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3. MYIOPARDALIS Bezzi. 

 Bezzi, Mem. Indian Mus. III, (3), 132 (1913). 



Well distinguifihed by the stump on R2 + 3, the bare R4 + 5, 

 the very short point of the anal cell, the short proboscis, the strong 

 ocellar bristles and by the colon r of the thorax whieh is yellow with 

 black spots. 



Head distinctly longer than broad ; f rons convex and prominent : 

 face flat, elongated below and without a carina ; eyes fairly rounded ; 

 cheeks very broad ; epistoma not prominent ; proboscis short and not 

 geniculate; palpi with bristly hairs only; occiput swollen below; 

 antennae very short, inserted above the middle of the eyes, the third 

 joint about one and a half times the length of the second and pointed 

 at the tip; arista shortly jiubescent on both sides. Chaetotaxy of 

 head and thorax complète; oc. long and robust; s. or. 2, i.or.S; vt.2; 

 pvt. weak and \oxig;oc2). very inconspicuous ; genal bristle indistinct , 

 sep. very weak and inconspicuous; mpl.2\ p)^- strong. Scutellum 

 rather flattened with black spots and possessing four bristles. 



Abdomen rather broad, convex and bristly on the lower half, 

 especially on the apex of the fifth segment; maie hypopygium fairly 

 prominent and possessing a perpendicular médian organ below; 

 female ovipositor short, rounded with a very small apical joint. 

 Legs robust, rather short, with the middle-tibiae possessing a single 

 spur. 



Wings rather narrow, with yellow transverse bands and ail the 

 veins straight; costal bristle double; Ri short; R2 + 3 and R4 + 5 

 almost parallel; R2 + 3 with a stump; R4 + 5 bare; radio-median 

 cross-vein placed before the middle of ist M2 cell ; médian cross-vein 

 perpendicular: inferior angle of Cu cell drawn ont into a short 

 point shorter than the médian cell. 



TYPE : Catpomyia parrlalina Bigot (1891) 



This species was originally placed in the genus Cavpomyia by 

 Bigot, but in his paper of 1910 Prof. Bezzi has shown that it 

 demands the érection of a, new genus. Only one species is known so 

 far, which seems to be indigenous to India and Palestine and most 

 probably occurs in Africa. 



