92 II. C. EFFLATOUN. 



14. SPATHULINA, Kondani. 

 Rond.. Dipten.l. Ital. Pro.lr.. 1.113. (1S5()). 



Distiiiguished by tlie l)l;uk wiiii^^s wliitli posses.s a fcw liyaliiic" 

 spots, the short geiiiculate prolxt-sfis. tlie .strong or. and ocp. and 

 tho absence of the a. se. 



Head broader than high; eyes ronnded: frons much broader 

 and longer than the face: epistoina bnt little prominent; proboscis 

 short but geniciilate. i)alpi sniall ; cheeks broad : antennae ])laced at 

 or imniediately lielow the middle of the eves, short, with the third 

 joint about twice the length of the .'-'econd. not pointed and the 

 second joint with a little prominence above; arista delicately }iu- 

 bescent ; cephalic chaetotaxy strong, complète ;or very strong ; s. or. 2, 

 Aveaker than the 2 i.or.: prt. diverging; inner rt. very long and 

 strong; orp. well developed ; genal bristle not strong: ail the bristles 

 are black except the npper .^.or.. the prt., the miter rt.. the ocp. and 

 the genal bristle yellowish. 



Thorax with a complète chaetotaxy and the dorsal bristles in- 

 .serted on minute black dots; scutellum with only one pair of b.sc. ^ 



Abdomen black, devoid of pollen and with bristles: femnle ovi- 

 positor not long, flattened and conical. 



Legs fairly strong; front femora with a row of bristles heneath ; 

 middle tibiae with a single spur. 



Wings narrow and rather elongated with a strong or eveu 

 double costal bristle. black with some hvaline spots; RI short, end- 

 ingbefore the radio-median cross-vein; R2 + 3, R4 + 5 and Ml almost 

 straight and i)arallel , R4 + 5 bare; cross-veins not parallel; inferior 

 angle of Cu tell drawn ont into a short and broad point, as long as 

 the M cell. 



TYPE : Tt'phrith tr'isth T,oew (1860). 



This old genus has been adopted in récent years bv Bezzi for 

 several species which fall under a natural group, characterised by 

 the black abdomen, the black wings which possess onlv a few hyaline 

 spots and the absence of the apical scutellar bri.stles. Bezzi had pre- 

 viously called this group Melano.ryna, but Rondani's name Spathii- 

 linn (with the ty})e species S. .^ici'ila. which is merely a synonvm of 

 T. tristis Lw.) was found qnite applicable to it. 



