcssum, tho- 

 race triplo longius. Pedes graciles, longiusculi ; tihice non spinosce ; 

 calcaria breviu. 



Body narrow, long. Head small. Proboscis short. Eyes round. 

 Ocelli three, the middle one very small. Palpi four-jointed ; first joint 

 small ; second robust ; third large ; fourth long, linear. Anlennce short, 

 stout, seventeen-jointed, less than half the length of the body ; joints 

 transverse. Thorax short, nearly elliptical. Wings bare, moderately 

 broad ; subcostal vein slightly curved forward towards its tip, ending 

 at very little beyond one-third of the length of the wing ; radial straight, 

 ending at a little before two-thirds of the length ; cubital forked, con- 

 nected with the radial at Ijcfore one-third of the length, when it forms 



