14 MYCETOPHILIDjE. 



thorax blackish, with two parallel tawny stripes. Things slightly grey- 

 ish, with a tawny tinge in front ; a brown spot on the tip of the prce- 

 bracJiial areolet and of the fork of the subapical vein, and another ad- 

 joining the costa at three-fourths of the length ; veinlets of the prsebra- 

 chial areolet forming a slightly obtuse angle ; the hind one twice the 

 length of the fore one, and more than twice the length of the subapical 

 vein before its fork ; subapical and subanal veins forked at an equal 

 distance from the base of the wing ; anal vein not extending to the 

 fork of the subanal. Abdomen black above ; hind borders of the seg- 

 ments and tip tawny. Legs testaceous; tarsi brownish; tips of the 

 hind femora brown ; fore tibiae a little longer than the fore metatarsi. 



Generally distributed. " The larva is gregarious in the grow- 

 ing stems of hollow-stalked Agarics; and spins, for its trans- 

 formation, a long pouch of white silk, with a flat circular lid." 

 Holiday. (E. S. I.) 



11. fuscicornis, Meig. Zw. i. 261. 2 (1818); Zett. I. L. D. S. ; 

 Stann. ; Staeg. prccusta, Meig. ; Zett. I. L. Nigro-fusca, palpis tes- 

 taceis, antennis basi fulvis, thorace antico fulvo maculis tribus nigro- 

 fuscis, alls subcinereis fusco bimaculatis, ventre albo tomentoso, pedibus 

 testaceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque fuscescentibus. Long, l-i 

 2 ; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Blackish-brown. Palpi testaceous. Antenna? tawny at the base. 

 Thorax tawny in front, with three blackish-brown spots ; the middle 

 one in advance. Wings greyish, with two brown spots, the first on the 

 tip of the pr&brachial areolet and of the fork of the subapical vein, the 

 other at two-thirds of the length and adjoining the costa ; veinlets of the 

 praebrachial areolet forming an obtuse angle, the hind one twice the 

 length of the fore one, and more than twice the length of the subapical 

 vein before its fork ; subanal vein forked at a little distance beyond the 

 fork of the subapical ; anal vein not extending near to the fork of the 

 subanal. Halteres whitish. Abdomen with white tomentum beneath. 

 Legs testaceous ; tarsi brownish ; tips of the posterior femora and tibiae 

 brown ; fore tibiae much longer than the fore metatarsi. 



Not rare. (E.) 



12. lineola, Meig. Zw. i. 262. 4 (1818) ; Stann. ruficollis, Meg. ; 

 Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. ; Es. centralis, Meig. ; Staeg. lurida ? Meig. 

 Nigro-fusca, abdominis marginibus pedibusque testaceis, capite antennis- 

 que basi fulvis, palpis halteribus thorace vittis duabus fulvis, alls sub- 

 cinereis, macula discali fusca. Long. l-J-2; alar. 3-4 lin. 



Blackish-brown. Head tawny. Palpi testaceous. Antennae tawny 

 at the base. Thorax on each side with a tawny stripe, which is dilated 

 in front. Wings greyish, with a brown spot on the tip of the prabrachial 

 areolet and of the fork of the subapical vein ; veinlets of the praebra- 

 chial areolet forming a nearly right angle, the hind one less than twice 

 the length of the fore one, which is hardly shorter than the subapical vein 

 before its fork; subanal vein forked at hardly beyond the fork of 



