106 CECIDOMYZID.^^. 



base of the antennae rather longer. Thorax with three slender yeUowish- 

 brown stripes. Wings limpid, with grey pubescence ; veins pale brown ; 

 transverse veinlet joining the middle of the subcostal vein ; anal vein 

 and its second branch forming an obtuse rounded angle. Halteres 

 white. Legs whitish-yellow; fore femora and fore tibite above and 

 coxse blackish-])rown. 

 Habits unknown. 



94. flaveolata, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 265. 56 (1853). Mas, ob- 

 scure flava, antennis fuscis basi flavis corpore plus duplo longioribus, 

 articulis longe petiolatis, thorace vittis tribus nigris, alls limpidis cine- 

 reo-hirtis, halteribus albis, abdomine fulvo albo-piloso, pedibus flavis. 

 Long. \ lin. 



Dark yellow. AntenncB brown, yellow at the base, more than twice 

 the length of the I)ody ; double joints as long as their petioles. Thorax 

 with three blackish stripes. Wings limpid, with brown veins, in some 

 aspects whitish, with white veins, in others agneous-yellow ; transverse 

 veinlet joining the middle of the subcostal vein ; anal vein and its 

 second branch forming an almost right angle. Halteres white. Abdo- 

 men tawny, with white hairs. Legs yellow. 



Habits unknown. 



95. coniophaga, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 267. 60 (1853). Flava, 

 antennis fuscis basi flavis, thorace vittis tribus fere connexis fuscis, alls 

 limpidis cinereo-hirtis, halteribus albidis, ahdomiuis marginibus posticis 

 albo-Imiis, pedihus longis fuscis subtus flavescentibus ; Mas, antennis 

 corpore longioribus, articulis duplicatis longi-petiolatis ; Fcem. antennis 

 corpore brevioribus, articulis breviter petiolatis, oviductu brevi lamellis 

 duabus subovatis minimis. Long. |— |-. 



Yellow. Thorax with three brown stripes. Wings limpid ; trans- 

 verse veinlet joining the middle of the subcostal vein ; anal vein and 

 its second branch forming a very slightly obtuse angle. Hind borders 

 of the abdominal segments with white hairs. Legs brown. Male. An- 

 tenn(B nearly longer by one-half than the body ; double joints as long- 

 as their petioles. Fern. Antennse shorter by about one-fourth than the 

 body ; subapical joints about four times the length of their petioles. 

 Oviduct short, with two very small nearly oval valves. 



Lives with C. Ceomatis on Ceoma niiniatum, on the fallen leaves 

 of the Rora, and feeds on that fungus ; changes in the earth. 



96. invocata, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 269. 61 (1858). Flava, an- 

 tennis paUide fuscis, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, alls limpidis cinereo- 

 hirtis, venis fuscis, halteribus apice fuscis aut omnino flavis, pedibus 

 fuscis subtus flavido-albis, fcmoribus basi flavis ; Mas, antennis 26- 

 articulatis corpore longioribus, articulis duplicatis longi-petiolatis ; Fa^m. 

 antennis 14-articulatis corpore paullo brevioribus, oviductu brevi la- 

 mellis duabus rotundatis pilosis. Long. \ lin. 



Yellow. Thorax with three brown stripes. Wings limpid ; trans- 



