HIEMONEURA. 147 



Genus HIRMONEURA, Mg. 



Hirmoneura, Meigen, Syst. Bescli. ii, p. 132 (1820) ; Blaucliard, Hist. 



Nat. Ins. iii, p. 587 (1840). 

 Hyrmoneiira, Rondani, Archiv. Zool. Modena, iii, p. 50 (1863). 

 Hyrmophlwba, Rondani, op. cit. p. 51 (1863). 

 Hcrmohenra, Philippi, Verli. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xv, p. 655 (1865). 

 Parasymmictus, Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (5) ix, p.lxvii (1879). 



Genotype, Hirmoneura ohscura, Mg. (Europe) ; by original 

 designation. 



Whole body of about uniform width. Head transverse ; eyes 

 bare or pubescent, in d contiguous, in J' wide apart, or distinctly 

 though narrowly separated in J , in which case they ai'e less 

 widel}^ separated in $ ; three ocelli. Proboscis very short, hardly 

 •extended beyond mouth-opening ; palpi moderately long, curved 



Fig. 9. — Hirmoneura opaca, Licbt., and enlarged figure of antenna. 



upwards. Antennse short, porrect, remote at base, 3-jointed, 1st 

 and 2nd subglobular or cylindrical, subequal in length, 3rd onion- 

 shaped, longer, produced in a long arista-like style longer than 

 the antennae. Thorax subquadrate. Abdomen rather longer 

 than thorax, tlie tip pointed in both sexes, more so in $ ; whole 

 body and legs devoid of any strong bristles, but bearing longer or 

 shorter soft pubescence of varying extent. Legs moderately long, 

 slender, minutely pubescent. Wings moderately or rather long ; 

 auxiliary, 1st, and 2nd longitudinal veins long, ending towards 

 wing-tip ; 2nd beginning about or before middle of wing, nearly 

 straight ; 3rd beginning near base of 2nd, projected diagonally 

 across the wing, anastomosing (even if only in a punctiforin 

 manner) with 4th, thence bent suddenly upwards, shortly after- 

 wards forking, the branches long and approximately parallel, 



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