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We have three species of this genus here in Denmark 
which can be separated by means of the following cha- 
racters: 
PROD ASMONG SAS SCAPUS 2 2. ned ek ee ERNE 2 
Club distinctly longer than scapus ....... B. similis n. sp. 
2. Protruded part of ovipositor as long as abdo- 
mieu,.species dark Ted-DrOWM 4... 6. 5. 66... B. pungens Mayr 
Protruded part of ovipositor one third of the 
abdomen, species-Didck: MR... 0... 55.5. B. nigra n. sp. 
Brachista pungens Mayr. 
1904. B. pungens. Mayr. Verh. Zool. bot. Gesell. Wien. 54 B. p. 590-92. 
Head oval almost as broad as long, broader than 
thorax. Eyes oval, black, not large, ocelli dark-brown 
placed in a very oblong triangle. Temples and forehead 
with few but long and strong hairs, cheecks with fine hairs 
in a single row. Antenne inserted below the lover edge 
of eye, near mouth. 

Fig. 19. Brachista pungens Mayr. 
A Anterior wing. B Posterior wing. C Antenna 9, D Antenna male, E Anterior leg. 
F Intermediate leg. G Posterior leg. H Apex of abdomen, female, 
