ASILINyE 



631 



33 (34) Third antennal joint linear (fig. 355). 



Basal joint of anterior tarsi rather sh6rt. Face-beard extending 

 almost up to the antennae. Ovipositor long, narrow, and pointed. 



Fio. 355. — Protophanes 

 punetipennis S- x 22. 



Fig. 356.— Dysmachus 

 trigonus ^. x 22. 



with the end lamellae free. Legs usually with the front femora con- 

 siderably reddish. 



Pkotophanes. 

 34 (33) Third antennal joint of the usual long elliptical shape (fig 356). 

 Ovipositor (fig. 357) with the end lamellae wedged in almost as in 

 Eutolrmis, Moderate-sized or small species. Legs usually black, and at 



Fig. 357. — Dysmachus trigonus ? . x 10. 



most only the base of the tibiae inconspicuously reddish. A large genus 

 of which some species are not easily distinguished from Eutohmis. 



5. Dysmachus. 



35 (32) Thorax with only short bristly pubescence on the fore part of the 



middle stripe and with the two rows of dorso-central bristles 

 not extending much in advance of the suture. 



36 (37) End lamellae of the ovipositor rhomboidal or egg-shaped, driven 



in like a wedge between the upper and lower points of the 



upper piece of the ovipositor (fig. 358). 



Male with the eighth ventral segment sometimes produced on the 

 hindmargin like a trowel or lappet. Legs frequently considerably red- 

 dish on at least the tibiae, but not in the British species. Usually rather 



