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CONOPID^E. 



FAMILY XXVI. CONOPID^E. 



p., Lch. (1819) ; Wtw. ; St. Conopsarice p., LI. ; Fin. ; 

 Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. Conopsida p. et Conopites, Nwm. Conopsina, 

 Kdn. Conopica, Brm. ; Ags. Conopsaria p., Lm. 



Proboscis distincta. Antenna apice stylatce. Vena cubitalis simplex, 



spuria nulla ; lobus axillaris rotundatus. 



Proboscis distinct. Last joints of antenna forming a short style. Wings 

 perfect ; cubital vein simple ; bracJdal veins without spurious vein ; 

 axillary lobe rounded. Halteres uncovered. 



Genus T. CONOPS. 



CONOPS, Fb. e. s. iv. 390 (1792) ; LI. ; Fin. ; Mg. ; Wd. ; Dml. ; Ct. ; 

 Mq. ; Ztt. Conops p., L. ; Fb. sp. i. ; Gf. ; Gm. Asilus p., Gf. 

 Empis p., Spl. Brachiglossmn, Conopaus, Conops, Spai'iglossum, et 

 Conopilla, lldn. 



Corpus mediae magnitudinis, sat gracile, flavo aut rufo saepissime fas- 

 ciatum. Caput vesiculosurn. Oculi exserti, remoti. Ocelli nulli. 

 Antennae porrectse, capite non breviores, basi approximates et geni- 

 culatae ; articulus primus brevis, cylindricus ; secundus longus, snb- 

 clavatus ; tertius conicus, secundo brevior ; quartus brevissimus ; 

 quintus et sextus latiores; septirnus stylatus. Thorax subquadratus. 

 Alas lanceolatae. Abdomen obclavatum,basi angustum, apice incurvum. 

 Pedes simplices, inermes ; tibiae posticae basi coarctatae ; metatarsi 

 articulo secundo fere triple longiores. 



Body of middle size, rather slender, generally adorned with yellow 

 or red bands. Head thick, vesiculose; the crown especially with a 

 transverse vesicular tubercle ; front broad in both sexes. Eyes promi- 

 nent, oblong. Ocelli none. Proboscis long, porrect, stiff, clavate, 

 horizontal or somewhat raised into a curve, geniculate at the base, 

 making a single fold with its angle to the breast. Labrum slender, 

 arched above, hollow beneath, obliquely notched at the tip, much 

 shorter than the labium. Lingua slender, filiform, transparent. Palpi 

 uniarticulate, short, very small, fringed at the tips with fine bristles. 

 Labium obliquely porrect, cylindrical, twice the length of the lingua, 

 narrower towards the tip, most slender in the male, bilobed, slightly 

 hairy, and with three shallow transverse furrows at the tip. Antennae 

 about as long as the head, porrect, seated on a tubercle, approximate 

 at the base, diverging thence ; first joint short, cylindrical, pubescent, 

 forming an angle with the second ; second long, subclavate ; third 

 conical, shorter than the second ; fourth very short ; fifth and sixth 

 larger, widened on one side; sixth and seventh like a little spine. 



