PARAGUS, 267 



1. abdominalis, Fb. e. s. iv. 307. 108 (1792); Gf.; Ll.j Mg. ; 



St. F. et Srv. ; Mq. ; Ztt. Niger, alls fusco-cinereis, abdomine rufo 

 basi apiceque nigris. Long. 4 ; alar. 7 lin. 



Black. Fourth joint of the antennae luteous. Wings grey, brown 

 along the costa. Halteres luteous. Abdomen red, black at the base 

 and at the tip, and with an interrupted black dorsal stripe. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E.) 



Genus XVII. PARAGUS. 



PARAGUS, LI. d. h. n. (1804) ; Mg. ; St. F. et Srv. ; Mq. ; Ztt. ; Ct. ; 

 Rdn. Musca p., Gm. Syrphus p., Fb. e. s. ; Pz. Mulio^., Fb. s. a. 

 Pipiza p., Fin. 



Epistoma via elongatum, ad os prominens. Antenna capitis latitudine 

 conjunctim breviores, basi contigua, articulo quarto dorsali, quinto 

 nitdo. Ala areola subapicali Integra, lobo axiUari distincto, venis 

 subcostali et radiali ad marginem disjunctis, vena transversa prabra- 

 chiali ante areola discalis medium locata, vena transversa inferiore 

 undulata. 



Head semicircular, rather large ; epistoma smooth, convex, but little 

 elongated horizontally, protuberant towards the mouth, with a little in- 

 distinct scapula above the peristoma ; peristoma oblong, straitened in 

 front, hardly inclined upwards. Eyes pubescent. Proboscis long. 

 Labrum much shorter than the labium, somewhat narrower near the 

 tip, which is notched. Lingua stout, lanceolate, shorter than the 

 labrum. Maxillas slender, subulate, curved, shorter than the lingua. 

 Palpi membranous, clavate, pubescent, as long as the maxillaB, hardly 

 half the length of the labium. Labium slender, long, cylindrical, mem- 

 branous. Antenna 5 -jointed, close together at the base, porrect, nu- 

 tant, jointly shorter than the breadth of the head, pubescent, inserted 

 above the middle of the face ; first and second joints beset with slender 

 bristles ; first cylindrical ; second depressed, cyathiform, as long as the 

 first ; third subfusiform, compressed, almost longer than the second ; 

 fourth extremely short, seated on the base of the third ; fifth bare. 

 Thorax pubescent, convex, nearly round, as broad as the head ; scu- 

 tellum slightly transverse, almost semicircular. Wings finely pubescent, 

 rather small, incumbent and parallel when at rest ; subapical areolet 

 entire- ; axillary lobe distinct ; subcostal and radial veins ending separately 

 in the margin ; transverse prabrachial vein placed before the middle of the 

 discal areolet ; lower transverse vein undulated. Halteres uncovered. 

 Abdomen linear, pubescent, convex, depressed at the base, with trans- 

 verse wrinkles on each side behind the sutures. Legs slender, short ; 

 tibiaB subclavate ; hind metatarsi somewhat thickened. Male. Eyes 

 contiguous. Tern. Eyes remote. 



