ASILIN^ 



629 



16 (17) Ovipositor with an obvious terminal circlet of short stout spines 

 (fig. 351). 



17 (16) 



18 (31) 



19 (28) 



20 (21) 



Fia. 351. —I'hiloniciis albiceps ?. x 17. 



Light grey species. Only one well-known species in Europe, but 

 Avitli perhaps a closely allied Mediterranean species. The male has 

 bristles against the hindmargins of the abdominal segments, but none 

 beneath the front femora and only one in front of the middle femora. 

 For other distinctions see page 636. 



1. Philonicus. 

 Ovipositor without any terminal circlet of spines. 



{Asihcs sensu lato recentiore). 

 Ovipositor flattened or rounded but not laterally compressed. 



Legs partly conspicuously reddish orange, except in Eccoptoims. 

 Abdomen without bristles against the hindmargins of the 



segments. 



Antipheisson. 



Face-beard composed of fine hairs. 

 Legs extensively orange. 



21 (20) Face-beard bristly as usual. 



22 (27) Abdomen with short decumbent pubescence. 



Wings not halved in colour. 



23 (26) Large brightly colored flies. 



24 (25) Legs (including the tarsi) of ordinary length and shape. 



Wings maculated in European species. Legs mainly reddish 

 orange. 



2. ASILUS. 



25 (24) Legs and especially the anterior tarsi very much lengthened 



(fig. 352). 



Fia. 352.— ficcopJopiis erythrogaster 9 . x 10. (Riglit front leg.) 



