166 TH. BECKER. 



Cephaloconus Walk. 



bo$m. Corpus breviusculum, subconvexurn. Caput thorace vix bre- 

 vius ; facies elongata, porrecta, conica ; peristoma minimum. Proboscis 

 et palpi brevissima. Antennae brevissimae, articulo 3° conico, arista 

 nuda. Scutellum productum. Abdomen longiconicum, thorace paulo bre- 

 vius. Pedes brevrusculi, tibiis tarsisque gracilibus. Alae mediocres. 



Female. Body rather short, slightly convex. Head nearly as long 

 as the thorax ; the face elongated, porrect and conical ; peristoma very 

 small. Proboscis and palpi very short. Antennae very short; 3 rd Joint 

 conical ; arista simple, slender, about four times the length of the 3 rd 

 Joint. Scutellum prominent. Abdomen elongate-conical, shorter and a 

 little narrower than the thorax. Legs rather short ; tibise and tarsi 

 slender. Whigs of moderate size ; veins straight ; praebrachial vein. 

 beyond the discal transverse vein slightly converging towards the cu- 

 bital vein. 



196. Cephaloconus tenebrosus Walk. 



fuem. Cinereo-niger, obscurus, capite nitente lineis quinque flavis, 

 antennis luteis, metathorace testaceo, tibiis, tarsis halteribusque pallide 

 flavis, aus nigris postice cinereis. 



Female. Cinereous black, dull. Head shining black, with five yellow 

 lines— two above, one on each side and one beneath ; front piceous, 

 slightly interlined with yellow. Antennae luteous. Metathorax testaceous. 

 Tibiae and tarsi pale yellow. Wings black, cinereous along the hind 

 border ; veins black ; discal transverse vein straight, nearly upright, 

 parted by half its length from the border, and by a little more than 

 twice its length from the praebrachial transverse vein ; halteres pale 

 yellow. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 3 1 2 lines. New- 

 Guinea. 



Anmerkung. Ich reproduziere vorstehend die WALKER'sche 

 Beschreibung seiner Gattung Cephaloconus, von der ich annehme, dass 

 sie hierher gehört; jedoch geschieht dies immerhin nur mit gewissem 

 Vorbehalt, da es mir nicht möglich war, die Type vergleichen zu kön- 

 nen ; sie scheint mir mit Pseudearina Meijere als Gattung zusammen 

 zu fallen. 



