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species, and this is the course here adopted. Lophosia is the oldest name applying 

 to this genus, and in its newly established enlarged sense, is redefined as follows: 



Lophosia Meigen. Head usually with proclinate orbital setae in both sexes (absent in a 

 few species). Vibrissae strong and crossed, level with epistomal margin. Outwardly 

 directed or backwardly directed pair of prevertical setae usually present. Antennae heavy, 

 third segment often dilated (e.g. as Text-fig. 26) and sometimes subtriangular. Arista 

 long and fine, thickened only on basal part, basal segments short. Palpi present, fully 

 developed. Propleuron bare. Humeral setae 2-3. Almost always one ph seta. Acr setae 

 very varied, o + o to 3 + 4. 1-3 prst dc setae, 2-4 (nearly always 3) post dc setae, usual 

 complement of dc 3 -f- 3. One or two post ia setae. One or two sa setae. Sternopleural 

 setae very varied (often intraspecifically), from none to three. Scutellum with two or 

 three pairs of marginal setae (crossed apicals always present, basals often weak or absent). 

 Posteroventral declivity of the thorax deep and fully sclerotized. Cell /? 5 open or closed, 

 if closed sometimes conspicuously petiolate. Bend of vein M without appendix. Lower 

 calypter arched, at least slightly longer than wide, sometimes with long fringe hair (also 

 with hair on outer part of upper surface in one species). Mid tibia with 1-2 ad setae and 

 with submedian v seta in both sexes. Hind tibia without submedian pv setae, with a pv 

 apical seta (sometimes small), with 1-2 ad and 1-2 pd setae, and with one or two dorsal 

 preapical setae {ad alone, or ad and d). Abdomen subfusiform, sternites 2-4 completely 

 concealed in both sexes. Tergites without discal setae (except laterodiscals present on 

 T3 and T4 and a pair of median discals present on Ti -f- 2 in an undescribed species from 

 China), q* sternite 5 with lateral lobes in the form of very elongate bare shining processes, 

 usually very slender and bent downwards, sometimes straight and blade-like (Text-figs 

 124-128). $ postabdomen conspicuously bisegmented and bent under, usually ending in 

 a pair of contiguous or separated blunt or hook-like claspers (Text-figs 129-135). 



As redefined above, Lophosia includes the following nominal genera as new 

 synonyms: Curtocera Macquart {Duvaucelia Robineau-Desvoidy preocc), Eocypterula 

 Townsend, Epsendocyptera Townsend, Eupalpocyptera Townsend, Formosolophosia 

 Townsend, Lophosiocyptera Townsend, Lophosiodes Townsend, Lophosiopsis Town- 

 send, Macrolophosia Brauer & Bergenstamm, Neoduvaucelia Malloch, Palpocyptera 

 Townsend, Paralophosia Brauer & Bergenstamm, Perilophosia Villeneuve, Philip- 

 pohphosia Townsend, Pseudocyptera Brauer & Bergenstamm, Stylogynemyia 

 Townsend, Xenolophosia Villeneuve and Zambesoides Townsend. 



The Oriental cylindromyhne genera other than Cylindromyia and Lophosia 

 require little comment. As regards Hermya I agree wholly with Malloch's (1931) 

 concept of the genus, and add another synonym, namely M akilingimyia Townsend 

 of which the type-species melanoptera Townsend is obviously a Hermya. The 

 genus Penthosiosoma Townsend has a very Hermya-like abdomen but a very different 

 head facies and is certainly acceptable as a valid genus. Chaetoweberia Villeneuve, 

 however (described as a subgenus of Weberia Robineau-Desvoidy), is undoubtedly 

 a synonym of Catapariprosopa Townsend, and the type-species are so alike that 

 they might even be conspecific. 



The generic name Bellina Robineau-Desvoidy remains completely enigmatic 

 because of the loss of the type-material of its single included species (B. melanura 

 Robineau-Desvoidy). On the basis of Robineau-Desvoidy 's description Townsend 

 (1938 : 92) placed Bellina in the Cylindromyiini, and I agree with this placement 

 so far as it is possible to deduce anything from the description. Bellina was 

 described from specimens in Bigot's collection and was said to be from India, 



