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present on tlie body before biirial, siich as is probably the case also 

 in Conicera^ though the question is in both cases not yet settled; 

 the great numbers in which the puparia were found shows that several 

 generations must have followed each other in the coffins. Brauer 

 (1883) mentions for Trineura the larvæ found in dead Lepidoptera 

 and decaying matters, and quotes Zetterstedt, but this is an error 

 as Zetterstedt's remarks belong partly to Gymnophora, partly to other 

 genera. 



The species occur on leaves of bushes in woods, the males may 

 often be seen hovering in small swarms in sunshine, generally near 

 trees at the end of some branch. — The genus was hitherto considered 

 to include only three European species; Becker mentioned, however, 

 on account of differences in the hypopygium, that a fourth species 

 existed, but he could fmd no other characters for it, and did not 

 describe it. Schmitz followed in 1918 the same way, but in 1920 he 

 published a very thorough new study of the genus in which especially 

 the hypopygia were used for discrimination of the species, and here 

 he enumerates no less than 13 European species, and he thinks it 

 probable that still more species exist. My studies have convinced 

 me that Schmitz's species are well founded; as regards the difficult 

 synonymicai questions which have arisen I quite foUow Schmitz to 

 whose remarks I refer. Of the 13 European species 7 have hitherto 

 been found in Denmark. 



The colour of all species is quite the same; the males are of a 

 deep velvety black, the females dull black, and antennæ, palpi and 

 balteres are black, these colours are, therefore, not mentioned in the 

 descriptions of the species. 



Table of Species. 

 Males. 



1. Hind and middle tibiæ with two anterior bristles 1. Schineri. 



— Hind tibiæ with only one anterior bristle 2. 



2. Middle tibiæ with two anterior bristles; frons narrowed 



upwards 2. artifrons. 



— Middle tibiæ with only one anterior bristle ; frons of equal 

 breadth in the whole length 3. 



3. Wings clear and colourless, at most with an indication of 



being tinged 4. 



— Wings distinctly tinged, seventh vein reaching the 



margin 6. 



4. Front tarsi not or practically not dilated; hypopygium 



