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slightly wider tlian the second, destitiite of bristles; style 

 apical, distinct, two-jointed, face very oblique, greatly 

 rctreating below, pilose, especially on the sides; proboscis 

 qiiite slender, nearly as long as the head, labcllae rather 

 slendcr and as long as the proboscis proper ; two submarginal 

 and six posterior cells, the usual first posterior cell being 

 divided into two cells by a cross-vein, situatcd widway 

 between apex of discal cell and the wing-margin ; fourth 

 posterior cell wide open, tlie anal closed; jnilvilH prcsent, 

 empodium bristle-like." 



Ich kenne die (lattung niclit, zu der nur eine Art gehört: 

 1. Metpphragiim planiceps Lw. 

 svn. XcstoDiyza planiceps Lw. 



Da ich die Art nicht kenne, gebe ich Lövvs Original- 

 beschreibung (Berhn. Entom. Zeitschr., XVI. 75. 38): 



,, Nigricans, cinereo-pollinosa, opaca, tibiis tarsorumque 

 basi lutescentibus, alarum costa colore nigricante, venulis 

 transversis colore nigro limbatis. — Long. corp. 5 lin., long 

 al. 31. lin. 



Nigricans, cinereo-pollinosa, opaca. Caput concolor, 

 deprcssnm, infra albo-pollinosum et pilis albis vestitum. 

 Frons lata, plana, antice modice prominens, nigro-pilosa ; 

 occiput setulis nigris pilisque albidis instructum. Antennae 

 nigrae; ai'ticulus primus cylindricus, elongatus, modice 

 crassus, sctis pilisque plerisque nigris, pilis reliquis albi- 

 cantibus hirtus; a.rticulus secundus minutus, globosus, 

 nigro-setulosus; articulus tertius perbrcvis, conicus, stylo 

 terminali crasso et obtuso ])raeditus. Thoracis dorsum 

 et scutellum i)ilis longioribus setisc[ue tcnuibus nigris et 

 l)ilis brevioribus pallidis vestita; pleurae albido-pilosae. 

 Abdomen breviter nigro-pilosum, segmento tamen primo 

 fere toto segmentorumque secundi et tertii lateribus"" pallide 

 pilosulis; margo posticus segmenti abdominalis secundi 

 albus; segmentum octavum polline destitutimi. atrum et 



Stett. eutomol. Zeit. 11)12. 



