XIX. Family APIOCERID^. 



Rather large, elongate, chaetophorous, thinly pilose 

 flies. Antennae three-jointed, with or without a small, 

 short style. Front not excavated, broader in the female. 

 Ocelli present. Face short. Proboscis not adapted for 

 piercing, the labella not horny. Third longitudinal vein 

 of wings usually furcate; basal cells large; five posterior 

 cells present. Empodia wanting. Male forceps enlarged. 



E*ig; 71. Apioceridae. Apiocera haruspex, head; 2, Apiocera har- 

 uspex, wing; 3, Apiocera, sp. (Australia wing; 4. . Ipiocera (gen. nov. 

 Australia) wing; ,s, Rhaphiomidas acton, head; 6, Rhaphiomidas 



acton, wing. 



Less than a score of species of this family are known 

 throughout the world, seven of which have been de- 

 scribed from North America. The genera have been 

 variously placed among the Mydaidse, Asilidae and 



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