714 



ASILID^ 



49 (46) Face-beard of equal texture and without bristles, limited to about 



the lower half of the face. 



Humeral and ocellar bristles weak and inconspicuous. Style very 

 short and blunt, or absent. Pleurae usually with, a conspicuous tuft of 



Fia. 388. — Heteropogon scoparius ? . 

 X 14. 



Fio. 389. — Anisopogon gldbellus. 

 (After Hermann.) 



Fia. 390. — Habropogon 

 exq^Usitus J. x 22. 



pubescence on the small prsealar callus (fig. 391), but sometimes with 

 only slight pubescence or even none. Figure cylindrical. 



50 (53) Proboscis quite straight, sloping forwards. Antennae with the 



second joint about as long as the basal one (fig. 390). 

 Bristles numerous but not very strong. 



51 (52) Basal joint of the anterior tarsi hardly (if at all) longer than the 



second joint. 



Tuft of pubescence on the small prasalar callus (fig. 391) long 

 and conspicuous. Palpi long and long-haired. Prothoracic collar 

 conspicuous. Legs hardly bristly. Flies bearing a considerable 

 amount of pubescence. 



Habeopogon, 



Fig. 391. — Habropogon exquisitus (J. x IS. 



52 (51) Basal joint of the anterior tarsi quite twice as long as the second 

 joint. 



Pubescence on the small prsealar callus (v. fig. 399) slight or absent. 

 Fourth posterior cell contracted or even just closed. Flies bearing 

 very little pubescence. 



SCYLATICUS. 



