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pubescence ; veins brown ; cubital vein ending almost at the tip of the 

 _ wing ; anal curved to the hind border. Halteres whitish. Abdomen 

 with hoary hairs. Legs pale ; femora and tibiae above and tarsi brownish. 

 Male. Anteunaj sixteen- to twenty-four -jointed, longer by half than the 

 body ; joints as long as their petioles, longer in some parts. Tern. An- 

 tennae fifteen- to twenty-six -jointed, shorter by one-third than the body; 

 petioles very short or none. Oviduct long, with two small elongated 

 valves. 



Habits unknown. 



161. lugubris, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 305. 96 (1853). Fusco- 

 flava, palpis pilosis, antennis 14-articulatis, thoracis disco nigro-fusco 



nitido, alls nigricantibus nigi'o-hirtis, halteribus sordide flavis, capitulis 

 nigris, femoribus tibiisque nigro-fuscis subtus flavis, tarsis nigris ; Mas, 

 antennis corpore vix breviorilnis, articulorum petiolis elongatis; Fcem. 

 antennis corporis dimidio non longioribus, petiolis brevissimis, oviductu 

 elougato lamellis duabus longiusculis. Long. 1^ lin. 



BrownisU-yelloio . Palpi pilose. Antennae fourteen-jointed. Disc of 

 the thorax bluckish-brown, shining. Wings blackish, with black pu- 

 bescence, appearing whitish in some aspects ; cubital vein ending at the 

 tip of the wing ; anal vein more or less curved to the hind border. 

 Halteres dingy yellow, with black knobs. Abdomen with hoary hairs. 

 Femora and tibiae blackish-brown, yellow beneath ; tarsi black. Male. 

 Antennae almost as long as the body ; joints twice the length of the 

 petioles. Tem. Antennae half the length of the body ; joints live times 

 the length of the petioles. Oviduct elongated, with two rather long 

 valves. 



Lives in decayed wood^ and in Tolijporus versicolor. 



162. tenella^ n. Testacea, antennis nigris verticillato-pilosis, alls 

 Umpidis basi perangustis, venis testaceis ; Mas, antennis corpore duplo 

 longioribus ; Fcem. antennis corpore multo brevioribus, oviductu brevi. 

 Long. 1-li; alar. 3^ lin. 



Testaceous. Antennae black, verticillate-pilose. Wings limpid, very 

 narrow towards the base ; veins testaceous ; subcostal vein about one- 

 thu'd of the length of the wing ; cubital curved towards the tip of the 

 wing parallel to the border, ending near the tip ; subanal slight ; first 

 branch of the anal obsolete ; second branch curved abruptly and slightly 

 obliquely to the border. Male. Antennae sixteen-jointed ?, about twice 

 the length of the body ; joints round, hardly half the length of their 

 petioles, which are testaceous ; whorls of hairs very long. Fern. An- 

 tennae twelve-jointed ?, much shorter than the body ; joints nearly cylin- 

 drical, with very short petioles. Oviduct short. 



Eare. (E.) 



The three followmg species belong to the Subgen. Asi/napta : — 



C. longicollis, Loeic. 



C. longicauda, Loew. 



C. Boucheaua, Loew. Salicis, Bouchc. 



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