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fore the middle of the length of the wing, and is almost angular near 

 its base ; radial forked near its base ; cubital connected by a transverse 

 veinlet at its base with the first externo-medial, the latter springing 

 from the third externo-medial, with which it is also connected by a 

 transverse veinlet, whose angle is the origin of the second externo- 

 medial ; subanal connected with, the third externo-medial by a veinlet, 

 which is very little beyond the base of the first externo-medial. Ab- 

 domen long, pilose, with eight segments. Legs slender, rather long, 

 unarmed; coxae short; hind tibia3 with minute apical spurs. Fern. 

 Wings broad. 



1. pilosa, Schumm. Dipt. Siles. 149. 34. pi. 2. f. 7 (1829); Zett. 

 macroptera, Mcq.; Staeg.; Zett.; Ferris. mollissima, Hal. Cinereo- 

 lutescens, capite cinereo, palpis antennisque nigris, his basi ferrugineis, 

 thorace vittis tribus obscuris intermedia gemina, alis cinereo-flavescen- 

 tibus pilosis, stigmate parum distincto, abdomine fuscescente piloso, 

 auo ferrugineo, pedibus ferrugineo-flavis, femoribus tibiisque apice tar- 

 sisque fuscis; Fcem. alis latis. Long. 2-3; alar. 6 lin. 



Greyish-lutescent. Head grey. Palpi and antennae black, the latter 

 ferruginous at the base. Thorax with three dark stripes, the middle 

 one double. Wings greyish-yellow, pilose; stigma indistinct. Hal- 

 teres dingy white ; club pale brown. Abdomen brown, hairy. Legs 

 ferruginous-yellow ; tarsi and tips of the femora and of the tibiae brown. 

 Jem. Wings very broad. 



The larva has been found in an Agaricus. Rare. In Mr. 

 Haliday's collection. (I.) 



Genus VIII. RHAMPHIDIA. 



RHAMPHIDIA, Meig. Zw. vi. 282 (1830); Mcq.; Staeg.; Ross. (V.) ; 

 Zett. Limnobia p., Meig. Zw. i. ; Schumm. Megarhina, St. Farg. 

 Rhamphidia et Leptorhina, Steph. 



Corpus mediocre, elongatum, cylindricum, subpubescens. Caput par- 

 vum, rotundatura, postice leviter attenuatum. Oculi rotundi, reinoti. 

 Proboscis angusta, recta, cylindrica, capite duplo longius. Palpi 

 4-articulati, incurvi; articuli primus, secundus, et tertius oblongi; 

 quartus paullo longior et angustior. Antennae 16-articulatae, breves, 

 simplices, pilosae, extrorsum subsetaceae; articulus primus modice 

 longus, cylindricus ; secundus cyathiformis ; tertius et sequentes 

 globosi. Thorax ellipticus. Scutellum parvum. Alae modice an- 

 gustae, incumbentes, parallelae, nudae. Abdomen elongatum, seg- 

 mentis octo. Pedes longi, graciles, subnudi, inermes ; coxae breves ; 

 tibiae calcaribus brevissiinis. Mas. Anus parvus, forcipe inflexa. 

 Fcem. Anus stylis duobus elongatis, subulatis, subrectis. 

 Body long, cylindrical, slightly pubescent, of moderate size. Head 



small, nearly round, slightly attenuated hindward. Eyes round, re- 



