34:0 KHYPHJD.i;. 



pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris. Loug. 

 3^-4 ; alar. 7-8 liii. 



Black. Proboscis and palpi tawny. Thorax witli a tawny suture 

 between tbe wings. ScutcUum tawny. Wings slightly greyish, lial- 

 teres testaceous. Abdonien testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous ; 

 tarsi, except at the base, and tips of the femora and of the tibite, black. 



Perhaps a variety of F./asciaia. Eare. (E.) 



Pamily XI. liHYPHID.E. 



Ocelli tres. Mesothoracis scutum integrum. Ala; sat latse ; areola 



discalis completa. 



Ocelli three. Scutum of the mesonotum undivided. Wings and 

 halteres developed. Discal areolet complete. 



Genus I. RHYPHUS. 



Ehyphus, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiv. 291 (1802) ; Meig. ; Lam. ; Mcq. ; 

 Curt. ; Gimm. ; Blanch. Miisca p., L. ; Grael. Tipula p., F. Sp. Ins. ; 

 Scop. Rhagio p., P. Mant. Ins. ; Meig. Kl. Sciara p., F. Syst. 

 Antl. Anisopus, Meig. Kl. Zw. 



Corpus subcylindricuni, sat gracile, non elongatum. Caput subro- 

 tundum. Labium elongatum, subcylindricum. Labrum lanceola- 

 tum. Lingua setiforniis. Palpi 4-articulati, porrecti, compressi, 

 pubesccntes. Antenmc 16-articulata?, subraoniliformes, pubescentes, 

 thoracc pauUo breviores. Thorax ellipticus. Alas sat longre lataeque. 

 Abdomen cylindricum, segmentis septem, thoracc duplo longius. 

 Pedes graciles, vix elongati ; tibiae posticse calcaribus minimis api- 

 calibus. Mas. Oculi supra connexi. Foem. Oculi disjuncti. 

 Body subcylindrical, rather slender, not long. Head nearly round. 

 Ocelli three, in a triangle on the vertex. Labium fleshy, elongate, sub- 

 cylindrical, with two elliptical hairy lobes. Labrum lanceolate. Lingua 

 setiform. Palpi four-jointed, porrect, compressed, pubescent ; tirst joint 

 subcylindrical ; second broad, clavate, more than twice the length of 

 the first ; third and fourth slender ; third not half the length of tin; 

 fourth, which is about as long as the second. Antenna sixteen-jointcd, 

 submoniliforui, pubescent, rather shorter than the thorax ; first joint 

 longer than the others ; the latter joints slightly attenuated. Thorax 

 elliptical. Wings moderately long, and broad ; subcostal vein end- 

 ing at before two-thirds of the length of the wing ; radial emerging 

 from the subcostal at beyond half its length, ending at before three- 

 fourths of the length of the wing, near which it is undulating ; cubital 

 lorming a fork of the radial, and ending at very little in front of the 



