304 CONOPIDiE. 



Family XXVI. CONOPIDiE. 



CoNOPID^ p., Lch. (1819); Wtw. ; St. ConopsaricE p., LI.; Fin.; 

 Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. Conopsidce p. et Conopites, Nwm. Compsince, 

 Edn. Conopica, Brm, ; Ags. Conopsar'uB p., Lm. 



Proboscis dlstincta. Antemue apice stylatce. Vena cuhitalis simplex, 



spuria nulla ; lobus axillai'is rotmidaius. 



Proboscis distinct. Last joints of antennce forming a short style. Wings 

 perfect ; cubital vein simple ; brachial veins without spurious vein ; 

 axillary lobe rounded. Halteres uncovered. 



Genus I. CONOPS. 



CoNOPS, Fb. e. s. iv. 390 (1792) ; LI. ; Pin. ; Mg. ; Wd. ; Dral. ; Ct. ; 

 Mq. ; Ztt. Conops ^., L. ; Fb. sp. i. ; Gf. ; Gm. Asilus p., Gf. 

 Empis p., Spl. Brachiglossum, Conopceus, Conops, Bpariglossum, et 

 Conopilla, Edn. 



Corpus medicB magnitudinis, sat gracile, flavo aut rufo sfepissime fas- 

 ciatum. Caput vesicidosum. Oculi exserti, remoti. Ocelli uuUi. 

 Antennae porrectsR, capite non breviores, basi approximatse et geni- 

 culata? ; articuliis primus brevis, cylindricus ; secundus longus, sub- 

 clavatus ; tertius conicus, secundo brevior ; quartus brevissimus ; 

 quintus et sextus latiores; septimus stylatus. Thorax subquadratus. 

 Alfe lanceolatse. Abdomen obclavatum.basi angustum, apice incurvum. 

 Pedes siniplices, inermes ; tibiae posticse basi coarctatae ; metatarsi 

 articulo secundo fere triplo longiores. 



Body of middle size, rather slender, generally adorned with yellow 

 or red bands. Head thick, vesiculose; the crown especially with a 

 transverse vesicular tubercle ; front broad in both sexes. Eyes promi- 

 nent, oblong. Ocelli none. Proboscis long, porrect, stiff, clavate, 

 horizontal or somewhat raised into a curve, geniculate at the base, 

 making a single fold with its angle to the breast. Labrum slender, 

 arched above, hollow beneath, obliquely notched at the tip, much 

 shorter than the labium. Lingua slender, filiform, transparent. Palpi 

 uniarticulate, short, very small, fringed at the tips with fine bristles. 

 Labium obliquely porrect, cylindrical, twice the length of the lingua, 

 naiTower towards the tip, most slender in the male, bilobed, slightly 

 hairy, and with three shallow transverse furrows at the tip. Antennae 

 about as long as the head, porrect, seated on a tubercle, approximate 

 at the base, diverging thence ; first joint short, cylindrical, pubescent, 

 foraiing an angle with the second ; second long, subclavate ; third 

 conical, shorter than the second ; fourth very short ; fifth and sixth 

 larger, widened on one side ; sixth and seventh like a little spine. 



