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2. Bpicypta punctwn Stannius. 



Observ, de Alyc. i6. 1831 (Mycetophila). 

 Male and female. Length 3 mm. Head black, subshining. 

 antennae brown, scape, at least the second joint, and the palpi 

 reddish yellow, hairs yellowish. Thorax and abdomen brown- 

 ish black with appressed yellow hairs, hypopygium dusky yel- 

 lowish ; longer hairs at the bases of the wings and the 4 

 scutellar setse, black. Coxse and legs reddish yellow, tips of 

 hind femora, the spurs and the tarsi brown; middle tibiae each 

 with I shorter and 2 longer setae on the flexor surface; fore 

 metatarsus very slightly shorter than the tibia, subequal in the 

 female ; the entire tarsus about 2.4 the tibia in length ; soles of 

 the 2-4 fore tarsal joints slightly swollen in the female. Wing 

 hyaline, tinged with brownish yellow, with a brownish centra! 

 spot; costa noticeably produced beyond- the tip of Rs ; the bass 

 of Rs, the forks of media and cubitus nearly equidistant from 

 the base of the wing, or the last very slightly proximad; second 

 anal long, though incomplete, somewhat curved up at the end. 

 Halteres yellow. "Europe and N. J.'' Auburndale, Mass. 

 (C.\\'.J.) Aug. 



3. Bpicypta trinotata Staeger. 



Kroyer: Tidsskr. 242. 1840 (Mycetophila). 

 Male and female. Length 3 mm. Head and antennae brown, 

 scape and palpi yellow, hairs yellow. Mesonotum reddish yel- 

 low with 3 subconfluent brown stripes, or in the male, brown, 

 with only yellow humeri, pleura and metanotum brown, scutel- 

 lum brown in the male, yellow with brown lateral spots in the 

 female, setre black, hairs appressed, yellow. Abdomen dark 

 brown with appressed yellow hair, hypopygium yellowish (Fig. 

 61). Coxae and legs yellow, hind margins and tips of hind 

 femora, the spurs and the tarsi brown ; fore metatarsus and 

 tibia subequal in length, the entire tarsus about 2.2 ionger than 

 the tibia, middle tibiae each with a short and 2 long setae on 

 flexor surface. Wings yellowish hyaline, with a brown central 

 spot, an elongate pale brownish preapical cloud, a pale brown 

 spot behind the fork of the cubitus, and a yellow costal cell 

 ( Fig. 186). Excepting the central spot the markings are some- 

 times quite fa'nt. Halteres yellow. Mass., (W.M.W.) ; N. 



