. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. hirmoneura. 147 Genus HIRMONEURA, Mg. IIir»wnei(ra,1SLeigen, Syst. ,p. 132 (1820) ; Blancliard, Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, p. 587(1840). Hyrmoneura, Rondani, Archiv. Zool. Modena, iii, p. 50 (1863). Hyrmophlocba, Rondani, op. cit.^. 51 (1863). Hurmoheura, Philippi, Verb. Ges. Wien, xv, p. 655 (1865). Parasymmictus, Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (5) ix, p. lxvii (1879). Genotype, Hirmoneura obscura, Mg. (Europe); by original designation. "Whole body of about uniform width. Read transverse ; eyes bare or pubescent, in d contiguous, in J wide apart,
. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. hirmoneura. 147 Genus HIRMONEURA, Mg. IIir»wnei(ra,1SLeigen, Syst. ,p. 132 (1820) ; Blancliard, Hist. Nat. Ins. iii, p. 587(1840). Hyrmoneura, Rondani, Archiv. Zool. Modena, iii, p. 50 (1863). Hyrmophlocba, Rondani, op. cit.^. 51 (1863). Hurmoheura, Philippi, Verb. Ges. Wien, xv, p. 655 (1865). Parasymmictus, Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (5) ix, p. lxvii (1879). Genotype, Hirmoneura obscura, Mg. (Europe); by original designation. "Whole body of about uniform width. Read transverse ; eyes bare or pubescent, in d contiguous, in J wide apart, or distinctly though narrowly separated in g, in which case they are less widely separated in $ ; three ocelli. Proboscis very short, hardly extended beyond mouth-opening; palpi moderately long, curved. Fig. 9.—Hirmoneura ojjaca, Licbt., and enlarged figure of antenna. upwards. Antennae short, porrect, remote at base, 3-jointed, 1st and 2nd subglobular or cylindrical, subequal in length, 3rd onion- shaped, longer, produced in a long arista-like style longer than the antennae. Thorax subquadrate. Abdomen rather longer than thorax, the tip pointed in both sexes, more so in § ; whole body aud legs devoid of any strong bristles, but bearing longer or shorter soft pubescence of varying extent. Legs moderately long, slender, minutely pubescent. Wings moderately or rather long ; auxiliary 1st, and 2nd longitudinal veins long, ending towards wing-tip ; 2nd beginning about or before middle of wing, nearly straight; 3rd beginning near base of 2nd, projected diagonally across the wing, anastomosing (even if only in a punctiform manner) with 4th, thence bent suddenly upwards, shortly after- wards forking, the branches long and approximately parallel, l2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brunetti, Enr
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