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54. Front with a conspicuous proclinate orbital on either side; bristles of 



the face situated close to the facial grooves and strong (25, 28). 



*Dichaeta Meigen 

 Front with liair-like orbitals in front; bristles of the face situated 

 twice the width of the parafacial from the facial groove, rarelv 

 strong (6, 35, 69) *Notiphila Fallen 



55. Oral opening small; face most prominent in the middle (27). 



Axysta Haliday 

 Oral opening large 56 



56. Clypeus prominent (5, 13) Brachydeutera Lcew 



Clypeus concealed (42) Scatophila Becker 



* Cresson, 1917, Trans. -Amer. Ent. Soc, xliii, pp. 27-66. 



Peltopsilopa species. 



