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distinct ranges on the outer side. Wings ovate, rounded off at the base, much shorter and more rounded 
than in Aphelomera, longer than the abdomen, microscopically pubescent, the minute hairs not all of one 
length as in Aphelomera, but of two lengths, the longer ones fewer and two or three times longer than 
the others. Costal vein extending considerably beyond the tip of the radial sector, but ending far from 
the apex of the wing; subcosta ending in the costa be3'ond the base of the radial sector and united to 
Rj by Scj (subcostal crossvein); Rj joints the costa far beyond the middle of the anterior border of the 
wing; base of the radial sector is situated nearer the base of the wing than its distance from the apex 
of Ri; media is simple and reaches the wing margin beyond its tip; cubitus is a little arcuated, the 
anterior branch detached, appearing as a short piece of a vein joining the margin; anal vein wanting 
(PI. 4, Fig. 23). 
Type species : T . flavipes, Skuse. 
Geographical distribution of species : 
I. T . flavipes, Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales (2), Vol. 3, p. i2o5(i63), Australia. , 
pi. 32, f. 12 (188S). 
12. Genus RONDANIELLA, nom. nov 
Leia. Meigen (Winnertz), Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. 792 (i863). 
Characters. — Head oval, flattened in front, placed low upon the thorax; eyes oval; ocelli 
three in number, arranged in a triangle upon the broad front or almost upon the vertex, the laterals larger 
than the middle one; palpi incurved, four jointed, the first joint small, the two following subequal, the 
fourth as long or longer than the others taken together; antennas projecting forward arcuate, 2+14 join- 
ted, the first and second joints cupuliform, the second with setae at the tip, the flagellar joints cylindrical, 
pubescent. Thorax oval, highly arched, the metathorax steep; scutellum small, nearly semicircular. 
Abdomen slender, six segmented, in the male nearly cylindrical, somewhat diminishing in size towards 
the apex, with small forceps ; in the female somewhat depressed, with stout ovipositor ending in two small 
lamellse. Legs strong, the femora, especially hind pair, flattened, the tibiae with spurs and with lateral 
setae. The fore tibiae have a row of setae on the outer side, also one seta on the inner side near the middle, 
another near the outer row, and a third at the apex near the spur; the hind tibiee have three rows of 
strong setae outwardly, the middle tibiae each with a single long seta on the inner side somewhat beyond 
the middle. Wing longer than the abdomen, elongate oval, with rounded base, microscopic setulose. 
The subcostal vein ends at about one-third the length of the wing, its posterior branch (subcostal cross- 
vein) is wantin ; ; the costa ends far beyond the tip of the radial sector, but does not reach the apex of the 
wing; the radial sector arises at the middle of the wing hence the basal cell R is about half the length of 
the wing; the base of the anterior branch of the media and also of the cubitus is wanting; the anal vein 
is incomplete (PI. 4, Fig. 24). 
The name Leia was used by Rondani (i856) in the sense in which Winnertz (i863) and subsequent 
writers used Glaphyroptera and N eoglaphyropiera. Furthermore Leia fascipennis, which was designated as the 
type of the genus by Curtis, belongs to Leia in Rondani's sense, hence this name must be transferred 
to its proper position and the Leia of Winnertz renamed. 
Type species : R. variegata, Winnertz (Leia). 
Geographical distribution of species : 
I. R. abhreviata, Loew, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. Vol. i3,p. 147 (33) (Lfza) (1S69). United States. 
