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anal ; second branch inclined abruptly to the border, straight, slightly 

 oblique to the other part. Legs pale testaceous, rather long and slender. 

 Not common. (E.) 



103. Leacheana, Steph. MSS. Testacea, capite antennisque 

 nigris, thoracis disco fuscescente, alis subcinereis, venis nigris, tarsispos- 

 ticis apices versus albis ; Mas, antennis 16-articulatis corpore vix brevi- 

 oribus, scutello thoracis lateribus abdominisque apice albidis, abdomine 

 fusco; Foem. antennis 14-articulatis corpore inulto brevioribus, thoracis 

 lateribus anticis albidis. Long. 2-2 ; alar. 5-6 lin. 



Testaceous. Head and antennae black. Disc of the thorax brown- 

 ish. Wings greyish, pubescent, ciliated ; veins black ; subcostal vein 

 nearly half the length of the wing ; cubital curved, ending near the tip 

 of the wing ; subanal distinct ; first branch of the anal quite obsolete ; 

 second branch curved obliquely and not abruptly to the hind border. 

 Legs long, slender ; kind tarsi ^cMte towards the tips. Male. Antennae 

 sixteen-jointed, moniliform, verticillate-pilose, nearly as long as the 

 body ; joints nearly round, much shorter than their petioles, with 

 whorls of very long hairs. Scutellum, sides of the thorax, and tip of the 

 abdomen whitish. Abdomen brown. Fern. Antennae fourteen-jointed, 

 subfiliform, much shorter than the body ; joints double, subcylindrical, 

 verticillate-pilose, full four times the length of their petioles. Thorax 

 whitish on each side in front. Oviduct short. 



Not common. Found in the autumn, near London, and in the 

 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. (E.) 



104. impudica, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 262. 62 (1853). Mas, 

 flava, anteunis fuscis gracilibus basi flavis corpore duplo longioribus, 

 articulis duplicatis longi-petiolatis, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, pectore 

 fusco, alis subfuscescentibus cinereo-hirtis, venis fuscis, halteribus albis 

 apice fuscescentibus, abdomine fuscescente cano-hirto, pedibus nigro- 

 fuscis subtus albidis. Long. -| lin. 



Male. Yellow. Antennae brown, slender, yellow at the base, twice 

 the length of the body ; double joints as long as their petioles, and 

 towards the base of the antennae rather longer. Thorax with three 

 brown stripes. Pectus brown. Wings slightly brown ; transverse 

 veinlet situate at a little beyond the middle of the subcostal vein ; anal 

 vein and its second branch forming a rounded obtuse angle. Halteres 

 white, with brownish tips. Abdomen brownish, with hoary hairs. 

 Legs blackish-brown. 



Habits unknown. 



105. tenuicornis, n. Mas, fusco-testacea, capite nigro, antennis 

 corporis longitudine, scutello pallide testaceo, alis subcinereis, halteribus 

 albidis, pedibus testaceis. Long. 1 ; alar. 3 lin. 



Male. Brownish-testaceous. Head black. Antennae black, twelve- 

 jointed, subfiliform, verticillate-pilose, as long as the body; joints 

 double, nearly cylindrical, full thrice the length of their petioles. Scu- 



