DOLICHOPEZA. 315 



1. venosa, L.F. 8.1738(1761); F.; D.G.; Gmel.; Lair.; Meig.; 

 Mcq. ; Schumm. ; Zett.; Gimra. ; Staeg. ; Ross. (V.) triangularis^ . ; 

 Gmel. rivosa, Schr. Alba, palpis antennisque fulvis apice nigris, 

 thorace vittis tribus dorsalibus cinereis duabusque lateralibus testaceis, 

 alls albo-limpidis, fascia obliqua vittaque fuscis, costa lurida, abdomine 

 vittis duabus fuscis, pedibus fulvis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsisque 

 nigris. Long. 11-12; alar. 18-20 lin. 



White. Palpi and antennae tawny, black towards the tips. Thorax 

 with a testaceous stripe along each side, and with three grey dorsal 

 stripes, the lateral pair very short, the middle one subdivided in front. 

 Wings limpid, mostly white in the disc, lurid along the costa, and with 

 some brown marks towards the disc ; a brown stripe along the subanal 

 vein, and an oblique brown band clouding the transverse veinlets at the 

 tip of the discal areolet. Halteres testaceous. Abdomen with two 

 brown stripes. Legs tawny, pubescent ; tarsi and tips of the femora 

 and of the tibiae black. 



Not common. Inhabits moors and woods, and appears most 

 frequently in the North. (E. S. I.) 



Genus XIII. DOLICHOPEZA. 



DOLICHOPEZA, Curt. B. E. 62 (1825); Meig. ; Mcq.; Staeg. ; Ross. 

 (V.); Zett, Tipitla p., Scop.; Mull. Leptina, Meig. PI. 65. f. 

 10. 



Corpus elongatum, gracile, sublaeve, mediocre. Caput rotundum. Froiis 

 latissima. Oculi parvi, rotundi, valde remoti. Proboscis brevius- 

 cula. Palpi 4-articulati, exserti, incurvi; articuli breves, aequales. 

 Antennae 12-articulatae, incurvae, subfiliformes ; articulus primus cy- 

 lindricus; secundus brevissimus, cyathiformis ; tertius et sequentes 

 setacei, subpubescentes. Thorax ellipticus, convexus. Alae sat Iata3. 

 Abdomen gracile, segmentis octo. Pedes longi, graciles, inermes ; 

 femora et tibiae subaequalia ; tarsi longissimi, tibiis fere duplo lon- 

 giores. Mas. Antennae thorace longiores. Fcem. Antennae paullo 

 breviores. 



Body elongated, slender, nearly smooth, of moderate size. Head 

 round. Front very broad. Eyes small, round, very remote. Pro- 

 boscis rather short. Palpi four-jointed, exserted, curved downward ; 

 the joints short, of equal size. Antennae twelve-jointed, curved, sub- 

 filiform ; first joint cylindrical ; second very short, cyathiform ; third 

 and following joints setaceous, minutely pubescent. Thorax elliptical ; 

 metathorax of moderate size. Wings long, moderately broad, with a 

 stigma; mediastitial vein ending by the stigma at four-fifths of the 

 length of the wing ; subcostal ending by the tip of the stigma ; radial 

 and cubital springing from a common petiole, which is about one-sixth 

 of their length, and which proceeds from the subcostal close by the 



