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7. //. difformis, Brues. .\iin. Mus. Nat. Ilung. Vol. J. p. 5.|3 (igoS) (Nevv Guinea). 



8. //. Ehrmaniii. .Vldricli, Trans. .\iner. Ent. Soc. Vol. 29, p. 353(1904). 



9. H. femorala. .Meigen, Sj-st. lieschr. \V)1. 6. p. 2i3 (i83o) fluirope. ['. S. .\.). 



flinimana, Meigen, idcm, p. 21.^. 



10. H. greiiadensis, Brues. Trans. .\mer. Ent. Soc. Vol. nj, p. 35(i( 1904) (We.?t Indies;. 



11. H. incrassata, Meigen, Syst. Beschr. \ol. 6. p. 212 (i83o) (Europe). 



mordcUctriii var.. I-"allen. nipt. Succ. Phytomyzides, Vol. b, ]). 4(1823;. 



12. H. Jolnisoni. Brues, Trans. .A.mer. Ent. Soc. Vol. 29, p. 352 (1904) (U. S. .\.). 



i3. H. morddlaria, Fallen. Dipt. Suec. Phytomyzides, Vol. 6, p. 4 (i823) (Euroj>e, U. S. .\.). 

 14. H. vitripennis, Meigen, Syst. Beschr. \'ol. h, p. 223 (i83o) (Europe). 



3. Genus CONICERA, Meigen 



Conicera. .^leinen, Syst. Beschr. \'ol. b, p. 226 (i83o). 



Characters. — .Sniall. rathev slender species. Ilead small. not especialU- prominent. Frontal 

 setae all reclinate, ananged in tliree rows. an upper one of four, a middle one of the same number, aiid 

 a lovver one of tvvo. Antennae dissimilar in the two se.xes, those of the female vvith the third joint 

 ovate, indistinetly poiiited vvhere the sub-apical arista is inserted, the third joint in the male long, 

 lancet-shaped. turned upward, the arisla rather short, more or less horizontal. Thorax and abdomen 

 normal. the ovipositor of the femal soft and reiracted. Legs siender. the four posterior tibiae each with 

 a singlc s]iur and with tvvo or three extcrnal bristles before the tip. Pulvilli and empodia present. 

 Wings with the third vein sim])le and the mediastinal vein more or less obsolete. Seventh vein present 

 or wanting. 



.\ genus of whieh the niales are easily recognized by the pointed antennae. biu the females are 

 easily confused with Hypocera, from which tliey differ by their more ovate antennae and nuich more 

 slender form. 



Type species : C. nlra. Meigen. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Although only six species have so far been 

 described, the genus has a veiv wide distribution. 



1. C. .ildrichii, Brues, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. Vol. 29, p. 379 (1904) (U. .S. A.). 



2. C. nfra. Meigen, Classif. Vol. i, p. 3i3 (1804) (Europe, North .\merica). — Plate I, Fig. 4, 8. 



P. alhipennis. Meigen, Syst. Heschr. Vol. 6, p. 223 (i83oi. 

 /'. Dauci. Meigen, ideni. p. 223. 

 P. Xickerli. Kowarz. Fliegen Bohraens 1 1894 . 

 2«. C. atra, var. iieotropica, Brues, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. Vol. 29, p. 38o (1904) (West Indies). 



3. C. bicolor, Brues, .Ann. !Mus. Nat. Hung. Vol. 3, p. 553 (i^oS) (Singapore). 



4. C. Kerteszii, Brues, idem, p. 399 (190^) (Peru). 



5. C. similis, Haliday, Ent. Mag. Vol. i, p. 179 (i833) (Europe). 



6. C. simplex, Brues, .-\nn. Mus. Nat. Hung. Vol. 3, p. 553 (1900) (New (ntinea). 



4. Genus TRINEURA, Meigen 



Trineura. Meigen, Illiger"s Mag. \ol. 2. p. 276 (i8o3). 

 Philodendria. Kondani. Prod. i:)i])t. \ol. i, p. i36 (i856). 



Characters. — Moderately stout species, of a velvety black color. Head small, the front in the 

 male narrow, only about one-fifth the width of the head, in the female one-third or one-fourth. Tvvelve 

 frontal bristles. all reclinate, the lower ones in the middle smaller than the others ; arranged in four 

 transverse rovvs as toUows. on the vertex four. then foUow three rows of two lateral bristles each, and 



