304 CONOPID,E. 



FAMILY XXVI. CONOPID^. 



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

 Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. Conopsidce p. et Conopites, Nwm. Conopsinte, 

 Bdn. 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. Wrings 

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

 axillary lobe rounded. Halteres uncovered. 



Genus I. CONOPS. 



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

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

 Empis p., Spl. Brachiglossum, Conopceus, Conops, Spariglossum, et 

 Conopilla, Edn. 



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

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

 Antennas porrectse, capite non breviores, basi approximate et geni- 

 culataa ; articulus primus brevis, cylindricus ; secundus longus, sub- 

 clavatus ; tertius conicus, secundo brevior ; quartus brevissimus ; 

 quintus et sextus latiores; septimus stylatus. Thorax subquadratus. 

 Alaa lanceolatse. Abdomen obclavatum,basi angustum, apice incurvum. 

 Pedes simplices, inermes ; tibiae posticae basi coarctatee ; metatarsi 

 articulo secundo fere triplo 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 lab him. 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. Antenna 

 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. 



