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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



Fam. MYCETOPHILID.^, Haliday. 



Genus MYCETOPHTLA, Meig. 

 Div. A. Meig. Dipt. pi. 9, f. 15, 

 Subdiv. a. Meig. Dipt. vi. 297. 



Mycetophila iEQUALis, l^oem. 



Nigra ; antenna: basi testacecc ; thorax guttis duabus anticis et abdomi- 

 nis segmenta marginibus posticis testa ceis ; pedes testacei, femoribus 

 basi fuscescentibus, tarsis fuscis ; alee subcinerece, fusco bifasciatce ; 

 halteres testacei. 



Black, sliglitly pubescent. Antennae testaceous at the base. Tho- 

 rax with a minute testaceous dot on each side in front. Hind borders of 

 the abdominal segments testaceous. Legs testaceous; femora brownish 

 at the base ; tibiae darker than the femora; tarsi brown. Wings grayish, 

 with two irregular brown bands, which are darkest towards the costa. 

 Halteres testaceous. Length of the body \\ line; of the wings 3^ 

 lines. 



Van Dieman's Land. 



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