. Fig. 67. Wing of H. vitripennis ^. small hairs. Mesopleura not hairy above. Abdomen black, dull, second and sixth segments elongated, the very short hairs almost only visible at the sides. Hypopygium quite small, greyish black, of the construc- tion typical for Hypocera; it has somewhat bristly hairs below; anal tube not protruding. Legs not robust, hind tarsi somewhat long; the legs are brownish black, the front legs, especially tibiæ, paler and all tarsi brownish or brownish yellow; front tibiæ with a dorsal bristle at the upper third, middle tibiæ with a pair at the upper tliird and an an
. Fig. 67. Wing of H. vitripennis ^. small hairs. Mesopleura not hairy above. Abdomen black, dull, second and sixth segments elongated, the very short hairs almost only visible at the sides. Hypopygium quite small, greyish black, of the construc- tion typical for Hypocera; it has somewhat bristly hairs below; anal tube not protruding. Legs not robust, hind tarsi somewhat long; the legs are brownish black, the front legs, especially tibiæ, paler and all tarsi brownish or brownish yellow; front tibiæ with a dorsal bristle at the upper third, middle tibiæ with a pair at the upper tliird and an anterior bristle at apex, hind tibiæ with two anterodorsal bristles, one at the upper third and one at or below the middle (they are recorded to have sometimes a third bristle below the others) and with a quite small, spur-like bristle at apex; the hind tibiæ are simple, without dorsal furrow. Wings clear and colourless, thick veins brown or blackish brown, the others nearly colourless; costa scarcely reaching to the middle, 1 somewhat longer than 2; costal ciha short; first vein curved and the mediastinal vein developed; third vein bent angularly upwards at apex, without hairs, but witli a distinct bristle at base; fourth vein not evenly and much curved; only one bristle on alula. Halteres black. 12
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