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DIPTERA 
of the wing. The fossil genus Saina, Giebel, which was figured by Brodie is too poorly preserved to place 
with certainty. According to Scudder the fossil genus Macroiira, Berendt, may be the same as Macrocera, 
Macroura only being a misprint. Berendt mentions no species. There is but one living genus in this 
subfamil3^ 
I. Genus MACROCERA, Meigen 
? Euphnosyne. Meigen, Nouv. Classif. des Mouches a deux ailes, p. i6 (iSoo). (Doubtful type). 
Macrocera. Aleig^n, Illiger's Mag. \'ol. 2, p. 261 (tSo3); (Meigen, Klass. vol. i, 1804). 
? Macroura. Berendt, Organ. Reste im Bernstein, Vol. i, p. 5i (1S45) (nom. nud.). 
Geneja, \Aoy. Atti dell' Instit. Veneto, (3), \'ol. 9, p. 229 (2) (iH63). 
Characters. — Head broad, (j\al, flattened in front; e}'es oval, slightly emarginate at the base 
of the antennae; ocelli three, of iniequal size, placed in a flattened triangle on the front, the anterior one 
smaller; palpi four jointed, cylindrical, the first joint small, the following subequal, or the last one 
longest; antennae 2 -|- 14 jointed, ver}' long, often much longer than the bod}-, arcuate, projecting 
forward, the first joint spheroidal, the second cupuliform, the lower flagellar joints cylindrical, the others 
filiform, hairy, on the lower side somewhat setulose, the last two joints densel)' covered with longer 
hairs and setae. Thorax oval, highly arched; scutellum small, nearly semicircular; metanotum highly 
arched. Aldomen depressed, nearly cylindrical, in the female widest at the middle, in both sexes seven 
segmented. Legs slender and long, the fore pair much shorter; tibiae with minute spurs; tibial setae 
apparently wanting. ^^ ing hairy or microscopic setulose, large, broad, with a ver}' broad base, usually 
longer than the abdomen, when at rest half open. Subcosta complete and ending in the costa ; Sc^ (sub- 
costal crossvein) present; costa produced far beyond the tip of R4-1-5 and almost reaching the tip of the 
wing; radial sector much arcuated; R2+,^ very short, quite oblique in position, ending in the costa; 
anal vein more or less sinuous, and reaching the posterirjr margin of the wing (PI. 3, Fig. 20). 
R2_(_3 is occasionally wanting in abnormal specimens. 
Type species : Meigen (iSo3) named Tipula longicoynis, but with a query, as the representative 
species; a case of doubtful identification. Curtis named M. liilea as the type. 
Geographical distribution of species ; 
1. M. abundare, Meunier (fossil), Mon. Mycetoph. etc. p. 91, pi. <S, Baltic amber. 
f. 3 (1904). 
2. M. a/^zVo/ci, Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges.W ien , Vol. 1 3, p. 6S2 ( i863). Central Europe. 
3. M. augiilata, Meigen, Syst. Besch. \'ol. i. p. 224 (4) (1S18). Europe. 
angnlata, Winnertz, Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. 681 (91 (i863); 
Schiner. Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2. p. 431 (4) (1864). 
vittata, Macquart (nec Meigen), Suites a BufFon, Vol. i, p. iSy ( i ) (1834). 
4. M. awHH/zVo;ira, Mik,Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. 14, p. 791 (i) ( 1864). Central Europe. 
5. M. antennalis, Marshall, Trans. New Zeal. Instit. Vol. 28 (iSgS), New Zealand. 
p. 271 (1896). 
6. M. apicalis, Hoffmeister, 8. Jahresb. Ver. f. Naturk. Cassel, p. 13 (1844). Central Europe. 
7. M. ceniyalis, Meigen, Syst. Beschr. Vol. i, p. 225 (5) (r8i8). Europe. 
ceiitnilis. Winnertz, Verb. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3. p. (179 (7) (iS63); 
Schiner, Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2, p. 431 (4) (1864). 
8. M. ciliata, Meunier (fossil), Mon. Mycetoph. etc. p. 93. pi. 8, f. 6(1904). Baltic amber. 
9. M. clara, Loew, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. Vol. i3, p. i33 (6) (1869). East United States. 
10. M". roMCiHjza, Williston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 255 (i), pi. 8, f. 7 (1896). St. Vincent Island, W. I. 
11. M. crassicomis, Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. 679 Central Europe. 
(5) (i863). 
