340 RHYPHJDjE. 



pedibus tcstaceis, femoribus tibiisque apicc tarsisque nigris. Loug. 

 3 1-4 ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Black. Proboscis and palpi tawny. Thorax with a tawny suture 

 between the wings. Scutellum tawny. Wings slightly greyish. Ilal- 

 t-cres testaceous. Abdomen testaceous at the tip. Legs testaceous ; 

 tarsi, except at the base, and tips of the femora and of the tibiae, black. 



Perhaps a variety of P.fasciata. Rare. (E.) 



FAMILY XI. RHYPHID^. 



Ocelli tres. Mesothoracis scutum integrum. Ala3 sat latse ; areola 



discalis completa. 



Ocelli three. Scutum of the mesonotum undivided. Wings and 

 halteres developed. Discal areolet complete. 



Genus I. RHYPHUS. 



HHYPHUS, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. xiv. 291 (1802); Meig. ; Lam. ; Mcq. ; 

 Curt. ; Gimm. ; Blanch. Mmca p., L. ; Gmel. Tipulap., F. Sp. Ins. ; 

 Scop. Rhagio p., F. Mant. Ins. ; Meig. Kl. Sciara p., F. Syst. 

 Antl. Anisojms, Meig. Kl. Zw. 



Corpus subcylindricum, sat gracile, non elongatum. Caput subro- 

 tundum. Labium elongatum, subcylindricum. Labrum lanceola- 

 tum. Lingua setiformis. Palpi 4-articulati, porrecti, compressi, 

 pubescentes. Antennae 16 -articulate, submoniliformes, pubescentes, 

 thorace paullo breviores. Thorax ellipticus. Alse sat long* lataeque. 

 Abdomen cylindricum, segmentis septem, thorace duplo longius. 

 Pedes gracilcs, vix elongati ; tibiae posticaB calcaribus minimis api- 

 calibus. Mas. Oculi supra connexi. Foem. Oculi disjunct!. 

 Body subcylindrical, rather slender, not long. Head nearly round. 

 Ocelli three, in a triangle on the vertex. Labium fleshy, elongate, sub- 

 cylindrical, with two elliptical hairy lobes. Labrum lanceolate. Lingua 

 setiform. Palpi four-jointed, porrect, compressed, pubescent ; first joint 

 subcylindrical; second broad, clavate, more than twice the length of 

 the first ; third and fourth slender ; third not half the length of the 

 fourth, which is about as long as the second. Antenna? sixteen-jointed, 

 submoiiiliform, pubescent, rather shorter than the thorax; first joint 

 longer than the others ; the latter joints slightly attenuated. Thorax 

 elliptical. Wings moderately long, and broad ; subcostal vein end- 

 ing at before two-thirds of the length of the wing ; radial emerging 

 from the subcostal at beyond half its length, ending at before threc- 

 fourths of the length of the wing, near which it is undulating; cubital 

 running a fork of the radial, and ending nt very little in front of the 



