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8. splendida, Mgrle. j Mg. zw. iii. 271. 11 (1822) ; Mq. ; Lw. 

 Mnea, antennis nigris, alls subcinereis, pedibus piceis, femoribus seneis, 

 tibiis basi genubusque fulvis. Long. 2-|-2f ; alar. 5-5| lin. 



^Eneous. Antennae black ; third joint long and slender. Wings 

 greyish. Halteres luteous. Legs piceous ; femora aeneous ; tibiae and 

 tarsi clothed with ferruginous hairs; tibiae at the base and knees 

 tawny. 



Not common. (E.) 



Genus XXII. BRACHYOPA. 



BRACHYOPA, Mg. zw. iii. 260 (1822); St. F. et Srv. ; Mq. ; Lw.; 

 Ztt. ; Edn. Oacinis p., Fb. ? Musca p., Pz. ; Fb. ? Rhingia 

 p., Fin. 



Epistoma vix elongatum, ad os prominens. Antenna basi disjunct^, 

 capitis latitudine conjunctim breviores ; articulus quartus dorsalis ; 

 quintus nudus vel pubescens. Scutellum convexiusculum, margine non 

 bene determinate. Alee areola discali ab margine posteriore divaricata, 

 areola subapicali Integra., lobo axillari distincto, venis subcostali et ra- 

 diali ad marginem disjunctis, vena transversa praebrachiali ante areolce 

 discalis medium locata. 



Head semicircular, narrower than the thorax ; epistoma but little 

 elongated horizontally, protuberant towards the mouth, much impressed, 

 truncated ; peristoma oblong, retuse in front. Eyes bare, almost 

 round. Labrum narrow, notched at the tip. Lingua acute, as long as 

 the labrum. Maxillae subulate, half the length of the palpi. Palpi 

 filiform, curved, clavate towards the tips, as long as the labrum. La- 

 bium long, semicylindrical, hairy and bilobed at the tip. Antennae 

 5 -jointed, porrect, nutant, seated on a tubercle of the fore front, sepa- 

 rated at tlie base, jointly shorter tJian tlie breadth of the head ; first and 

 second joints small ; second larger than the first ; third almost ellipti- 

 cal ; fourth very short, seated on the base of the third ; fifth setiform, 

 bare or pubescent. Thorax oblong, pubescent, somewhat widened in 

 the middle ; scutellum semicircular, somewhat convex ; margin undefined. 

 Wings twice the length of the abdomen, lanceolate, finely pubescent, 

 incumbent and parallel in repose ; discal areolet diverging from the 

 posterior margin ; subapical areolet entire ; axillary lobe distinct ; sub- 

 costal and radial veins ending separately in the margin ; transverse pra- 

 brachial vein palced before the middle of the discal areolet. Halteres 

 uncovered. Abdomen oval, convex, pubescent. Legs simple; hind 

 legs somewhat longer than the anterior ; hind femora broad ; hind 

 tibias curved. Male. Eyes nearly contiguous. Fern. Eyes parted. 



1. bicolor, Fin. syrph. 33. 2 (1816); Mg. ! zw. iii. 262. 2. pi. 



