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Halteres testaceous. Legs testaceous ; femora black at the base ; tibiae 

 tawny; tarsi brown; hind tibiae with small spines and rather short 

 spurs. 



Rare. (E.) 



4. flava, Stteg. D. D. 237. 6 (1840); Zett. Testacea, antennis 

 fuscescentibus, alls subtestaceis, abclomine nonnunquam nigro, tarsis 

 fuscis. Long. 2i-2f ; alar. 4-5 lin. 



Testaceous, paler beneath. Antennae brownish, testaceous at the 

 base. Wings slightly testaceous ; veinlets of the praebrachial areolet 

 forming a right angle, the hind one about eight times the length of the 

 fore one, and very much longer than the subapical vein before its fork ; 

 fork of the subanal vein very much further than the fork of the sub- 

 apical from the base of the wing ; anal vein extending nearly as far as 

 the fork of the subanal. Abdomen occasionally more or less brown, 

 or wholly black. Legs long, slender ; tibiae darker than the femora ; 

 tarsi brown ; hind tibiae with minute spines and moderately long spurs ; 

 fore tibiae as long as the fore metatarsi. 



Not rare. (E.) 



5. nemoralis, Meig. Zw. i. 265. 12 (1818); Mcq.; Stag.; Zett. 

 elongata, Curt. ; Walk. Nigra, palpis testaceis, thoracis maculis 

 duabus anticis, halteribus pedibusque fulvis, alls subcinereis, tarsis rii- 

 gricantibus. Long. 3-4 ; alar. 6-7 lin. 



Black. Body long, slender, shining. Palpi testaceous. Antennas 

 tawny at the base. Thorax with a tawny spot on each side in front. 

 Wings slightly greyish; veinlets of the praebrachial areolet forming a 

 slightly obtuse angle, the fore one as long as the hind one ; cubital 

 vein slightly undulating ; subapical vein not forked, but accompanied 

 by a secondary vein which ends at a little behind the tip of the wing; 

 fork of the subanal vein and tip of the praebrachial areolet at an equal 

 distance from the base of the wing ; anal vein extending to a short dis- 

 tance from the border. Halteres tawny. Legs tawny, long, slender ; 

 tarsi blackish ; hind tibiae without spines. 



Not rare. (E.) 



Genus VI. SCIOPHILA. 



SCIOPHILA, Hoifmansegg ; Meig. Zw. i. 245 (1818); Meig.; Curt.; 

 Mcq. Platyura p., F. ; Meig. Kl. Asindulum p., Latr. 



Corpus gracile, plerumque elongatum. Caput parvum. Oculi oblongi. 

 Ocelli ires, intermedius minimus. Proboscis brevis. Palpi arcuati, 

 4-articulati. Antennae filiformes, compressae, 16-articulatae, corporis 

 dimidio non longiores. Thorax brevis. Alee sat latae, areolis dua- 

 bus cubitalibus. 



Body elongated, slender. Head small. Eyes oblong. Ocelli three, 

 the middle one in front very small. Proboscis short. Palpi curved 

 downward, four-jointed ; first and second joints short ; third longer ; 



