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than the head and thorax taken to,£jether, rareh' shorter, arcuate, projecting forward, cyhndrical or 
somewhat compressed, toward the apex somewhat diminishing in diameter, -|- 14 jointed, the basal 
joints differentiated, the first cupuHform, the second more cyathiform, the flagellar joints closely sessile 
Thorax oval, highly arched; scutellum small, nearh' semicircular in outline, metathorax arched. 
Abdomen slender, in both sexes seven segmented, depressed, clavate, in the male somewhat cylindrical 
at the base, rarely wholly cjdindrical, ending in a forceps. Legs long, the femora somewhat thickened, 
shorter than the til)ijE, the tibiye spurred, with very minute setae, one row inwardly and two i"ows out- 
wardly, or the fore pair wholly without. Wings (PI. 3, Fig. 15, 16) somewhat broadened, with 
rounded base, as long as or somewhat longer than the abdomen, decumbent, microscopic setulose. 
Costa prolonged be\"nnd the tip of K^+s and ending before the tip of the wing; subcosta ends in the 
costa, rarel}' ending free, usually connected with the radius by Sca (subcostal crossvein) ; R2+3 ver}' short, 
ending in the costa or in Rj ; the distance from the coalesced portion of the media to its fork short; anal 
vein either incomplete or produced to the wing margin. 
Type species : Meigen did not name any species in i8o3 when he described this genus. 
Zetterstedt designated P. fasciata as the type. 
Geographical distribution of species : 
1. P. aestivalis, Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. W'ien, \'ol. i3, p. 698 Central Europe. 
(i5) (i863). 
aestivalis. Schiner, Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2, p. 487 (9) (1864). 
2. P. agricolae. Marsliall, Trans. New Zeal. Inslit. Vol. 2S, iSgS, 
p. 279 (1S96). 
3. P. miiica. Walker, Ins. Brit. Dipt. Vol. 3, p. 67 (8) (i856). 
4. P. armata (Loew) (fossil), Meunier, Misc. Ent. Vol. 7, p. 164 (1899). 
5. P. atrata, Fabricius, Syst. Antl. p. 16 (3) [Ceroplatiis) (i8o5). 
atrata, Meigen, Syst. Beschr. Vol. i, p. 233 (2) (1S18); Winnertz, \'erh. 
Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. 6go (2) (i863j. 
nigra, Macquart, Recueil Soc. Sc. Ayric. Lille, p. io3 ( i ), pi. i , f. 3 1 1826). 
5. P. auiumnalis, Arribalzaga, I-iol. Acad. Nac. Cordoba, \'ol. 12, p. 433 
(22), 2 (1892). 
7. P. basalis, Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. bgg 
(17) (i863). 
basalis. Schiner, Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2, p. 438 (12) (1864). 
8. P. Banmhaiieri, iMeigen, Syst. Beschr. Vol. i, p. 235 (5) (181 8). 
9. P. bicolor, Macquart, Recueil Soc. Sc. Agric. Lille, p. io5 (7) (1826). 
/i/co/o)-, Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. 702 (21) (iS63); 
Schiner, Fauna Austr. Dipt. Vol. 2. p. 439 {i5) (1864). 
10. P. bifasciata, Macquart, Suites a Button, Vol. i, p. 144(10) (1S34). 
l)ifasciata. Meigen, Syst. Beschr. Vol. 7, p. 40 (27) (i838). 
11 . P . bifasciata, von Roser, Corresp. bl. Wiirtemberg. Landw. Ver. 
Vol. T, p. 5i (1S40). 
12. P. brunnipeiuiis, Staeger, in Krojer, Naturh. Tidsskr. \'ol. 3, p. 277 
(3) (1840). 
hrunuipciinis. Zetterstedt, Dipt. Scand. Vol. 10, p. 4086 iii) (i85i). 
13. P. calcar (Loew) (fossil), Meunier, Misc. Ent. Vol. 7, p. 164 (1899). 
14. P. ceroplatites, Meunier, Mon. Mycetoph. etc. p. 88 (io3) (1904). 
1 5. P. ceroplatoides, Meunier, ibidem, p. 88 (102), pi. g, f. 4 (1904). 
16. P. ciiida, Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, Vol. i3, p. 703 (23) (i863). 
cincta. Schiner, Fauna Austr. Vol. 2, p. 440 (17) 11864), Van der Wulp, 
Dipt. Neerland. Vol. i, p. igS (i3) (1877). 
flavipes. Staeger (nec Meigen), in Krojer, Naturh. Tidsskr. Vol. 2, p. 278 
(5j (1840) ; Zetterstedt, Dipt. Scand. Vol. 10, p. 4088 (14) (i85i). 
succincta, Van der Wulp (nec Meigen), Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 2, p. 172 (14;, 
pi. 12, f. I (i858). 
New Zealand. 
England. 
Baltic amber. 
Europe. 
Argfentine. 
Central Europe. 
West Europe. 
Europe. 
West Europe. 
Europe. 
Central Europe. 
Baltic amber. 
Baltic amber. 
Baltic amber. 
Europe. 
