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Genus SCIOPHILA, Hoffinanse,jij . 

 Div. a. Ins. Brit. Dipt. iii. 3(5. 



SciOPHlLA DIVERSA. 



Nigra ; antenncB thoruce mullo longiorea , thorax vitlis tribus cinereis, 

 antice fulvo himaculatus ; pedes fuhi, tarsis nigris ; alec suh- 

 cinerecB ; halteres testacei. 



Black. Antennae very much longer than the thorax. Thorax with 

 three very slender cinereous dorsal stripes, and with a tawny spot on each 

 side in front. Legs tawny, long, slender ; tarsi black ; hind tibite with 

 a few very minute spurs. Wings slightly grayish ; veins brown, tes- 

 taceous at the base ; subcostal vein terminating opposite the interior 

 end of the first cubital areolet, which is full thrice longer than broad, 

 and is opposite the fork of the subapical vein. Halteres testaceous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Interlacken, Switzerland. 



Div. a, b b b b. Ins. Brit. Dipt. iii. 3(>. 



SciopHiLA PAR, Mas. 



Fusca ; antenna: nigra, basi testacem ; thoracis fasciae duce, latera pec- 

 tusque testacea ; abdominis segmcnta marginibus poslicis apiccque 

 testaceis ; pedes testacei, tibiis obscurioribus, tarsis nigricantibus ; 

 alcB stibhyaiincE apice subcinerea:, areola cubitali \a ct vena: sub- 

 apicalis furca infuscatis, venis nigris ; halteres testacei. 



Brown. Palpi, two stripes on the thorax, sides, pectus, tip of the ab- 

 domen and hind borders of the segments testaceous. Antennae black, 

 testaceous at the base. Tibiae dark testaceous ; tarsi blackish. Wings 

 nearly hyaline, grayish at the lips ; first cubital areolet and fork of the 

 subapical vein clouded with brown ; subcostal veinlet opposite the 

 middle of the first cubital areolet, which is of moderate size and about 

 twice longer than broad ; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of 

 the body 2 lines; of the wings 4 lines. 



Van Dicn)an's Land. 



