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Rostrum and palpi brown. Antennae not elongate, pale broAvn, 

 the flagellar segments with long verticils, those of the basal segments 

 longest. Head brown. 



Pronotum brown, the lateral ends of the scutellum obscure yellov/. 

 Mesonotal praescutum dark brown, the humeral region obscure 

 yellow; remainder of the mesonotum dark brown. Pleura dark 

 browTi, in fresh material probably more or less pruinose. Halteres 

 light brown, paler basally. Legs with the coxae and trochanters 

 obscure yellow; remainder of the legs dark brown, the femoral 

 bases broadly paler. Wings relatively long and narrow, with a 

 brownish tinge ; veins darker brown, clothed with long, dark brown 

 trichiae. Venation : R2 + 3 subangulate at r ; deflection of i?5 

 obliterated or nearly so, r—m connecting close to the fork. 



Abdominal tergites dark brown, the sternites paler, the penulti- 

 mate tergite brighter. Male hj^j^opygium with four long, almost 

 straight, stylet-like rods, pale in colour, the tips blackened, two 

 on either side of the body together with a third of approximately 

 one-half the length ; the stoutest of the styli bears about six setae 

 along its inner margin, the apex on the outer margin with a few 

 appressed teeth; the second stylus is of approximately the same 

 length but smoother and more slender, gently sinuous; the short 

 spine is pale, broad- based, tapering gradually to the acute tip. 

 Penis-guard straight, near the tip bent laterally at a right angle, 



Hab. Brazil. 



Holotype, (^, Ex the Wintliem Collection. 



Paratopotypes, 4 (^'s. 



Type in the collection of the Vienna Museum. 



Molophilus remiger, sp. n. 



General coloration light brown ; antennae of the male not elongate ; 

 halteres yellow; wmgs pale yellowish; male hypopygium with the 

 apparent ventral appendages elongate, the apex dilated into a 

 fimbriate blade. 



Male. — Length about 4 mm. ; Aving 5'4 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi brown. Antemiae pale browTi; flagellar 

 segments of the male oval, provided with an erect pale pubescence 

 and a few verticils. Head pale ochrcous brown. 



Pronotum whitish, the scutellum reddish brown on the sides. 

 Mesonotal praescutum light rusty brown, this produced by the 

 confluence of the usual stripes; lateral margins narrowly whitish; 

 pseudosutural foveae elongate, black, margined v/ith pale ; remainder 

 of the mesonotum pale yellowish brown, sparsely pruinose. Pleura 



