134 ENTOMOLOGISK TIDSKRIFT 1 888. 



sul)h3'alinae, venis transversis omnibus latins fusco-cinereo-limbatis, 

 maculis fuscocinereis ad basin et apicem ])raefiircae et ad apices 

 omnium venarum longitudinalium praeter cubitalem et insuper 

 macula magna ceteris pallidiore in dimidio apicali cellulae basa- 

 lis primae ornatae; vena transversa majore medio alae approximata, 

 longius ante cellulam discoidalem sita, cellula basal i prima quam 

 secunda multo longiore. Haltères pallidi, clava nigra, apice 

 cinerea. Pedes nigri, geniculis et annulo pone medium femorum 

 flavis. Abdomen superne badium, linea laterali albida, subtus 

 pallidius; terebra picea. Long. Ç corp. 5,5 mm., alae 6,3 mm. 

 This fine and elegant insect was found near Cape Town by 



Mr. PÉRliSIGUEY. 



8. Gnophomyia elegans Wied., Auss. zweifl. Ins. II, p. 

 617 (Limnobia). 



Port Natal (Bowker)- Caffraria (Wahlberg). — In this species 

 the subcostal cross-vein is at a considerable longer distance 

 (twice the length of the great cross-vein) from the tip of the 

 auxiliary vein than in the typical Gnophomyiae. The praefurca 

 also is longer, originating much nearer to the base of the wing 

 than in the other species. 



9. Gonomyia spuria n. sp. 



Gracillima, omnium tenerrima. Caput subfusco cinereum. 

 Antennae fusco-testaceae, apicem versus attenuatae, articulis flagelli 

 subovatis. Palpi fusci. Thorax cum collari, scutello metanotoque 

 chalybeo-canus, unicolor praeter lineas duas tenuissimas parallelas 

 obscuriores e sutura ad finem internam fossarum humeralium per- 

 ductas, his fossis distinctissimis, oblonguiis, obliquis, nigris; 

 pleurae fusco-incanae, nitidulae. Alae leviter cinerascentes, sti- 

 gmate pallide fuscocinereo-, vena auxiliari mox ante basin praefurcae 

 desinente, vena transversa subcostali longe ab apice venae auxi- 

 liaris sita, hac distantia quam vena transversa major triplo lon- 

 giore, praefurca pauUo pone medium alae orta, arcuata, quam 

 petiolus cellulae submarginalis primae circiter dimidio longiore, 

 ramo anteriore venae radialis aliquantulum ante apicem venae 

 subcostalis marginem alae attingente, quam ramus posterior qua- 



