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STRATIOMID.'E. 



' armed with 

 spines : 



Antennae { 





notstylatc: r almost obsolete . . . . 1. Berts. 

 Palpi -^ 



••long 2. AcTiNA. 



nnavmed : 

 Epi stoma ' 



. sty] ate : Style 



short 3. Stratiomys. 



louc;; Antenna: 



8-joiuted 4. Oxyceka. 



r 



■9-jointed 5. Cliteli.aria. 



porrect 6. Nemotelus. 



i8-jointed ... 7- Pachygaster. 



7-jointed ... 8. Chrysomyia. 



6-jointed ... 9. Sakgus. 



Genus I. BERIS. 



Beuis, LI. g. c. (1809); Mg. ; Wd. ; Mq. ; Ct. ; Ztt. Musca p., L. ; 



Ftr.; Fb.; Slir. Stratiomys^., Fb. ; Ftr. ; Gm. ; Gf. ; Pz. ; Fhi. 



Actina, Mg. kl. 

 Corpus oblongum, sat angustum. Color metallicus, abdomine interdum 



flavo ; pictura nulla. Talpi suI)ohsoleti. Antennce siihfusiformes ; 



jlcujellum subconicum. Scutellum spinis 4-8 armatum.. Alarum venae 



3 longitudinales, preeter areolam analem longe retractam, in alse 



marginem interiorem descendentes ; vena cuhitalis siihrecta ; furca sat 



longa. Abdomen depressum. Tibite muticse. 

 Mas. Oculi contigui. 

 Foem. Oculi remoti. 



Body rather narrow, clothed with short hairs. Colour black or me- 

 tallic, without spots, bands, or stripes ; abdomen of some species yellow. 

 Head depressed. Lab rum very short, broad, hollow, emarginate at the 

 tip ; the sides thickened. Tongue acute, rather longer than the labrum. 

 Palpi almost obsolete. Labium large. AntenncB long-fusiform, pon-ect, 

 approximate, diverging, 1 0-jointed, a little longer than the head ; first 

 and second joints bristly ; first more slender at the base ; second 

 cyathiform ; third and following joints forming a long-conical flagel- 

 lum. Thorax oval, Avith some transverse sutures on the sides. Scu- 

 tellum rounded, armed toith 4, 6, or 8 spines. Wings finely pubescent ; 

 cubital vein almost straight, its fork rather long. Alulpe entire, very 

 small. Abdomen flat. Legs slender. 



Male. Eyes contiguous. Abdomen linear; lateral lamella? of the 

 hypopygium hooked, exserted. Hind metatarsus long, broad. 

 ' Female. Eyes remote. Abdomen long-eUiptical. 



