DIPTERA 
7. Genus CEROPLATUS, Bosc 
Cenoplatus. Bosc, Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, Vol. i, p. i (42) (1792). 
Characters. — Head small, broadly ovate, flattened in front; eyes oval, sometimes emarginate 
at the base of the antennae; ocelli three, arranged in a transverse curved line on the front; palpi short, 
not incurved, three or four jointed, the first joint very small, the following longer, differing with the 
species (PI. I, Fig. 2); antenna projecting forward, shorter than the head and thorax taken together, 
ver_v broad and Hat, compressed, strap-like, 2-I-14 jointed, the basal joints short, the apical joint conical 
or bud-like, the intermediates much broader than long (PI. I, Fig. 3). Thorax ovate, highly arched; 
scutellum nearly semicircular; metanotum arched. Abdomen of both sexes seven segmented, either 
cvlindrical or somewhat depressed. Legs long; the tibiae with spurs of unequal length; lateral tibial setae 
either absent or very minute. Wings with microscopic setulae ; shorter than the abdomen, with broad 
rounded base, decumbent ; costa produced beyond the tip of R44.5, but ending before the tip of the wing; 
subcostal vein complete, ending in the costa; Scj (subcostal crossvein) sometimes wanting ; R2_|_3 ends 
in Rj; media with short petiole; anal vein produced to the wing margin (PI. 3, Fig. 14). 
Type species : C. tipiiloiiies, Bosc. 
Geographical distribution of species : 
— C. apicalis, Adams, see Ceroteliou. 
1. C. aifinh, O. Costa. Atti R. Acad. Sc. Napoli, Vol. 5, p. no, pi. 2, 
f. 7-12 (1844). 
— C. atricoruis, Zetterstedt, see Cerotelion. 
— C. bellulus, Williston, see Cerotelion. 
2. C. carbonarius, Bosc, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. (ed. i),Vol. 4, p. 643 (1802-4). 
caibonarius. Wiedemann, Aussereup. zweifl. Ins. Vol. i, p. 61 (Pla- 
tyitra) (1828). 
3. C. dausns, Coquillett, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 23, p. 694 (igoi). 
4. C. Doidyi, Marshall, Trans. i\cw Zeal. Instit. Vol. 28, p. 1895 (275), 
t. 9, f. 3 (1S96). 
5. C. dispar, Dufour, Ann. Soc. Nat. (2), Vol. 1 1 , p. 199 (2),pl.5, f. 8-i4( iSSg). 
6. C. Hudson!, Marshall, Trans. New Zeal. Instit. Vol. 28, p. i8g5 (276) 
(1896). 
— C. hiiineralis, Zetterstedt, see Ceroieliun. 
— C. laticornis, Meigen = lineaUis, I'^abricius. 
7. C. hucoceras, ^Marshall, Trans. New Zeal. Instit. Vol. 28, p. iSgS (276), 
pi. i3, f. 3 (1896) 
— C. lineaius, Fabricius, see Cerotelion. 
— C. longiinaniis, Williston. see Cerotelion. 
8. C. major, Meunier (fossil), Mon. Mycetoph. etc. p. 172, pi. 14, f. 6(1904). 
— C. Mastersi, Skuse, see Cerotelion. 
— C. ohscuriis. Philippi, see Cerotelion. 
9. C. pentophthalmns, Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torino, 
Vol. 5, No. 84, pi. 2, f. 1-4 (1890). 
10. C. pictus, Speiser, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. Vol. 52, p. 128 (1908). 
11. C. Reauniurii, Dufour, Ann. Soc. Nat. (2), Vol. 11, p. 200 (3), pi. 5, 
f. ig, 20 f 1 839). 
12. C. sesioides, Whlbg., Ofv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. (i838). 
scsioides, Winnertz, Verh. Zool.-bot. Gas. Wien, Vol. i3, p. 685 (i863) ; 
Schiner, Fauna Austr.. Dipt. Vol. 2, p. 484 (2) (1864). 
— C. striatus, Gmelin = Cerotelion lineatus, Fabricius. 
South Europe. 
Eastern United States, 
Eastern United States. 
New Zealand. 
Western Europe. 
New Zealand. 
New Zealand. 
Baltic amber. 
South Europe. 
East Africa. 
Western Europe. 
Europe. 
