Fam. LONCHOPTERIDÆ, _Curtis_.
Gen. CADREMA, n. g.
_Mas. Corpus_ breviusculum, sat gracile. _Caput_ thorace vix
angustius; facies subobliqua. _Antennæ_ brevissimæ; arista apicalis,
longa, subpubescens. _Abdomen_ ovatum, thorace vix longius. _Pedes_
posteriores robusti; tibiæ posticæ calcare apicali arcuata. _Alæ_
angustæ lanceolatæ.
_Male._ Body rather short and slender; head nearly as broad as the
thorax; face slightly oblique. Antennæ extremely short; arista long,
apical, minutely pubescent. Abdomen oval, hardly longer or broader than
the thorax. Posterior legs stout; hind tibiæ with a curved apical spur.
Wings narrow, lanceolate; cubital vein and præbrachial vein parallel,
the latter ending at the tip of the wing; discal transverse vein
straight, ending at full thrice its length from the border and at nearly
thrice its length from the præbrachial transverse.
81. CADREMA LONCHOPTEROIDES, n. s. _Mas._ Testacea, antennis luteis,
thoracis disco et metathorace nigris, abdomine apicem versus nigricante,
alis vitreis macula apicali nigricante.
_Male._ Testaceous; antennæ luteous; disk of the thorax and metathorax
black; abdomen blackish towards the tip; wings vitreous, with a blackish
apical spot; veins black, testaceous towards the base. Length of the
body 1-3/4 line; of the wings 4 lines.
Fam. PLATYPEZIDÆ, _Haliday_.
Gen. PLATYPEZA, _Meigen_.
82. PLATYPEZA GLAUCESCENS, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Piceo-nigra, capite
gutta atra, thoracis disco cyanescente-cinereo, abdomine nigro, pedibus
halteribusque piceis, tarsis albidis, posticis dilatatis, alis vitreis.
_Male and Female._ Piceous black; head with a deep black dot in front;
disk of the thorax with a bluish-cinereous tinge; abdomen black; legs
piceous; tarsi whitish; hind tarsi dilated; wings quite vitreous; veins
black; discal transverse vein parted by nearly twice its length from
the border, and by more than twice its length from the fork of the
præbrachial vein; fore branch of the latter joining the termination of
the costal vein at the tip of the wing, close to the end of the cubital
vein; halteres piceous. Length of the body 1-1-1/2 line; of the wings
2-2-1/2 lines.
Fam. SIPPHIDÆ, _Leach_.