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Together with these sphaerocerids, which are preserved in alcohol, also some hitherto unpublished data of pinned sphaerocerid specimens in our Collection from Tunisia are given below. I express my sincere thanks to my colleagues, to A .EMBEY-ISZTIN, Zs.DEBRECZY, L. GOZMÁNY, and to S. MAHUNKA, for collecting the invaluable Diptera material in Tunisia. Sphaerocera curvipes Latreille, 1805 - ló* (No. 46). A cop^ophagous, cosmopolitan species. Ischiolepta pusilla (Fallén, 1820) - 1 o" (No. 116). Almost cosmopolitan, coprophagous species. Ishiolepta vaporarlorum (Haliday, 1836) - Id* (No. 117). Known from the West Palearctic and North America. New to Tunisia. Copromyza (Olinea) atra (Meigen, 1830) -ló* (No. 38). 35 d", 7 S (No. 43), 10 ó", 3 ? (No. 46). A common Holarctic species. C. (Borborlllus) nltidlfrons (Duda, 1923) - Id 1 , 1 ? (No. 43); 1 ?; Tunis, Hoegen "nitidifrons ?" det. O. Duda. New to the African part of the Palearctic Region. C. (Borborillus) nlvelpennis (Duda, 1923) - 1 ? (No. 37/2), 2 6*, 2 ? (No. 64), 1 d" 1 ? (No. 60), 1 ? (No. 106) 1 o", 1 ? (No. 116), ló", 1° : Gafsa, BIRO - 28. HI. 1903. - "nlveipennis o*/?" det. O. DUDA. The latter two specimens were published in the description, but it is not quite sure whether DUDA regarded them as syntypes or not (cf. DUDA 1923: 89) indeed, doubly so, as in his monography DUDA (1938) did not include Tunisia in the distribution data of the species. I believe that we have good reason for regarding them as syntypes, since it is obvious that DUDA identified them as such in the description of the species, and it was seldom that DUDA designated a type or types unequivocally. Anyway, the two specimens had to have a label "costalls ou fumipennis?" written by BECKER, but in all probability DUDA discarded them (cf. DUDA, 1923:89). C. (Copromyza) equina (Fallén, 1820) - 2 d" (No. 46); 1 <?: Tunisia, Bel Mehtia - 1913. VIR. 3. - "equinus 6"" det. O. DUDA. New to Tunisia. Coproica hirtula (Rondani, 1880) - 2 d*, 3 2 (No. 117). Found in every continent (see PAPP 1978b). Coproica vagans (Haliday, 1833) -6 0*, 7 0 (No. 117). Almost cosmopolitan, coprophagous species. Probably common also in Tunisia. Limosina brevicostata Duda, 1918 - Id" (No. 117). For distribution see PAPP (1978a). Limosina ciliata Duda, 1918 - 1 ? (No. 46), 1 o* (No. 60), 1 % (No. 117). I had the opportunity to compare them with a female syntype in our Collection (Gafsa, BIRO, 22. HI. 1903, "ciliata ?" det. O. DUDA). The specimens above are the only known specimens of this species except for the type-series. Limosina crassimana Haliday, 1836 - 4 8 ? (No. 43), 1 2 (No. 46), 1 ? (No. 64), 1 ? (No. 77). New to Tunisia. Limosina heteroneura Haliday, 1836 - 1 ? (No. 12), 1 6* (No. 56), 1? (No. 80), 4 ? (No. 117). Almost cosmopolitan species. Limosina palmata Richards, 1927 - 1 S, 1 ? (No. 42). New to Tunisia. Limosina silvatica (Meigen, 1830) - 3 d" (No. 27). New to the African part of the Palearctic Region. Limosina villosa Duda, 1918 - 20 o", 5 ? (No. 42), 27 o*, 14 ? (No. 43), 1 d* (No. 73), 1 d" (No. 117), 3 (?, 2 ? (No. 46); 1 ?: Tunisia, Bel Mehtia - 1913. Vni. 30. - "viilo sa" det. O. DUDA. New to Tunisia. Leptocera (Opacifrons) coxata (Stenhammar, 1854) - 1 ? (No. 46), 3 d 1 , 1 ? (No. 56), 1 o* (No. 117). Distribution: Old World and North America. L. (Opacifrons) humida (Haliday, 1836) - 2 d*, 2 ? (No. 56), 11 cf, 18 ? (No. 60), 1 0 (No. 64). New to Tunisia. Leptocera (Opacifrons) tunisica sp.n. An interesting yellow, only partly browned, small species. Head completely yellow, only third antennái joint with some ochreous hue. Head short and high, eyes very small (similar to that of the species of Leptocera Oliv. s.str.); head 1.5 times higher than long, longest diameter of eye only 2.4 times longer than genal width at vibrissa; genae strongly widening posteriorad: in level of vte nearly as wide as longest diameter of eye.Arista more than 4 times longer than antenna, with about 0.018 mm long hairlets. Third antennái joint very small (shorter than second joint ending in a distinct upper edge. Head bristles: distinct but hairlike
