8CIOPHILA. 37 



In the sixteen following species the fork of the subapical vein 

 is much further than the fork of the subanal from the base of the 

 wing. 



1. tenuis, n. Fulva, palpis halteribus pedibusque testaceis, anten- 

 nis thoracisque vittis tribus nigricantibus, alls subliinpidis. Long. 2-| ; 

 alar. 4 liri. 



Tawny, slender. Vertex black. Palpi testaceous. Antennas black- 

 ish, testaceous at the base. Thorax with three blackish stripes, the 

 middle one extending to the fore border, the lateral pair short. Wings 

 nearly limpid ; the transverse veinlet from the subcostal vein opposite 

 the middle of the first cubital areolet, which has slightly acute fore an- 

 gles, and slightly obtuse hind angles, the outer side slightly undulating. 

 Halteres testaceous. Legs testaceous, long, very slender ; hind tibias 

 with very minute spines and rather short spurs. 



Bare. (E.) 



2. hyalinata? Meig. Zw. vi. 295. 15 (1830); Stseg.; Zett. Tes- 

 tacea, vertice, thoracis disco antennisque nigris, alis subcinereis, abdo- 

 mine fusco, segmentorum marginibus posticis testaceis, tarsis nigrican- 

 tibus. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 5^-6 lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex and disc of the thorax black. Antennas black, 

 testaceous at the base. Wings greyish ; subcostal veinlet opposite the 

 middle of the first cubital areolet ; the latter rather large, with slightly 

 acute fore angles, and equally obtuse hind angles ; cubital vein curved. 

 Abdomen brown; hind borders of the segments testaceous. Tibias 

 darker than the femora ; tarsi blackish ; hind tibias with very miuute 

 spines and rather short spurs. 



Not common. (E.) 



3. margixiata, Meg. ; Meig. Zw. i. 249. 8 (1818) ; Stasg. ; Us. ; 

 Zett. unimaculata ? Mcq. Testacea, vertice, antennis, thoracisque vit- 

 tis tribus nigris, alis subcinereis, areola cubitali prima obscura, abdomine 

 nigro, fasciis testaceis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 2^-3 ; alar. 5-^- 6 lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex black. Antennae black, testaceous towards the 

 base. Thorax with three black or brown stripes, the lateral pair short. 

 Wings very slightly greyish ; transverse veinlet from the subcostal vein 

 opposite the middle of the first cubital areolet, which is clouded and 

 rather large; fore angles slightly acute, hind angles slightly obtuse. 

 Abdomen black, with a testaceous band on the hind border of each 

 segment. Tarsi brown ; hind tibiae with minute spines and moderately 

 long spurs. 



Not rare. (E. I.) 



4. fasciata, Fries; Zett. I. L. 858. 3 (1840); Stseg. Testacea, 

 vertice, antennis thoracis(\\LQ vittis tribus nigris, alis subcinereis, abdo- 

 mine nigro fasciis testaceis, tarsis fuscis. Long. 2-3 ; alar. 4^-6 lin. 



Testaceous. Vertex black. Antennas black, testaceous at the base. 

 Thorax with three black stripes, the lateral pair short. Wings slightly 



