194 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschi. 1911. 



ganz gerade nach hinten und läfst aber das Ende der Analader 

 frei. Die zweite Qaerbinde läuft durchgehend über die hintere 

 Querader und ist ebenfalls gerade. Mit ihr steht der nur etwas 

 über die Cubitalismündung reichende Apicalsaum des Flügels die 

 ganze Spitze der Marginalzelle breit im Zusammenhange. Bei 

 Ep. arcuata sieht man in dieser braunen Spitze unten immer einen 

 hellen Fleck. Kleine Querader ungesäumt , deutlich jenseits der 

 Mitte der Discoidalzelle und circa auf der Flügelmitte. Radialis 

 am Ende fast gerade. — Schüppchen bräunlich. Schwinger rotgelb. 

 Körper und Flügel ungefähr 4 mm , letztere wenig kürzer. 



4. E p iplate a s c ut ellaris Coquillett. 

 Coquillett, Journ. N. Y. ent. Soc, Vol. VII. p. 25 (1900). 



„Front brownish red, the orbits narrowly white pruinose, 

 face, cheeks and occiput reddish yellow , face in profile straight, 

 slightly retreating below , clypeus invisible , lower side of head 

 horizontal , antennae yellow , the 3. Joint elongate - ellipsoidal, 

 slightly over twice as long as wide, palpi yellow, proboscis brown ; 

 thorax brownish black, scutellum reddish yellow, bearing 2 bristles, 

 sternopleural bristle present , the propleural wanting ; abdomen 

 black, smooth except the last segment , which is scabrous ; legs 

 brownish yellow , unarmed ; wings hyaline , the base to beyond 

 the humeral eross-vein brown, a brown apical spot extending from 

 apex of second vein to the 4. , 3. and 4. veins almost parallel, 

 hind cross-vein very oblique , its upper end nearer base of wing 

 than is the low^er , small cross-vein scarcely beyond middle of 

 discal cell, outer hind angle of anal cell rounded. L. 3 mm. — 

 1 cf. California." 



5. Epiplatea amabilis Williston. 



Williston, Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies), Trans. Ent. Soc. 



London 1896 p. 376. 



„$. Front moderately broad, slightly narrower above, opaque 

 yellowish-red , with short black hairs. Face shining translucent 

 reddish - yellow ; gently excavated under each antenna ; nearly 

 yertical and straight in profile. Frontal , facial and occipital 

 orbits narrowly silvery-white. The clypeus forms a narrow, horse- 

 shoe shaped body , not projecting in profile. Antennae reddish- 

 yellow ; 3. Joint elongate oval, not reaching quite to the lower 

 margin of the face ; arista black , bare. Proboscis stout ; palpi 

 slender , yellowish , except at the base. Mesonotum uniformly 

 yellowish - red (about the same colour as the front) ; scutellum 

 somewhat brownish, with 4 bristles. Pleurae shining, more brownish, 

 in the middle below brown. The short hair of the mesonotum 



