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are the following : Wings broad, anal angle strongly rectangu- 

 lar. Eyes of male contiguous. Arista, nearly one-half the 

 length of the third antennal joint, its basal segment much 

 thickened and many times longer than the minute, bristle-like 

 apical portion. Dorsum of thorax with the usual rows of small 

 but distinct macrochastse ; those of the scutellar margin larger 

 and six in number. Hypopygium terminal, small, but open, 

 consisting of a pair of lateral slender curved and pointed valves, 

 surrounding the sharp penis, and a basal dorsal pair of erect 

 prongs, like those of Iteaphila, etc. 



