ch darker on the discal transverse
vein; praebrachial vein largely bordered with brown; veins black,
testaceous towards the base, discal transverse vein straight, parted by
about one-sixth of its length from the border, and by rather less than
half its length from the praebrachial transverse; alulae very small.
Length of the body 5-1/2 lines; of the wings 10 lines.

Subfam. SEPSIDES, _Walk._

Gen. ANGITULA, n. g.

_Foem._ _Corpus_ convexum, glaberrimum, nitidissimum. _Caput_
subrotundum; epistoma valde prominens. _Antennae_ epistoma non
attingentes; articulus tertius longiusculus, linearis, apice conicus;
arista subpubescens. _Thorax_ anticus valde productus et attenuatus;
scutellum bispinosum; metathorax magnus, declivis. _Abdomen_
longi-subfusiforme; segmentum primum gibbosum. _Pedes_ longi, graciles;
coxae anticae longissimae. _Alae_ longae, angustae; alulae obsoletae.

_Female._ Body convex, very smooth and shining. Head nearly round; front
subquadrate; face short; epistoma very prominent. Mouth short. Antennae
not reaching the epistoma; third joint linear, rather long, conical at
the tip; arista somewhat pubescent. Thorax much produced and attenuated
in front; scutellum armed with two spines; metathorax slanting, well
developed. Abdomen elongate-subfusiform, longer and much more slender
than the thorax; first segment gibbous above. Legs long, slender,
without bristles; fore coxae very long. Wings long, narrow; discal
transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than half its length
from the border, and by nearly twice its length from the praebrachial
transverse.

151. ANGITULA LONGICOLLIS, n. s. _Foem._ Nigro-aenea; capite subtus
albido, frontis disco rufescente, fascia albida; antennis piceis basi
rufis; pedibus nigris, femoribus basi coxisque anticis albidis; alis
limpidis, costa nigra.

_Female._ AEneous black. Head whitish beneath, front with a reddish disk,
face whitish. Antennae piceous, first and second joints red; legs black,
bare; femora towards the base and fore coxae whitish; wings limpid, with
a black costal line extending to the tip of the praebrachial vein; veins
and halteres black. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 8 lines.

Gen. SEPSIS, _Fallen_.

152. SEPSIS BASIFERA, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Nigra; thorace nigro-aeneo;
tarsis, femoribus basi pedibusque anticis testaceis; alis limpidis,
costa basi nigra. _Mas._ Metatarsis intermediis dilatatis, alis apice
vix nigricantibus. _Foem.