12 MYCETOPHILID^E. 



Note. The specimen here described has much resemblance to 

 M. nigra, and may possibly not be M. paludosa. 

 Eare. (E.) 



5. pictipennis, Stseg. D. D. 266. 41 (1840) ; Zett. Nigra, sub- 

 nitens, alls subcinereis maculis duabus diffusis fuscis apud marginem pus- 

 ticum connexis et pallidioribus, halteribus pedibusque testaceis, tarsis 

 nigricantibus. Long. 1 ; alar. 2 lin. 



Black, slightly shining. Palpi and antennae blackish. Thorax with 

 tawny down. Wings greyish, with a large brown spot by the prcebrachial 

 areolet, and another near the tip of the costa ; these spots are connected in 

 the disc of the wing, and extend thence in a paler band to the hind border; 

 veinlets of the prrebrachial areolet forming an obtuse angle ; the hind 

 one about twice the length of the fore one, and as long as the subapical 

 vein before its fork; anal vein short. Halteres testaceous. Legs 

 dingy, testaceous ; tarsi blackish. 



Eare. (E.) 



6. rara, Stseg. D. D. 266. 42 (1840); Zett. Nigro-fusca, palpis 

 pedibusque fulvis, antennis fuscis basi fulvis, thorace maculis duabus 

 fulvis, alis subcinereis, maculis duabus subobsoletis fuscescentibus, halteri- 

 bus albidis, tarsis fuscis. Long. H-l| ; alar. 2^-3 lin. 



Blackish-brown. Palpi tawny. Antenna? brown, not longer than 

 the thorax, tawny at the base. Thorax slightly clothed with pale to- 

 mentum; a tawny spot on each side in front.. Wings very slightly 

 greyish, icith a large, indistinct, brownish, subapical, costal spot ; trans- 

 verse veinlets of the prabrachial areolet very slightly clouded with brown, 

 forming a very obtuse angle ; the hind one about twice the length of 

 the fore one, and nearly as long as the subapical vein before its fork ; 

 anal vein about half the length of the subanal. Halteres whitish. 

 Legs tawny ; tarsi brown ; fore tibise hardly longer than the fore me- 

 tatarsi. 



Eare. (E.) 



7. bimaculata, F. S. A. 59. 12 (1805); Stseg.; Zett. D. S.di- 

 usta, Meig. arcuata p., Zett. I. L. pictula? Meig. Nigro-fusca, 

 palpis, thoracis vittis duabus, halteribus, ventre, segmentorum margi- 

 nibus posticis pedibusque testaceis, antennis basi fulvis, alis subcinereis 

 macula discali fascia que subapicali obscuris, apicibus cinereis, tarsis fuscis. 

 Long. 2-2|; alar. 4-5 lin. 



Blackish-brown, thinly clothed with pale down. Palpi testaceous. 

 Antennae blackish-brown, tawny at the base. Thorax very stout, on 

 each side with a testaceous stripe, which is dilated in front. Wings 

 slightly greyish, with a brown spot, which extends from the costa to the 

 prtfbrachial areolet, and at three-fourths of the length with a grey band, 

 which is brown in front ; tips grey ; veinlets of the preebrachial areolet 

 forming a very obtuse angle ; the hind one about twice the length of the 

 fore one, and of the subapical vein before its fork ; subanal vein forked 



