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eggs were laid on the groiind, and the larvæ then went down, but I 

 do not think it very probable. The large number of puparia found 

 in the coffms shows that many generations must have followed each 

 other in the coffm, but this is not difficult to understand, for when the 

 imagines emerge, they certainly soon copulate and deposite the eggs, 

 and even if the coffm is now a bad place for the otherwise flower- 

 seeking imagines, and these soon will perish, the new generation will 

 develop and again proceed with a new brood, so that a number of 

 broods will follow each other, the imagines of which never reach to 

 the day-light. 



The species of Conicera are attracted by flowers and especially 

 found on flowers of umbellifers in sunny piaces, but they occur also 

 in low herbage in woods. 



This genus is somewhat nearly related to Hypocera, as shown 

 by its hypopygium, and especially to citreiformis and vitripennis with 

 which it had the bare pleura, one oral and one genal bristle and only 

 one bristle on alula in common, as also the antennæ show similarity; 

 it comes especially near to vitripennis with its strongly developed 

 clypeus and subapical arista, and it is just possible that vitripennis 

 should be placed in Conicera^ as mentioned under Hijpocera. 



Of the genus four European species are known three of which 

 occur in Denmark. 



Table of Species. 



1. Wings quite coloiu-less with the thin veins white, fourth vein 

 distinctly curved at base; lower dorsal bristle on hind tibiæ 

 longer than the upper, front tibiæ with a dorsal row of small 

 bristles; male with third antennal joint much elongated, and 

 without supraantennal bristles; hypopygium with the arms 



of forceps pointed at the end 1. dauci. 



— Wings a little tinged, not quite colourless, thin veins darker, 

 fourth vein not specially curved at base, but slightly and 

 evenly curved in the whole length; lower dorsal bristle on hind 

 tibiæ shorter than or, at most, as long as the upper, front 

 tibiæ with out a dorsal row of distinct small bristles; male 

 with the third antennal joint less elongated; supraantennal 

 bristles present ; hypopygium with the arms of forceps rounded 

 at the end 2. 



2. Sixth and seventh veins not or not distinctly abbreviated; a 

 small outer bristle of lower frontal row generally present; 

 arms of hypopygial forceps with a long, pointed process on 

 the upper or inner margin near base; costa in female 0,41, 



not reaching much heyond the end of seventh vein 2. similis. 



