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by four times its length from the border, and by more than four times 

 its length from the praebrachiiil transverse ; halteres white. Length 

 of the body 2i Uncs; of the wings 4 hues. 



Gen. Enicopteea, Macq. 



189. Enicoptera pictipennis, n. s. ilia*. Fulva, longa, nitens, 

 pubescens, capite luteo vitta lata, litui*a antica aixuata maculisque 

 duabus lateralibus nigris, palpis nigro notatis, antennisbasi nigro gut- 

 tatis apice nigricantibus, abdomine longi-fusiformi nigricante basi ful- 

 vo, alis longis luteis apud costam nigris postice einereis, vittis quatuor 

 deviis fuscis. 

 Male. Tawny, long, shining, pubescent, testaceous beneath ; head pale 

 luteous, with a broad black stripe, which is dilated on each side ; a 

 black U-shaped mark about the face, which is black ; a large black 

 sjiot on each side of the peristoma; jialpi partly black; antenuse 

 blackish at the tips, and with a black dot on each at the base ; 3rd 

 joint linear, rounded at the tijj, more than twice the length of the 2nd ; 

 arista plumose ; pectus with a mirmte blackish mark on each side in 

 front; abdomen blackish, except towards the base, elongate-fusiform, 

 much longer and narrower than the thorax; legs long, testaceous, 

 minutely pubescent ; wings long, luteous, cinereous along the inner 

 part of the hind border ; black along the exterior part of the costa 

 and with four iiTCgular brown stripes VA'hich are abbreviated towards 

 the base, the first also interrupted ; veins luteous, black in the dark 

 parts ; radial vein undulating ; cubital vein hardly undulating ; prre- 

 brachial vein curved and inclined forward towards its tip ; discal trans- 

 verse vein very oblique, slightly curved outwards, jjarted by less than 

 half its length from the border, and by more than its length from the 

 pra;brachial transverse. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 

 16 lines. 

 190, Enicoptera tortuosa, n. s. Mas. Fulva, longa, nitens, pubes- 

 cens, facie argenteo bistrigata, thoracis vittis duabus fasciaque metatho- 

 race jiectorisque disco nigris, abdomine lineari vittis duabus ventralibus 

 nigris, alis longis vitreis subdilatatis, vitta costali fulva nigricante ne- 

 bulosa, apice furcata, vittis duabus obliquis flavo-fuscis. 

 Male. Tawny, long, shining, minutely pubescent ; head depressed 

 above, with a silvery streak on each side of the face ; antennas reach- 

 ing the epistoma ; .3rd joint linear, slightly and obliquely truncated at 

 the tip, full four times the length of the 2nd ; arista plumose 5 

 thorax with an irregular black stripe along each side, and w ith a black 

 baiul adjoining the scutellum ; mctathorax and disc of the pectus 

 black ; abdomen linear, nuich longer and narrower than the thorax, 

 with a black strijje beneath ; legs long, minutely pubescent ; wings 

 long, vitreous, somewhat dilated, tawny aud partly shaded with black- 

 ish along the costa ; this costal stripe dilated towards the base, and 

 emitting a fork towards the tip; two oblique brown and yellow stri[)es. 



