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club-shaped, flattened at the sides. Wings somewhat short. Base 

 of fourth hind areolet much nearer the base of wing than is base 

 of the second hind areolet. Petiole of second hind areolet long. 

 Fourth longitudinal vein short. Larvae live in fungi. 



E. fu?tgoru)n, Dg. = M. fusca, Latr., Mg. 



This is a fairly common species. The larvoe living in the pileus 

 of Boletus and other fungi. 



Imago dark-brown. Head brown, palpi and antennse yellowish- 

 red; the latter dark-brown at the tip, very slender, and about the 

 length of thorax. Thorax brown, tawny on each side ; with 

 grayish and small black hairs on parts. Abdomen blackish-brown, 

 with tawny extremity. Pincers small and tawny. Wings with 

 a brownish tinge; the veinlets of the prse-brachial areolet forming 

 a slightly obtuse angle, the hind one much longer than the fore 

 one, and about four times as long as the sub-apical vein before 

 its fork. The anal (sixth longitudinal vein) does not extend as far 

 as the fork of the fifth longitudinal vein. Legs pale yellow, slender : 

 tarsi brown ; hind tibiae with minute spines and very long spurs. 

 Length 2 to 2^ lin. 



(M. giitfiventris, Mg. 

 E. lateralis, Mg. = y^^ ^^^.^^^^^ ^ett. 



This is another fairly common British species. It is dark brown, 

 with testaceous ventral surface. Head brown ; antennae testaceous 

 at base, dark brown at distal extremity, about as long as thorax. 

 The thorax, which is brown, and covered in parts by minute gray 

 and black hairs, is testaceous or tawny at the sides. The abdomen 

 has five triangular testaceous spots on each side, the second and the 

 third each forming a band above. The wings have the veinlets of 

 the prse-brachial areolet forming a slightly acute angle, the hind one 

 nearly eight times the length of the fore one; the anal does not 

 extend to the fork of sub-anal. The legs are long and slender and 

 testaceous; spurs long; tarsi brown. Length ih to 2 lin. 



These are the only two common species in this genus, but the 

 following also occur in England : leptura, Mg., dorsalis, Staeg., 

 indecisa, Wlk., tarsata, Staeg., leioides, Wlk., ferruginea, Wlk., flava, 

 Wlk., zndfijscula, Wlk. 



Genus. — Allodia. 



Slender, tawny or brownish-black genus. Antennae sometimes 

 cone-shaped. Resembles Eymosia, but the petiole of the second 

 hind areolet is long. 



