ASILINiE 



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5 (6) Base of the second submarginal cell ( = the cubital fork) nearly 

 level with the end of the discal cell (fig. 347). Ocellar 



Fig. b-iV. — Aiciiiias ponticui ^, x 6. 



tubercle prominent. Thorax usually bare on the front half. 



Slender bare flies, witli long slender legs and very narrow elongate 

 abdomen. Genitalia of the male comparatively small. Ovipositor 

 with a terminal circlet of spines. 



Alcimus. 



G (5) Base of the second submarginal cell ( = the cubital fork) distinctly 

 before the end of the discal cell (fig. 348). Ocellar tubercle 



Fia.34:S.—Philodicusjavanus ?. X 6J. 



flat. Thoracic stripes usually hairy up to the front. 



Rather bare, true Asilvs-like flies. Legs slenderer than in 

 Proviachus and spinose. Ovipositor with a terminal circlet of spines. 



Philodicus. 



7 (2) Only two submarginal cells, because the upper branch of the 



cubital fork is simple or throws back only a short recurrent 

 veinlet that does not extend to the radial vein (fig. 350). 



8 (11) Lower branch of the cubital fork curving upwards and endmg 



in or before the wing-tip, and consequently the first posterior 

 cell wide open (fig. 349). 



¥io.Zi^i.—PToclai:aiiihuilonijus 9- x 4. 



Large species (conf. Eccoptopxis). 



