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13. Z. simplex, Stiobl, Mitth. Naturw.Ver. Steiermark, 1894, p. i5g (iSgo). Central Europe. 
14. Z. ^;^l/^■^f^^,Winnertz,Verh.Zool.-bot.Ges.Wien,Vol.I3,p.902(I)(I863). Europe. 
valida, Schiner, Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2, p. 481 {2) (1864). 
15. Z. vara, Staeger, in Krojer, Naturh. Tidsskr. Vol. 3, p. 266 (42) [Myce- Europe. 
tophila) (1840). 
var,i, Zetterstedt, Dipt. Scand. Vol. 11, p. 4260 (67) [Mycetophila] (i852); 
Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. goS (2I (i863); 
Schiner, Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2, p. 481 (4) (1864); Van derWulp, 
Vol. I, p. 122 (3) (1877). 
Mycetopltila oligoiieiira, Stannius ma}' belong to Zygomyia. 
62. Genus SCEPTONIA, Winnertz 
Sceptonia. Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. Vol. i3, p. 907 (37) (i863). 
Characters. — Head oval, flattened in front, placed low upon the thorax; front broad, the 
anterior margin produced into a triangle the apex of which reaches the base of the antenna'; eyes small, 
round; ocelli three in number, the laterals small, contiguous to the eye margiii, the middle one very 
small, placed in a groove at the base of the frontal triangle ; palpi incurved, four jointed, the first joint 
very small, the tourth longest; antennse slender, arcuate, 2 -|- 14 jointed, the two basal joints differenti- 
ated, setose at the apex, the flagellar joints cylindrical, somewhat compressed, pubescent. Thorax oval, 
arched, its anterior margin projecting slightly over the head, in profile making a continuous curve with 
the head; mesonotum short haired, the margin with longer hairs, scutellum semicircular, margin with 
setae; metanotum small. Abdomen of the male six segmented, with small retracted anal segment; that 
of the female seven segmented, the seventh segment always retracted; compressed, constricted at the 
base, ovipositor short, slender, with two oval lamella;. Legs strong, coxEe and femora broad, tibia: almost 
clavate ; fore tibiae without lateral seta;, the hind pair with two ranges of stout setae on the extensor 
surface, the middle pair with one seta on the inner side. Wings longer than the abdomen, oval, with 
rounded base, with microscopic setute arranged in longitudinal rows. Costa prolonged beyond the tip 
of the radial sector, ending far from the tip of the wing; subcosta very short, incomplete, curved toward 
the costa but not reaching it; the radial sector arcuate, running parallel to the costa, the cell above it 
thus very narrow; media forks distad of the base of the radial sector, its petiole short; cubitus simple; 
first anal wanting, the second long but incomplete (PI, 6, Fig. 26). The flies are found in shady 
woods at all seasons except in mid winter. 'Vhe larviv live in rotten wood and in fungi. 
Type species : 5. nigra, Meigen. 
Geographical distribution of species : 
1. S. coMco/or.Winnertz, \'erh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, \'ol. i3, p. go9(2)(i863). Central Europe. 
— S. costata, Van der Wulp = nigra, Meigen. 
2. 5. nigra, Meigen, Klass. Vol. i, p. 92 (8) {Mycetophila) (1804); S^'st. Europe. 
Beschr. Vol. i, p. 270 (23) {Mycetophila) (1818). 
nigva, Zetterstedt. Dipt. Scand. Vol. 11, p. 4247 (64) [Mycdophila) (i852); 
Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. Vol. i3, p. 908 (i) (i863); 
Schiner, Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2, p. 482 (1864); Van der Wulp. 
Dipt. Neerland. Vol. i, p. i23, pi. 4, f. g (1877). 
costata, Van der Wulp, Tijdschr. V. Ent. Vol. 2, ji. 182 (22), pi. 12, f. 9, 
ga (Mycetophila) (iS58). 
3. 5. ornalithorax, Skuse, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales (2), Vol. 5, p. 621 Australia. 
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