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sub-marginal cell longer, but no narrower tban the second 
posterior cell, their bases about level; stem of the first sub¬ 
marginal cell less than one half the length of the cell; stem of 
the second posterior not quite one-third the length of the cell 
Fig. 188. 
•Wing of Taeniorhynchus violaceus. 3 . Theobald. 
posterior cross-vein, about twice its own length distant from the 
mid; halteres with pale stem and fuscous knob. 
Length .—5 mm. 
4 • Palpi slightly longer than the proboscis, deep violet black 
Fig. 189. 
Taeniorhynchus violaceus. Theobald. 3 head. 
with black hair tufts with violet reflections, apical segment shorter 
than the penultimate; antennae with dark plume-hairs. Fore 
ungues unequal, the larger biserrate, the smaller simple ; mid 
