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

 jEnea, antennis nigris, alls subcinereis; pedibus piceis, femoribus aeneis, 

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



^Bneous. 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. Oscinis p., Fb. ? Musca p., Pz. ; Fb. ? Mingia 

 p. Fin. 



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

 capitis latitudine conjunctim breviores ; articulus quartus dorsalis ; 

 quintus nudus vel pubescens. Scutellum convexiusculum, margine non 

 dene determinate. Alee areola discali ab margine posteriore divaricata, 

 areola subapicali integra, lobo axillari distincto, venis subcostali et ra- 

 diali ad marginem disjunctis, vena transversa prabrachiali 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 the base, jointly shorter than the 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 undejined. 

 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 prce- 

 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 

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



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



