M LIST OP DIPTERA. 



antice angustatus. Scutellum quadrispinosum. Abdomen thorace 

 paullo latius, non longius. Pedes tenues. 



Phyllophora, Macq, Dipt, Exot. ii. 178. 



Mediastinal vein ending at before half the length of the wing 

 Eadial ending at beyond half the length. First branch of the cubital 

 ending at a little beyond half the length between the radial and the 

 second branch, which ends at some distance in front of the tip of the 

 wing. Three complete nearly straight externo-medial veins. Sub- 

 anal vein united to the anal at some distance from the border. 

 Discal areolet pentagonal. Median veinlet obsolete. Subapical 

 areolet occupying the front of the tip of the wing. 



1. Phyllophora. nigra. 



Nigra; antennae fuscce, basi scutellique spince flavae ; pedes fulvi ; 

 alee ad costam fuscae. 



Phyllomorpha nigra, Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 1, 178, 1. 

 Clitellaria Cormasa, Walk. Cat. Dipt, 3, 524. 



Genus 10. ACANTHTNA. 



Antennae 7-articulatae ; flagellum breve, conicum. Thorax 

 valde productus. Scutellum quadrispinosum. Abdomen convexura, 

 crassum. Pedes breves, tenues. Alae parvae. 



Acanthina, Wied. Auss. Zweifi. ii. 50 ; Macq, 



Mediastinal vein ending at half the length of the wing. Sub- 

 costal and radial veins ending before two-thirds of the length. First 

 branch of the cubital straight, short, ending at one-fourth of the 

 distance between the radial and the second branch, which ends at 

 far in front of the tip of the wing. Three complete externo-medial 

 veins. Subanal vein joining the anal at some distance from the 

 border. Median veinlet distinct. Discal areolet pentagonal. 



A. Thorax albo vittatus. 



A. Alae hyalinae, vitta apiceque fuscis. - - longa, Wied. 



B. Alae fuscse, fascia limpida. - elongata, Wied. 



B. Thorax fusco vittatus. ... hieroglyphica, Wied, 



C. Thorax fulvo vittatus. 



A, Alae margine postico fasciaque fuscis. - - ornata, Macq. 



B. Alae flavidae. ----.- aurata, Macq, 



