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2. Epicypta punctuiii Stannius. 



Observ, de Myc. 16. 1831 (Mycetophila). 

 Male and female. Length 3 mm. Head black, siibshining, 

 antennae brown, scape, at least the second joint, and the palpi 

 reddish yellow, hairs yellowish. Thorax and abdomen brown- 

 ish black with appressed yellow hairs, hypopygium dusky yel- 

 lowish; longer hairs at. the bases of the wings and the 4 

 scutellar setae, black. Coxae and legs reddish yellow, tips of 

 hind femora, the spurs and the tarsi brown ; middle tibiae each 

 with I shorter and 2 longer setae on the flexor surface; fore 

 metatarsus very slightly shorter than the tibia, subequal in the 

 female; the entire tarsus about 2.4 the tibia in length; soles of 

 the 2-4 fore tarsal joints slightly swollen in the female. Wing 

 hyaline, tinged with brownish yellow, with a brownish centra! 

 spot; costa noticeably produced beyond the tip of Rs; the base 

 of Rs, the forks of media and cubitus nearly equidistant from 

 the base of the wing, or the last very slightly proximad; second 

 anal long, though incomplete, somewhat curved up at the end. 

 Halteres yellow. "Europe and N. J." Auburndale, Mass. 

 (C.W.J.) Aug. 



3. Bpicypta trinotata Staeger. 



Kroyer: Tidsskr. 242. 1840 (Mycetophila): 

 Male and female. Length 3 mm. Head and antennae brown, 

 scape and palpi yellow, hairs yellow. Mesonotum reddish yel- 

 low with 3 subconfluent brown stripes, or in the male, brown, 

 with only yellow humeri, pleura and metanotum brown, scutel- 

 lum brown in the male, yellow with brown lateral spots in the 

 female, setae black, hairs appressed, yellow. Abdomen dark- 

 brown with appressed yellow hair, hypopygium yellowish (Fig. 

 61). Coxae and legs yellow, hind margins and tips of hind 

 femora, the spurs and the tarsi brown ; fore metatarsus and 

 tibia subequal in length, the entire tarsus about 2.2 jonger than 

 the tibia, middle tibiae each with a short and 2 long setae on 

 flexor surface. Wings yellowish hyaline, with a brown central 

 spot, an elongate pale brownish preapical cloud, a pale brown 

 spot behind the fork of the cubitus, and a yellow costal cell 

 (Fig. 186). Excepting the central spot the markings are some- 

 times quite fa-.nt. Halteres yellow. Mass., (W.M.W.) ; N. 



