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white, with four brown spots ; transverse veinlet at a little beyond the 

 middle of the subcostal vein ; anal vein and its second branch forming 

 an almost right angle. Halteres white. Legs pale brown, yellow 

 beneath. Male. Antennae longer by half than the body ; double joints 

 very little shorter than their petioles. Fern. Antennae live-sixths of the 

 length of the body; joints almost sessile. Oviduct with two oval 

 valves. 



Feeds on Ceoma miniatum, growing on the fallen leaves of the 

 rose ; changes in the earth. 



124. Cerasi, Loew, Pr.Pos. Gymn. 35. 19 (1850); Winn. Fulva, 

 capite thoracisque disco nigro-fuscis aut castaneo-fuscis, antennis fuscis 

 basi flavis, pectore nigro, alis subcinereis valde pilosis, venis fuscis, hal- 

 teribus albo-flavis apice fuscis, abdomine sordide fusco-flavo incisuris 

 nigricantibus, pedibus nigro-fuscis subtus albo-nitentibus, femoribus 

 basi tarsisque posticis pallide flavis ; Mas, antennis corpora fere duplo 

 longioribus, articulis duplicatis longi-petiolatis ; Fcem. antennis corpore 

 brevioribus, articulorum petiolis brevissimis, oviductu brevi lamellis 

 duabus ovatis. Long. -1 lin. 



Tawny. Disc of the thorax brown. Wings greyish; transverse veinlet 

 joining the middle of the subcostal vein ; anal vein and its second branch 

 forming an almost right angle. Legs blackish-brown ; femora at the 

 base and hind tarsi pale yellow. Male. Antennae nearly twice the length 

 of the body ; double joints rather shorter than their petioles. Fern. 

 Antennae about two-thirds of the length of the body ; joints five times 

 the length of their petioles. Oviduct short, with two oval valves. 



Feeds on the leaves of the Cherry, of the White-thorn, and of 



125. cilipes, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 280. 70 (1853). Fulva, an- 

 tennis fuscis basi flavis, thorace vittis tribus contiguis nigro-fuscis, pec- 

 tore nigricante, alis fuscescentibus nigro-cinereo-pilosis, venis nigris, 

 halteribus fuscis basi albo-flavis, abdomine fusco-flavo albo-hirto, pedibus 

 pilosis nigris longissimis subtus albidis, tarsormn articulis tertio ad quintmn 

 albicantibus ; Mas, antennis corpore multo longioribus, articulis dupli- 

 catis longi-petiolatis ; Fcem. antennis corpore brevioribus, articulorum 

 petiolis brevissimis, oviductu brevi lamellis duabus ovatis. Long. 1 lin. 



Tawny. Thorax with three blackish-brown stripes. Wings brown- 

 ish ; transverse veiulet joining the middle of the subcostal vein ; anal 

 vein and its second branch forming a rounded obtuse angle. Legs hairy, 

 very long, black, whitish beneath ; third, fourth, and fifth joints of the 

 tarsi whitish. Male. Antennas longer by half than the body; double 

 joints rather shorter than their petioles. Fern. Antennas about two- 

 thirds of the length of the body ; joints six times the length of their 

 petioles. Oviduct short, with two oval valves. 



Lives in decayed wood of Fagus sylvatica. 



126. decorata, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 281. 71 (1853). Fulva, 



