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upper edge of the femora, the base of the fore pair beneath, and the 

 tarsi blackish. In the male the intermediate femora have four short spines 

 beneath, in a row, near the tip. 



Not rare on moors and mountains. (E. S. I.) 



Genus VII. THINOPHILUS. 



THINOPHILUS, Wlbg. act. holm, consp. (1844), 37 ; Ztt. d. s. 3100. 

 Medeterus p., Hal. Rhaphium p., Ztt. 



AntenncB articulo tertio rotundato, arista dorsali. Oculi pubescentes, dis- 

 tantes. Proboscis crassa, exserta, palpis magnis. Abdomen depressum, 

 hypopygio marls immerso, appendicibus tenuibus. Vena transversa a 

 margine distans. 



Eyes pubescent, distant. Face broad in both sexes, not descending as 

 low as the eyes, ending in an obtuse angle below. Supercilia black ; 

 beard of the lower occiput soft, pale. Proboscis protuberant, compressed 

 below, thick behind; the palpi large, uncovered. Antenna much shorter 

 than the head, with the first joint naked, the second shortest, produced 

 at the inside above the base of the third joint, which is rounded ; arista 

 dorsal, slender, nearly naked, the penultimate joint short. Metathoracic 

 epimera dilated. Wings oblong ; the discal transverse vein distant 

 from the hind margin by more than its own length ; subapical approach- 

 ing the cubital with a gentle curve, or straight and parallel (sp. 3). 

 Abdomen scarcely longer than the thorax, depressed, with five segments, 

 the anterior ones nearly of equal length ; in the male a little compressed 

 behind, the hypopygium short and thick, partly imbedded, its appendages 

 slender, inflected. Legs of moderate length ; fore coxae with some 

 bristles outside towards the tip ; tibiae more or less spiny ; anterior 

 metatarsi long; the hind one scarcely longer than the next joint, 

 unarmed. 



The separation of this genus seems to be quita justified. Agree- 

 ing with the female Rhaphia, in the broad face, large proboscis 

 and palpi, and not differing much in the wings or legs, the short 

 depressed abdomen gives them more the figure of the two pre- 

 ceding genera, while in the antennae they differ from them all. 



1. flavipalpis, Ztt. d. s. 472. 13 (1843); Wlbg. ^nescens, 

 thoracis dorso antice ferruginoso, antennis subtus et pedum geniculis lutes- 

 centibus, halteribus flamdis ; Mas. tarsis anterioribus albidis, nigro annu- 

 latis et pennatis, tibia antica apice calcarata, hypopygii appendicibus sub- 

 cequilongis fuscis. Long. 2^ ; alar. 6 lin. 



Dull brassy, beneath greenish-grey. Face burnished in the middle. 

 Supercilia not a detached row, the upper occiput being beset with 

 scattered spines. Palpi pale yellowish. Antenna reddish-tawny, edged 



