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sexes; frontal bristles weak; on the vertex two stronger bristles ; 

 face somewhat, inclined, on each side with a row of hairs; eyes 

 bare; vibrissae weak; inferior part of the cheeks more than half 

 as long as the longitudinal diameter of the eyes. Antennae obliquely 

 exserted; their basal joints very short, the third joint much longer; 

 arista nearly bare. Thorax densely pilose ; abdomen cylindrical , 

 posteriorly curved downward, with short marginal macrochaetae. 

 Legs hairy; foot -claws and pulvilli elongate in <?. Wings longer 

 than the abdomen ; apical cell closed and petio.ated , its petiole bent 

 upward; curvation of the fourth vein rectangular. 



This genus is erected for Scopolia satanlca Bigot (Ann. soc. ent. de 

 France 1888, p. 254), which is not at all a Scojjolia Rob. Desv. 



Tachininae. 



Dejeania montana n. sp. <??. — Thorax blackish , indistinctly 

 striped; face and cheeks yellowish white; scutellum and abdomen 

 rufous; anal segment black; antennae and legs piceous ; palpi 

 rufous. — Length 9 — 11,5 mm. 



Hystricia testaceiventris n. sp. S. — Face and cheeks 

 whitish; front and thorax blackish; scutellum and abdomen yello- 

 wish-testaceous; antennae, palpi and legs black; third joint of the 

 antennae double as long as the second ; wings infuscated. -- Length 

 13,5 mm. 



Hystricia albosignata n. sp. <£. — Head yellowish; front 

 cinereous; frontal band blackish; thorax cinereous with four black 

 stripes; scutellum yellowish-rufous; abdomen brownish-red, with 

 black dorsal spots and trigonal whitish markings; antennae black , 

 with the basal joints rufous; palpi and legs yellow; wings brownish- 

 — Length 13 — 15,5 mm. 



Saundersia montivaga n. sp. S j. — Head yellowish ; front 



Q cinereous, the frontal band brown; basal joints of the antennae 



rufous, third joint black, as long as the second; thorax and scu- 



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