SYNOPSIS OF r.MKYPROTASrs. 121 



Pacliyprotasis and Mirm^lnjn, agree together in cer- 

 tain points of structure which separate them from the 

 other genera in the sub-family. They agree in the 

 large size of the hind coxse, which reach or go beyond 

 the third abdominal segment, in the long hind legs 

 and spurs, and generally in the neuration of the wings, 

 which have the lanceolate cellule usually shortly con- 

 tracted. They agree, too, in having the body (as a 

 rule) smooth, shining, and unpunctured, as well as 

 in coloration ; but they differ in three important points : 

 hyprotasisli&a the antennae long and filiform, never 

 fusiform nor thickened ; while the third joint is only a 

 little longer than the fourth ; the eyes on the inner 

 sides are parallel, not converging, and do not reach 

 to the base of the mandibles ; and the pleurae and 

 sternum are variegated to a large extent with white or 

 yellow. 



The larva?, so far as is known, are green, and feed on 

 trees or herbaceous plants. The species are more 

 northern in their distribution than those of Macrophya, 

 but otherwise have pretty much the same geographical 

 range. Six, if not seven, species are European, one or 

 two are described from India and Japan, and the genus 

 also occurs in North America. 



Syno2)sis of Species. 



1 (6) Legs white or yellow, lined with black. 



2 (5) Pleurae marked with black. 



3 (4) Head and thorax with white markings, punctured, pilose; 



abdominal segments scarcely bordered with white. Rapce. 



4 (3) Head and thorax with yellowish-white markings, smooth, 



glabrous, unpunctured; abdominal segments broadly bor- 

 dered with yellowish- white. Simulans. 



5 (2) Pleurae entirely yellow ; head and thorax with yellow markings ; 



hind tibiae with a yellow ring at the apex. Antennata. 



6 (1) Legs red and white, lined with black ; pleura3 marked with 



black. Variegcda. 



