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EMPID.E. 



Genus XVIII. ELAPHROPEZA, 



ELAPHROPEZA, Mq. d. n. (1827) ; Ztt. Tachydromia p., Flu. Heme- 

 rodromia p., Mg. 



Corpus minutum, oblongum, glabrum, parum setulosura. Color luteus. 

 Oculi fere connexi. Proboscis brevis, verticalis. Palpi lati, pro- 

 boscide breviores. Antennae 4-articulatse ; articulus tertius lonyus, 

 conicus ; quartus setiformis. Alse sublatiores ; vena cubitalis sim- 

 plex ; vence externo-mediae 2 ; areola discoidalis et vena subanalis 

 nullce ; areola prtebrachialis pobracJiiali multo brevior. Pedes sim- 

 plices, valid! ; coxce fvmoribus breviores. 

 Mas. Anus obtusus. 

 Fcem. Anus acutus. 



Body minute, oblong, smooth, shining, luteous. Head globose. 

 Eyes almost connected beneath and above. Proboscis short, perpen- 

 dicular. Palpi broad, shorter than the proboscis. Antennae 4-jointed; 

 first and second joints short ; third long, conical, much longer than the 

 first and the second ; fourth setiform, a little longer than third. Wings 

 rather broad ; cubital vein simple ; externo-medial veins 2 ; discoidal 

 areolet and subanal vein none; prcebrachial areolet much shorter than 

 the pobrachial ; longitudinal veins simple ; second short ; third and 

 fourth very slightly diverging from each other ; fifth slightly curved 

 to the hind border. Legs simple, slender ; coxae, shorter than the 

 femora. 



Male. Tip of the abdomen obtuse. 



Fern. Tip of the abdomen acute. 



Elaphropeza and Platypalpus seem to be alike in habit. 



1. ephippiata, Mn. d. s. emp. ii. 14 (1815); Mg.; Ztt. Lutea, 

 capite nigro, antennis fuscis basi fiavis, thoracis vittis duabus scutel- 

 loque nigris, alis limpidis, abdomine nigro, pedibus flavis. Long. 1 ; 

 alar. 2 lin. 



Luteous, smooth, shining, thinly clothed with very short black hairs, 

 beset with a few black bristles. Head black. Proboscis yellow, with 

 a brown tip. Palpi yellow. Antennae brown ; first and second joints 

 yellow ; third yellow towards the base. Thorax with 2 broad short 

 black stripes ; scutellum black. Wings colourless ; veins tawny, 

 yellow towards the base. Halteres yellow. Abdomen black. Legs 

 yellow ; tips of the tarsi pale brown. 



Generally distributed ; appears in summer on herbage and on 

 the leaves of shrubs. (E. I.) 



