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j)iilj)is fuscis, anlcnnis fusco-fernigiueis, thoracis abdomiiiisque suturls 

 subt'iiscescentibus, alis byalinis a])U(l costara siibttavesceiitibus, fciuori- 

 bus postiois apices versus sul)fuscescentibas. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Fein,. Ferruginous, clothed with yellowish down, almost of a golden 

 gloss ; the hairs on the abdomen longer. Front thickly clothed with 

 yellowish hairs. Rostrum thiclcly clothed with fusco-ferruginous hairs. 

 Palpi fuscous. Antennae fusco-ferruginous, paler at the base. Sutures 

 of the thorax delicately marked with fuscous ; hind edge of the abdo- 

 minal segments and lateral line darker. Pleunc paler. Wings hyaline, 

 a little yellowish towards the costa ; veins pale fusco-ferruginous. 

 llaltcres pale, with a fuscous dot at the tip. Tentacles of the vagina 

 small, with a dusky dot at the tip. Legs pale ferruginous, with fus- 

 cous hairs; hind femora before their tips very slightly embrowned. 



Very rare. Two females iu Mr. Cliftoii^s collection. (E.) 



Family VIII. PHLEBOTOMIDtE. 



I'lii.KUOTOMiD.E, Hal. Ins. Brit. Dipt. i. 7 (1851). Tlpuhmce hocIikb- 

 formes, Meig. Psychodites, iS'ewm. Fhalenoides, Mcq. Fsi/chodides, 

 Zett. Ti])idanai p., Agass. FJdelotomini, Bond. Tipularia GalU- 

 cola Folyneura {Fsycliod'md), Loew. 



Ocelli nuUi. Mesothoracis scutum integrum. Alfe ovatas aut lancco- 



lattB, deflexa3 aut divaricatae ; vena costalis circa marginem posticum 



attenuata ; venaj apicales plus quam sex. 



Ocelli none. Scutum of the mesonotum undivided. Wings and 

 halteres developed. Wings ovate or lanceolate, deflected or divaricated ; 

 costal vein attenuated round the hind margin ; veins in their last sub- 

 divisions more than six. 



Some of the foreign species of this Eamily are blood-suckers, 

 and allied to the Cidimhc ; others are of larger size, and allied 

 to tiie Tipulida. I am indebted to Mr. Haliday for all the fol- 

 lowing characters of the genera and species of this Family. The 

 mandibles are lancet-like in all the British genera, but in FJdeho- 

 (omus they, like the maxillae, are lancet-like. The ossiculi of the 

 wings, and the alula?, are unusually protruded, the latter with a 

 strong secondary crease, which, with the abrupt termination of 

 the ossicles, determines a flexible fold near the base of the wing, 

 which thus often hangs down by the sides iu the dead insect. 

 The tentacles are horny, and applied flat to each other, usually 

 pointed, and forming a borer like tliat of T'qmlidce. The male 

 has a double pair of grapplers, each two-jointed, and armed at the 

 eiul with a claw (sometimes compound), the lower pair largest. 



