Die indo-austral. Arten d. Gatt. Conops L. — Die palaearkt. Myopa-Arten. 71 
conical, broad at the base a little longer than the first; fourth and 
following joints very short. Chest and breast partly coreved with 
pale yellow down; a tawny spot on each shoulder; abdomen linear, 
but not very slender for about 13 of the length from the first seg- 
ment, which is broader,spindle-shaped thence to the tip,hind borders 
of the segments hoary. Legs tawny, hips pitchy, thighs somewhat 
pitchy on the upper side; tips of the claws black; wings colourless, 
dark brown especially on the sides of the veins along the fore-borders 
for nearly half the breadth; wing-ribs tawny; veins black, pitchy 
towards the base; poisers tawny, pitchy at the base. Length of 
the body 4%, lines, of the wings 6%, lines. “ 
7. Conops maura Walk. List Dipt. vol. III, p. 673. 
„Nigra, capite fulvo, thorace humeris fulvo maculatis, scutello 
ferrugineo, abdomine fulvo quadrifasciato, antennis piceis, articulo 
20 basi ferrugineis; pedibus piceis, femoribus basi ferrugineis, tibiis 
fulvis apice piceis, tarsis anterioribus fulvis, alis fulvo-fuscis, mar- 
gine postico limpidis. Body black; head bıight tawny, ferrugi- 
nous on the crown, in front of which there is a black band and a 
black stripe, the latter reaches the base of the feelers; eyes pitchy, 
redabove and along the inner border; mouth pitchy, feelers pitchy; 
second joint pubescent, more than twice the length of the first 
joint, ferruginous at the base, third joint shorter than the first, 
widened near the base, tapering thence to the tip; a tawny spot 
and a smaller spot of yellowish white down on each shoulder; 
scutcheon ferruginous. Abdomen linear, and rather slender for 
near 4, of its length from the base, spindle-shaped thence to the 
tip, adorned with four dull tawny bands of down. Legs pitchy, four 
thighs ferruginous at the base, shanks tawny, with pitchy tips; 
front feet tawny; claws black; wingstawny brown, especially along 
the borders of the veins for the whole length, and for more than half 
the breadth from the foreborder, elsewhere colourless, the brown 
hue forms an angle which extends over the lower cross-vein; wing- 
ribs ferruginous, veins pitchy, poisers tawny, pitchy at the base. 
Length of the body 6 lines, of the wings 10 lines. 
Die palaearktischen Myopaarten. 
Von 
O. Kröber, Hamburg. 
Unsere Myopen sind alle nur kleine 3,5—11 mm lange Arten 
von vorherrschend gelbbrauner oder rostroter Farbe, die durch 
Silberpartien unterbrochen wird. Nur wenige Arten spielen bis 
in Schwarz hinein. Der Kopf ist stets groß, mächtig aufgeblasen 
mit auffallend breiten Backen, die oft braun punktiert sind. Die 
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