EEIOZONA. 



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iv. 1905, Bnineiti) in fields of diy grass. Found in the Bombay 

 Presidency and as far south as Bangalore. I took it at Shanghai, 

 17. iv. 1906. All the dates and localities previously recorded by 

 me of my " Forms 1, 2, 3 " apply to this species. 

 Type in Bigot's collection. 



Genus EEIOZONA, Sch. 

 Uriozona, Schiuer, Wien. Eut. Monatschr. iv, p. 214 (1860). 



G-E>'OTYPE, tScceva siji'jjhoides, Fallen ; by original designation. 



Head semicircular, a little broader than thorax ; eyes distinctly 

 pubescent, contiguous for some distance in J , wide apart in $ . 

 Face broad, pubescent or bare, central bump present ; sometimes 

 (E. analis, Kert.) the whole lower part of the face down to the 

 mouth-border is conspicuously prominent. Proboscis rather 

 prominent, moderate!}^ long, labella large ; palpi elongate, filiform, 

 cuneiform at tip. Antennae pendent, moderately long ; 3rd joint 

 rounded, ovate or twice as long as 1st and 2nd together ; arista bare. 

 TJwrax varying from a little broader than long to a little longer 

 than broad, moderately arched, pubescent. Abdomen short-oval, 

 nearly rounded ; at its widest part wider than thorax, gently 



Fig. 18. — Erio2ona uiia/is, Kert., $ . 



arched aiul curved. Ligs moderately long and strong; all femora 

 sometimes rather elongate, but not specially so in the two Oriental 

 species; tibia? rather curved, tarsi broad, pulvilli well developed. 

 IVinr/s with normal Syrphine venation, with a large brown patch 

 across the middle ; anterior cross- vein mucli before middle of 

 discal cell. 



lianfje. One European species (A'. si/rpJioides) and two from 

 India are all that ai'e known. 



The above description is based on Schincr's, modified to enable 

 the genus to receive the two Oriental species, which from their 

 peculiar facies should undoubtedly he included in .t One of 



