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210. SEPSIS FRONTALIS, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, capite antico, antennis,
pedibus anticis femoribusque posterioribus basi testaceis, alis
vitreis. _Foem._ Fulva, abdomine nigro.
_Male._ Black, shining; head in front and antennæ testaceous; fore
legs testaceous; posterior femora testaceous towards the base; wings
vitreous; veins black; discal transverse vein straight, oblique,
parted by twice its length from the border, and from the præbrachial
transverse. _Female._ Tawny; abdomen black. Length of the body 1 line;
of the wings 2 lines.
211. SEPSIS FASCIPES, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, subnitens, antennis pallide
rufis, abdomine fusiformi postice attenuato, pedibus albis, tibiis
intermediis femoribusque nigris, tibiis posticis basi apiceque nigris,
alis cinereis macula apicali nigra.
_Female._ Black, slightly shining; antennæ pale red, very short,
3rd joint conical; abdomen fusiform, lanceolate and much attenuated
towards the tip, much longer than the thorax; legs white; femora and
middle tibiæ black; hind tibiæ black at the base and at the tips;
wings grey, with a black spot at the tip of the costa; veins black;
discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by its length
from the border, and by full twice its length from the præbrachial
transverse. Length of the body 3/4 line; of the wings 3 lines.
212. SEPSIS REVOCANS, n. s. _Foem._ Cupreo-nigra, antennis nigris,
pedibus halteribusque testaceis, alis subcinerascentibus basi
nigricantibus.
_Female._ Cupreous-black, shining; antennæ black, very short; legs
testaceous; wings slightly greyish, blackish at the base of the costa;
veins black; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by more
than twice its length from the border, and by less than twice its
length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres testaceous. Length of
the body 1-1/2 line; of the wings 2 lines.
Subfam. PSILIDES, _Walk._
Gen. MICROPEZA, _Macq._
213. Micropeza fragilis, _Walk._ See Vol. I. p. 37.
Gen. COENURGIA, n. g.
_Mas._ Corpus gracile. _Caput_ elongatum, antice conicum. _Antennæ_
porrectæ; articulus 3^{us} lanceolatus; arista apicalis, sat robusta.
_Thorax_ linearis. _Abdomen_ fusiforme, thorace vix angustius, non
longius. _Pedes_ longi; femora lata, compressa; tarsi antici articulo
1° dilatato fusiformi. _Alæ_ breviusculæ, sat angustæ.
Allied to _Nerius_. _Male._ Body slender. Head elongate, conical in
front, as broad as the thorax. Antennæ porrect; 1st and 2nd joints
short; 3rd lanceolate; arista rather stout, apical, larger than all
the preceding joints. Thorax linear. Abdomen fusiform, hardly narrower
and not longer than the thorax. Legs long, femora broad, compressed;
fore tarsi with the first joint dilated, fusiform. Wings rather short
and narrow.
214. COENURGIA REMIPES, n. s. _Mas._ Fulva, capite guttis tribus
nigris, antennis basi nigris, arista alba, thorace maculis duabus
nigris, pedibus nigris, coxis femoribusque luteis apice nigris, alis
flavo-cinereis, halteribus apice nigris.
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