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very thick. Autenuae much shorter than the face ; 3rd joint elongate- 

 conical; arista minutely pubescent. Thorax with several indistinct 

 and very slender cinereous lines ; pectus with cinereous punctures. 

 Legs black, shining. Wings black, entirely covered with limpid points, 

 except a black band which is forked in front ; border beyond the 

 band with limpid dots ; veins black ; discal transverse vein nearly 

 straight, ])arted by one-fourth of its length from the border, and by 

 about its length from the praebrachial transverse vein. Length of the 

 body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Sabfam. Sepsides, Walk 



Gen. Phttalmia, Gerstaecker . 



Div. n. 



Mas. Corpus longum, graeile, cylindrlcum. Caput supra depressum. 

 Oculi cornubus duobus longis angustis apice dilatatis oblique porrectis 

 et ascendentil)us muniti. Antennae angulatae; articulus i3"Minearis, 

 longiusculus ; arista gracilis, simplex. Thorax antice attenuatus. 

 Abdomen compressum, thorace duplo longius. Pedes longissimi, 

 gracillimi. Ala3 angustse. 



Allied to Calobata. 



Male. Body long, slender, cylindrical. Head flat above. Eyes fur- 

 nished with two long slender folded appendages, which extend forward 

 diverging and obliquely ascending, are dilated at the tips, and are 

 almost half the length of the body. Antennae angular; 3rd joint 

 linear, rounded at the tip, a little longer than the 1st and 2nd together; 

 arista slender, simple. Thorax attenuated in front. Abdomen com- 

 pressed, full twice the length of the thorax. Legs very long and slen- 

 der. Wings much like those of Calobata in structure. 



22. Phytalmia guttipennis, n. s. Mas. Nigra, capite pedibusque 

 rufescentibus, cornubus antenuisque nigris, pectore seneo-viridi, femori- 

 bus posterioribus apice pedibusque auticis nigris, tibiis anticis apice 

 tarsisque anticis basi albis, alis uigricautibus albido quadriguttatis. 



Male. Black. Head reddish ; its appendages and the antennae black, 

 the former reddish towards the base. Pectus aeneous-green, varied 

 with cupreous and with purple. Legs reddish ; tips of the posterior 

 femora black. Fore legs black ; femora towards the base and coxie 

 reddish ; tibiae at the tijjs and tarsi at the base white. Wings black- 

 ish, with four whitish dots in each ; veins black ; halteres with tes- 

 taceous tips. Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Subfam. Psilides, Walk. 



Gen. Nebius, Wied. 



23. Nerius fuscipennis, Macq. See Vol. I. p. .'JH. 



