DIPTERA. HYBOTIDZ — ASILID&. 133 
Family 7. (or 13.) HYBOTIDA:. (Hybotine Meig., Mcgq. 
Asilide p. Steph.) 
HYBOS Fab. Acromyta Bon. 9sp. Tab. funebris F. My fig. 129. 10. 
Antennz apparently only 2-jointed ; seta long; hind femora thick and spined. 
OCYDROMIA Hoff. ——— 6sp. Oe. glabricula Fall, Meig. t. 21. f. 23. 
Antenne apparently only 2-jointed, second joint short; seta long; proboscis 
slightly exserted ; legs slender. 
CEDALEA Meig. Enmpis Fall. 2sp.  E. hybotina Fall. Meig. t. 21. f. 27. 
Third joint of antenna long; style very short ; hind thighs rather thick ; pro- 
bescis slightly porrect. 
SPANIA Meig. ————— 2sp. S. nigra Meig. t. 66. f. 12. 
Proboscis slightly exserted ; antenne apparently 2-jointed, second joint elongate- 
oval; style short; legs slender; two submarginal, four posterior cells. 
Obs. Mr. Haliday considers this g. to belong to the Leptidee. (Ann. N. H.) 
MICROPHORUS Meq. Tricuina Meig. 6 sp. Tr. clavipes. 
Third joint of antenne long; style rather long ; proboscis not extending beyond 
thehead. Meig. t. 66. f. 10. 
RAGAS Wik, —— 1 sp. R., unica Wik. 
Like Microphora, but with the longitudinal nerve emitting a branch at the 
apex. 
CYRTOMA Meig, ———— 6sp. C.atra. Meig. t. 33. f. 5. 
Proboscis very short, conic; palpi very small; eyes contiguous in both sexes ; 
antenne 2-jointed ; seta short; hind tibiz thick at tips; basal joint of hind tarsi 
broad. 
OPETIA Meig. ———— 2sp. O.nigra Meig. Curt. 489. 
Proboscis very short; antenne 3-jointed, third joint long, subfusiform ; seta 
long; legs simple ; wings with seven longitudinal nerves, the fifth furcate. 
Family 8. (or J4.) ASILIDZE Leach. (Asilici Meig., Mcq., 
Latr.) 
GONIPES Laétr, Lerrrocastrer Meig. 2sp. As. cylindrica D. G. 
Abdomen very long, cylindrical ; tarsi without any pulvilli; antenne with a ter- 
minal style. Meig. t. 21. f.16. 
DIOCTRIA Meig. Erax p. Scop. 12sp. As. @landica lL. Meig. t. 19. f. 24. 
Style of antenne obtuse, 2-jointed; tarsi with two pulvilli; abdomen long, sub- 
clavate. 
DASYPOGON Meig. Erax p. Scop. 2sp. D. Diadema Fab. 
Style of antenne conical; tarsi with two pulvilli; palpi short, biarticulate. St. 
pl. 45. f. 1. 
LEPTARTHRUS Steph. Cat. Dasyroeon p. Curt. 1 sp. D. brevirostris M. 
Differs from Dasypogon in having the basal joint of the hind tarsi g greatly elon- 
gated andslender. Curt. 153. 
LAPHRIA Fab. Asittusp. Linn. 1 sp. L. nigra Meig. Curt. 94. 
Antennz without a terminal style ; thighs often thickened; tibia curved ; fourth 
posterior cell of the wing closed, submarginal cell appendiculated. 
ASILUS Linn. ————— 15 sp. A. crabroniformis L, Curt. 46. 
Terminal style of antenne setaceous, naked ; tarsi with two pulvilli; wings with 
two discoidal cells, 
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