Hypocera. 



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1. c. VI, 213, 5. - 1848. Zett. Dipt. Scand. VII, 2886, 34 {Trineura). - 1864. 

 Schin. F. A. II, 339. - 1901. Beck. Abliandl. zool. bot. Geseli. Wien I, 41, 31, 

 Taf. II, Fig. 35. - 1906. Wood, Ent. Month. Mag. 2, XVII, 264, 266. 



Male. Frons quadratic, black and shining, somewhat punctate; 

 the middle row of bristles straight or a little concave, the anterior 

 row a little convex; the middle row placed high upwards, much 

 nearer the iipper than the lower row; no supraantennal bristles. 

 Antennæ of medium size or somewhat small, black, third joint a little 

 elongated and pointed; arista short-pubescent. Palpi not small, black, 

 witli well developed bristles. Thorax black, a little shining, with black- 

 ish or dark brownish pubescence and one pair of dorsocentral bristles. 



Fig. 63. Wing of H. fJavimana ^ . 



Scutellum with four bristles, the anterior varying in size, but never 

 half as large as the posterior. Mesopleura hairy above anteriorly. 

 Abdomen black, very slightly greyish, slightly shining, a little more 

 towards apex; second segment elongated; abdomen has very short 

 hairs, best visible at the hind margins of the segments and at the sides; 

 at the hind corners of first segment are longer hairs. Hypopygium 

 small, grey or brownish grey, shining above just at the base, with 

 shortish hairs; the protruding subanal body reddish; anal tube reddish, 

 but not protruding; ventral plate triangularly cleft. Legs robust, 

 femora, especially the hind pair much dilated, hind tibiæ somewhat 

 thickened outwards and hind metatarsi a little dilated; the legs are 

 black, the apical part of front femora, front tibiæ and tarsi brown or 

 yellowish red, the tarsi darkened towards the end; all trochanters 

 and the posterior knees yellowish or reddish; front tibiæ with a 

 dorsal bristle above the "middle, middle tibiæ with a pair at the upper 

 fourth and one anterior bristle at a little distance from the apex, 

 hind tibiæ with two anterior bristles one at the upper third and one 

 at apex; posterior tibiæ with strong apical spurs among whicli on the 

 hind tibiæ one dorsal may be present or wanting, also on front tibiæ 



