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vein before its fork ; anal vein not near extending to the fork of the 

 subanal. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen with five triangular testaceous 

 spots on each side, the second and the third each forming a band above. 

 Legs testaceous, long, and slender ; spurs long ; tarsi brownish ; hind 

 tibiae with short spines; fore tibia a little shorter than the fore metatarsi. 

 Common. (E. S. I.) 



37. leptura, Meig. Zw. vi. 301. 42(1830); Staeg. ; Zett. cin- 

 gulata ? Meig. ; Mcq. Testacea, vertice thoracisque disco piceis, antennis 

 tarsisque nigricantibus, alis subcinereis, abdomine maculis trigonis dor- 

 salibus fuscis fasciaque subapicali nigra. Long. 2^ ; alar. 2|- lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex and disc of the thorax piceous. Antennae black- 

 ish, testaceous at the base, longer than the thorax. Wings slightly 

 greyish ; veinlets of the praebrachial areolet forming a slightly acute 

 angle, the hind one more than four times the length of the fore one, 

 and about twice the length of the subapical vein before its fork ; 

 anal vein not extending near to the fork of the subanal. Abdomen 

 rather long, with brown triangular dorsal spots, and with a broad black 

 subapical band. Legs long, slender ; tarsi blackish ; hind tibiae with 

 minute spines and rather long spurs ; fore tibiae shorter than the fore 

 metatarsi. 



Not rare. (E.) 



38. semifusca, Meig. Zw. i. 267. 15 (1818). Nigra, cinereo-to- 

 mentosa, palpis, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, antennis basi fulvis, 

 thorace fulvo-bimaculato, alis subcinereis fusco-subnebulosis, femoribus 

 posticis apice tarsisque fuscis. Long, li-l-i; alar. 2-2-i lin. 



Black, with grey tomentum. Palpi testaceous. Antennae tawny at 

 the base, not longer than the thorax. Thorax with a tawny spot on each 

 side in front. W~ings slightly greyish, a little clouded with pale brown 

 across the middle and at the tips ; veinlets of the prsebrachial areolet 

 forming a slightly obtuse angle, the hind one more than twice the length 

 of the fore one, and shorter than the subapical vein before its fork ; 

 anal vein extending almost beyond the fork of the subanal. Halteres 

 testaceous. Legs testaceous ; tibia? darker than the femora ; spurs long ; 

 tarsi brown ; hind femora with brown tips ; hind tibiae with very minute 

 spines ; fore tibiae longer than the fore metatarsi. 



Not common. (E.) 



39. diagonalis, Hoffm. ; Meig. Zw. i. 273. 29 (1818). dorsalis, 

 Staag. ; Zett. Fulva, antennis nigris basi fulvis, thoracis mtta dorsali, 

 abdominis marginibus posticis, femoribus posticis apice tarsisque fuscis, 

 alis subcinereis, halteribus testaceis. Long. 1| ; alar. 3 liu. 



Tawny. Antennae black, tawny at the base. Thorax with a broad 

 brown dorsal stripe. Wings slightly greyish ; veinlets of the praebrachial 

 areolet forming a right angle, the hind one nearly four times the length 

 of the fore one, and much longer than the subapical vein before its 

 fork ; anal vein not extending to the fork of the subanal. Halteres 

 testaceous. Abdomen loith brown bands on the hind borders of the seg- 



