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vein curved, joining the anal vein at some distance from the border ; 

 discal areolet elongated exteriorly, irregularly triangular ; exterior side 

 very short. 



29. RuBA iNFLATA, n. s. Mas. Testacea, valde pubescens, capite 

 subtus guttis duabus nigris, alis sub-cinereis apices versus fuscescen- 

 tibus, stigmate flavescente. 



Male. Testaceous. Head with a black dot on each side of the mouth. 

 Flagellura of the antennae black. Thorax and abdomen very pubes- 

 cent. Wings slightly greyish, brownish towards the tips, and espe- 

 cially so in front ; veins black, testaceous at the base ; stigma yellowish. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Gen. TiNDA, u. g. 



Fam. Corpus longiusculum, depressum. Caput oblongum, margine 

 postico elevato. Antennce capite transverso vix breviores ; articulus 

 3"' fusiformis ; flagellum compressum, lanceolatum. Scutellum spi- 

 nosum. Abdomen ellipticum, thorace latins non longius. Pedes breves, 

 graciles. Alee angustae. 



Female. Body somewhat elongated and depressed. Head somewhat 

 oblong ; eyes nearly contiguous in front, diverging hindward, where 

 there is an elevated margin. Mouth and palpi very short. Antennae 

 nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; 3rd joint fusiform, fully half 

 the length of the flagellum, which is compressed and lanceolate, and 

 with indistinct joints. Thorax slightly widening hindward ; scutellum 

 with six ? vei-y minute spines. Abdomen elliptical, broader but not 

 longer than the thorax. Legs short, slender. Wings narrow; 1st 

 cubital vein less than one-third the length of the 2nd ; three com- 

 plete externo-medial veins; subanal vein joining the anal vein at some 

 distance from the border ; discal areolet elongated, its exterior side 

 very short. 



30. TiNDA MODiFERA, n. s. Fcem. Nigra, antennis basi testaceis, 

 pedibus testaceis, femoribus posterioribus supra obscurioribus, alis 

 cinereis costani versus subnigricantibus. 



Female. Black, hardW shining. Antenna; testaceous towards the base. 

 Legs testaceous ; posterior femora somewhat darker above, except 

 towards the base. Wings grey, slightly blackish along most of the 

 costa ; veins black ; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings 5 lines. 



Geu. Saruga, n. g. 



Mas. Corpus contractum, breve, latum, crassum. Vertex gibbosus. 

 Oculi magni. AntennrB brevissimsp; articulus 3"^rotundus; arista 

 apicalis, gracillima. Thorax gibbosus ; scutellum elevatum, conicum, 

 postice productum. Abdomen transversum, tliorace brevius. Pedes 

 breves, graciles, simplices. Al<s breviusculae. 



