120 CECIDOMYZID^:. 



about twenty-five joints, less than half the length of the body ; joints 

 approximate, nearly oval, not petiolated. Thorax advanced over the 

 head, with three tawny stripes. Wings grey, rather short and narrow ; 

 veins darker, as in C. ampla. Abdomen brown. Legs brown, stout ; 

 tarsi curved. Var. /3. Abdomen tawny. 



Not common. In the British Museum. (E. S.) 



The following species seem to be nearly allied to C. extrema : 

 C. producta, Meig. C. rosea, Zett. C. protuberans, Zett. C. hirtipes, 

 Zett. C. immunda, Zett. 



135. funesta, n. Mas, nigra, thorace obscure ferrugineo vittis 

 tribus nigris, alis cinereis, venis nigris, pedibus validis lougis. Long. 

 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Male. Black. Antennas submoniliform ; joints a little longer than 

 broad. Thorax dark ferruginous, with three black stripes. Wings 

 grey ; veins black ; subcostal vein much more than half the length of 

 the wing ; cubital very slightly curved, ending on the hind border at 

 some little distance from the tip ; subapical indicated by a streak ; se- 

 cond branch of the subanal curved abruptly to the border, forming a 

 very acute angle with the first, which is very indistinct. Legs long, 

 stout. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) This may be the male 

 of C. extrema. 



136. ampla, n. Testacea, antennis fuscis %-articulatis corporis 

 dimidio fere longioribus, thorace vittis tribus fuscis, alis subcinereis, 

 abdomine univittato, pedibus longis. Long. 3 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Testaceous. Antenna brown, with about twenty -five joints; joints 

 nearly oval. Thorax with three tawny stripes. Wings very slightly 

 greyish ; veins pale ; subcostal vein ending at half the length of the 

 wing ; cubital ending at the tip ; subapical ending at about half the 

 distance from the cubital and the subanal, the latter abruptly curved to 

 the border towards its tip. Abdomen with a slight darker dorsal 

 stripe. Legs long, rather slender. Male. Antennae moniliform, verti- 

 cillate-pilose, a little shorter than the body ; joints petiolated. Abdo- 

 men brownish; hind borders of the segments pale testaceous. Fern. 

 Antennas submoniliform, full half the length of the body, slightly ver- 

 ticillate-pilose ; joints approximate, hardly petiolated. Abdomen with 

 a slight dark tawny dorsal stripe. 



Rare. (E.) 



137. crassipes, Loew, Pr. Pos. Gym. iv. 81. 2. Foem.fulva, an- 

 tennis fuscis \Q-articulatis verticillato-pilosis, thorace fusco-trifasciato, 

 alis subcinereis, halteribus pedibusque nigro-fuscis, his crassis. Long. 

 2 lin. 



Fern. Tawny. Antenna brown, sixteen- jointed, verticillate-pilose ; 

 the last joint small, often not distinct. Thorax with three indistinct 

 darker stripes. Wings greyish ; their pubescence brown along the fore 



