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38. E. tenuicornis, Van der Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 2, p. 177 (17), Europe. 
pi. 12, f. 4, 4a {Mycetophila) (iS58j. 
tenuicornis , Winnertz, Verb, Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. Vol. i3, p. 882 (3) {i863); 
Schiner, Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2, p. 476 (1864); Van der Wulp, 
Dipt. Neerland. Vol. i, p. i33 (2) (1877J. 
39. E. trivittaia, Staeger, in Krojer, Naturh. Tidsskr. Vol. 3, p. 261 (3i) Europe. 
{Mycetophila) (1840). 
trivittaia, Zetterstedt, Dipt. Scand. Vol. 11. p. 4234 (5i) (Mycetophila) (i852); 
Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. 884 (5) (i863); 
Schiner, Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2, p. 476 (3) (1864). 
40. E. umbratica, Aldrich, Rept. Geol. Ind.Vol. 21 , p. 186 (Afy'^fi'o/i/n'/a) (1896). United States. 
/[I. E. unimacnlaia, Zetterstedt, Dipt. Scand. Vol 14, p. 6565 (20, 21) North Europe. 
{Mycetophila) (i860). 
The species analis, brunnca, flava Walker, iiidecisa, leioides, longicornis, liicidula, Macquartii, parvida, 
uniniaciilata and vidua, listed with Mycetophila, may belong here. 
58. Genus PAL^EOEPICYPTA, Meunier 
Palseoepicypta, Meunier, Mon. Mycetoph. etc p. 170 (1904). 
Characters. — ■ Antennae reach to the end of the thorax, the joints longer than broad, sessile^ 
basal joints differentiated; palpi long, fourth joint longest. Thorax gibbose, large, with hairs. Wings 
oval; costa not produced beyond the tip of the radial sector and not reaching the tip of the wing; basal 
cell R both broad and long, the R-M crossvein nearly longitudinal in position, about four times as long 
as the short basal section of the radial sector; media forks proximad of the base of the radial sector; 
cubitus forks slightly distad of the fork of the media; anal vein incomplete (PI. 6, Fig. 21). Tibias 
with two ranges of spines; metatarsi very long, all tarsal joints long. Lamellae of the ovipositor long 
ovate, ciliated. 
Type species ; P. Ipugicalcav , Meunier. 
Geographical distribution of species : 
I. P. longicalcar, Meunier, Mon. Mycetoph. etc. p. 170, pi. 14, f. i (1904). Baltic amber. 
59. Genus EPICYPTA, Winnertz 
Epicypta. Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. 909 (38) (i863). 
Characters. — Head round, flattened in front, the anterior margin of the thorax produced 
over it; front broad, its anterior margin produced into a triangle which descends to the base of the 
antennae; eyes small, round; ocelli small, laterals close to the eyes, the middle one very small, difficult 
to see, placed in a groove at the base of the frontal triangle ; palpi incurved, four jointed, the first joint 
very small, the fourth longest; antennae nearly cylindrical, slender, somewhat arcuate, 2 -f 14 jointed, 
the basal joints differentiated, the flagellar joints cylindrical, somewhat compressed, pubescent. Thorax 
oval, arched, anterior margin produced over the head, in profile forming a continuous curve with the 
head ; mesonotum pubescent, the lateral margins over the base of the wings and the posterior margin 
setose; scutellum semicircular, margin setose; mesonotum not high, steep, somewhat arched. Abdomen 
short, not slender, laterally compressed, very broad, strongh' constricted at the base, in the male six 
segmented, with small anal segment and small forceps; in the female seven segmented, the seventh 
