DIPTERA. 435 3 
Oviduct piceous, shining, compressed. Length of the body 3 lines; of 
the wings 6 lines. PS 
East Indies. 
Div. Q. Meig. Dipt. i. 146, pl. 6, f. 6. 
Rhamphidia ? 
Limnosia PROMINENS, Fem. 
Testacea ; proboscis nigra, capite non longior ; antenne nigre ; pedes 
longi, graciles, femoribus tibiis tarsisque apice fuscescentibus ; ale 
limpidea, venis lestaceis. 
Testaceous. Proboscis and antennw black. Proboscis not longer 
than the head. Legs long, slender; tips of the femora, of the tibie and 
of the tarsi brownish. Wings limpid; veins, stigma and halteres testa- 
ceous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 
United States. 
Div. X. Cat. Dipt. Brit. Mus. i. 50. 
Structure of the wing-veins like that of Z. pilipes, Fabr. 
Limnosia LaNucinires, Mas. 
Testacea ; caput et pectus cano tomentosa ; antenne nigra, thorace bre- 
viores ; thoracis discus fuscus, cano bivittatus ; abdominis segmenta 
fulvo marginata; apex fulvus; pedes fulvi; femora tibieque 
dense pubescentia ; tarsi apice niyri; ale subcineree, venis fuseis ; 
halteres testacet. 
Testaceous. Head and pectus with hoary tomentum. Antenne 
black, shorter than the thorax. Disk of the thorax brown, with two 
hoary stripes. Abdomen tawny on the borders of the segments and 
at the tip. Legs tawny; femora and tibiw thickly pubescent; tarsi 
black towards the tips. Wings slightly grayish; veins brown, tes- 
taceous at the base. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 6 lines ; 
of the wings 12 lines. 
Cape. 
