H1RMONEURA. 



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Genus HIRMONEURA, Mg. 



Hirmoneitra, Meigen, Syst. Besch. ii, p. 132 (1820) ; Blanchard, Hist. 



Nat. Ins. iii, p. 587 (1840). 



Hyrmoiieura, Rondani, Archiv. Zool. Modena, iii, p. 50 (1863). 

 Myrmopkksba, Rondani, op. cit. p. 51 (1863). 

 Hennoheura, Pbilippi, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xv, p. 655 (1865). 

 Parasymmictus, Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (5) ix, p. Ixvii (1879). 



GENOTYPE, Hirmonewa obscura, 3Ig. (Europe) ; by original 

 designation. 



Whole body of about uniform width. Head transverse ; eyes 

 bare or pubescent, in c? contiguous, in ? wide apart, or distinctly 

 though narrowly separated in rf , in which case they are less 

 widely separated in $ ; three ocelli. Proboscis very short, hardly 

 extended beyond mouth-opening ; palpi moderately long, curved 



Fig. 9. Hirmoneura opaca, Licht., and enlarged figure of antenna. 



upwards. Antennae short, porrect, remote at base, 3-jointed, 1st 

 and 2nd suhglobular or cylindrical, subequal in length, 3rd onion- 

 shaped, longer, produced in a long arista-like style longer than 

 the antennae. Thorax suhquadrate. Abdomen rather longer 

 than thorax, the tip pointed in both sexes, more so in $ ; whole 

 body and legs devoid of any strong bristles, but bearing longer or 

 shorter soft pubescence of varying extent. Legs moderately long, 

 slender, minutely pubescent. Wings moderately or rather long ; 

 auxiliary. 1st, and 2nd longitudinal veins long, ending towards 

 wing-tip ; 2nd beginning about or before middle of wing, nearly 

 straight ; 3rd beginning near base of 2nd, projected diagonally 

 across the wing, anastomosing (even if only in a punctifonn 

 manner) with 4th, thence bent suddenly upwards, shortly after- 

 wards forking, the branches long and approximately parallel, 



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