98 CEClDOMYZIDjE. 



transverse veinlet at beyond the middle of the subcostal vein ; second 

 branch of the anal vein with a short curve to the hind border. Male. 

 Antennae twenty-six-jointed, longer by half than the body ; petioles 

 towards the base rather longer than the joints, nearly twice their length 

 towards the tips. Fern. Antennas fourteen-jointed, full three-fourths 

 of the length of the body ; joints about the middle part about four 

 times the length of their petioles. Oviduct elongated, without valves ; 

 third segment whitish. 



Lives and assumes the pupa state in the tufts on the tips of 

 the buds of Linaria vulgaris. 



66. flava, Meig. Zw. i. 99. 17 (1818). hilarella? Zett. Mas, 

 flava, capite nigro, antennis nigris aut fuscis, corporis longitudine, 



alis albido-limpidis, venis pedibusque pallide flavis, halteribus albis. 

 Long. 1 ; alar. 3 lin. 



Male. Yellow. Head black. Antennas black or brownish, sixteeu- 

 jointed, moniliform, verticillate-pilose, as long as the body ; joints ob- 

 conical, alternately longer and shorter, not longer than their petioles, 

 which are pale yellow. Wings nearly limpid, slightly whitish ; veins 

 pale yellow; subcostal vein rather less than half the length of the wing; 

 cubital slightly curved ; subanal almost obsolete ; first branch of the 

 anal distinct ; second branch curved obliquely and not abruptly to the 

 hind border. Halteres white. Legs pale yellow, long, slender. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



67. abrupta, n. Mas, fusca, antennis nigris corpore vix brevi- 

 oribus, articulorum petiolis brevissimis, scutello albido, alis sublimpidis, 

 venis halteribusque albidis, abdomine pedibusque pallide testaceis. Long. 

 li; alar. 3 lin. 



Male. Brown. Antennae black, twelve-jointed ?, moniliform, verticil- 

 late-pilose, nearly as long as the body ; joints elliptical, with extremely 

 short petioles. Scutellum whitish. Wings nearly limpid ; veins whitish ; 

 subcostal vein less than half the length of the wing ; cubital slightly 

 curved ; subanal distinct, nearly straight ; first branch of the anal ob- 

 solete, except at its base ; second branch curved abruptly and slightly 

 obliquely to the hind border. Halteres whitish. Abdomen and legs 

 pale testaceous. Legs moderately long and slender. 



Bare. (E.) 



68. concolor, n. Mas, nigra, antennis corporis longitudine, alis 

 sublimpidis, venis pallide fuscis, halteribus albis, pedibus testaceis. 

 Long. l|-2 ; alar. 3^-4 lin. 



Male. Black. Antennas twenty-jointed, moniliform, verticillate-pi- 

 lose, as long as the body ; joints simple, elliptical, the incrassated part 

 longer than the petiole. Wings nearly limpid, not ciliated ; veins pale 

 brown ; subcostal vein half the length of the wing ; cubital straight 

 ending at the tip of the wing ; subanal almost obsolete ; first brand 

 of the anal slight but distinct ; second branch curved very abruptly to 



