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little longer than their petioles. Wings grey, pubescent ; veins black ; 

 subcostal vein rather less than half the length of the wing ; cubital 

 straight ; subanal almost obsolete ; first branch of the anal slight but 

 distinct, nearly straight ; second curved abruptly and slightly obliquely 

 to the hind border. Legs brown. 

 Not common. (E.) 



83. evanescens, n. Mas, alba, capite nigro, antennis pallide tes- 

 taceis corpore brevioribus, alis albis albo-venosis. Long. \; alar. \\ 

 lin. 



M«ile. White. Head black. Antennae pale testaceous, moniliform, 

 verticillate- pilose, shorter than the body. Wings white, with white 

 veins. 



Rare. (E.) 



84. Tritici, Kby, Linn. Trans, iv. 232 (1798) ; Stew.; Turt. Pal- 

 lide tc'stacea, capite nigro, antennis fuscis, alis limpidis, venis tesfaceis ; 

 Mas, antennis corpore duplo longioribus ; Fcem. antennis corpore bre- 

 vioribus. Long, li; alar. 2 lin. 



Pale testaceous.- Head black. Antenna twelve -jointed?, brmcn. 

 Wings limpid, ciliated ; xieins testaceous; subcostal vein less than half 

 the length of the wing ; cubital ending very little behind the tip of the 

 wing; subanal distinct ; anal and its second branch forming a nearly 

 right angle, the latter curved abruptly to the hind border ; first branch 

 very indistinct, running very near to the subanal vein. Male. Antennae 

 as long as the body ; joints elongated, double, with long whorls of hairs, 

 as long as their petioles. Fein. Antenna shorter than the body. Ovi- 

 duct short. 



The Wheat Midge. Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



85. filipes, n. Foem. obscure testacea, capite antennisque nigris, 

 horum articulis vix petiolatis, alis limpidis, venis nigricantibus, halteri- 

 bus pedibuscjue albidis. Long. 1-i ; alar. 3 lin. 



Fasm. Dull testaceous. Head black. Antennce black, moniliform, 

 verticillate-pilose, with rather more than twenty joints, which are hardly 

 petiolated. Wings limpid ; veins blackish ; subcostal vein ending at 

 much before half the length of the wing ; cubital curved tow^ards its 

 tip, ending near the tip of the wing ; subapical indicated by a streak 

 which runs parallel and very near to the first fork of the subanal ; se- 

 cond fork of the subanal curved abruptly to the border, forming a very 

 acute angle with the first ibvk. Halteres whitish. Oviduct attenuated, 

 moderately long. Legs whitish, long, very slender. 



Eare. In the Britisli Museum. (E.) 



86. ochracea, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 262. 51 (1853). 3Ias, 

 citrina, albo-pilosa, antennis corpore muUo longioribus, articulis longe 

 petiolatis, alis limpidis cinereo-pubescentibus, venis pallide fuscis. 

 Long, f lin. 



Lemon-colour, with whitish hairs. Anteunai longer by half than the 



