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lS8S.—?EpiphraRma satsitma Bergroth, Rnt. Tidskrift, p. 138. 



1902. — Linniohia salsitnia Kertcsz, Cat. Dipt., \'<.l. 2, p. 177. 



Mule— Length 22.6 mm.; wing 16.S mm.: hind l.;<, U'liiur 

 14.1 mm.; tibia 12.2 mm. 



Male — Rostrum and palpi brown, tix- apical sci^incr,! ^4 tlu- 

 latter darker; antcnna% segments one and two dark brown, tl.igei- 

 liim \-ello\v except the two last segint'iils uiiitli arc brown; fronl 

 dark brown, vertex and occiput ro:idis'i browi'. a n.irn.w median 

 streak continued back from the IVcmU. 



Pronotum willi the scutum liark I)rown. sculillum yellowisli. 

 Mcsonotal pnescutum rich reddisli liruwn, tlie lateral margins of 

 the sclerite more greyish, a darker brown median triangle, broad- 

 est in front, narrowed, to a point at the siiiure, lateral stripes 

 similar in colour to the median stripe; scutum, lobes dark brown, 

 median line yellowish, dark brown on caudal portion; scutclium 

 and postnotum tlark brown. Pleune light brownish yellow; 

 propieurffi and dorsal portions of the mesoiileura- up to the wing; 

 root dark brown; mesostigma very large, conspicuous, situatetl 

 just behind and under the pronotal scutclium. Haiteres si:ort, 

 stem yellow, knob brown. Legs: 'cox;e ligiit ncIIow ; trochanter- 

 reddish yellow; fem.ora yellow, tip brown, with a siili tlarker 

 subapical ring; tibite slightly darkened at the extreme liase, a 

 whitish sub-basal annulus, tip narrowly dark brown: tarsi brown- 

 is!i yellowy tips of the segments darker; legs consi^icuoush^ hairy. 

 Wings (see fig. 4, pi. III.) : cephalic third deep yellow, caudal 

 portions yellowish grey; surface with conspicuous brown marks: 

 a large blotch at base cf M ; at origin of Rs; at the cord; a narrow 

 seam to cross- vein r; paler crown margins to Cu anrl the \eins in 

 the \icinity of cell 1st M: (discal). Venation (Sec fig. 4). 



Abdomen: tergites rich yellow, extreme apical margin of the 

 sclerites darker; a brown lateral line; sternites lighter yellow, 

 apices, especially of the terminal segments, darker. Hypopygiuni 

 (See fig. 11, plate X.): viewed from beneath, 9th stcrnite with 

 caudal margin straight, the sides oblic}ue; pleura^ \ery sliort, 

 stout; dorsal apical appendage directed inward, cylindrical, 

 chitinized, its tip with a sharp recurved hook; \entral apical 

 appendages, two, the outermost chitinized. broad at base, rapidly 

 tapering to a sharp point, directed inward, the lower appendage 



