1957] 
Camras — N eotropical Conopidae 
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and upper facial grooves yellow. Cheeks and remainder 
of facial grooves black. Facial grooves, orbitals and inter- 
rupted post-vertical stripe gold pollinose. Occiput black. 
Antenna black. First antennal segment four times as long 
as wide. Second segment nearly two times as long as first. 
Third segment one and one-half times length of first. Arista 
three segmented. Lateral process on second segment in- 
distinct. Proboscis two times length of head, black with 
yellow on about distal ventral half. 
Thorax black, with considerable gold pollen on dorsum 
covering it completely in certain views. In other views, 
there are three black stripes on the dorsum. A distinct 
gold pollinose pleural stripe is connected with the gold 
pollen of the dorsum. Legs yellow; blackish partly on 
coxae, base of hind femora, tarsi, except base of first 
tarsus, and claws. Wings hyaline, brownish pattern be- 
tween costa, and third vein and vena spura. The dark 
pattern in the first posterior cell is confined to less than 
the anterior half. Calypters dark yellow. Halteres bright 
lemon yellow, brown at base of stem. 
Abdomen black, yellowish at junction of second and 
third segments. Gold pollinose at junction of first and 
second, second and third, and distal margins of remain- 
ing segments. Fifth, sixth, and base of seventh segments 
gold pollinose. Genital segments and theca dark reddish 
yellow. Theca as long as wide. 
Size: 8% mm. (without antenna). 
This species is similar to trichus but differs mainly in 
the color of the front, thorax, and wings. Although very 
different in appearance, they are probably geographical 
representatives. This species keys to Physoconops anten- 
natus (Camras, 1955, Proc. U. S. N. M. 105:186) but 
differs in generic and color characters. 
Physoconops parsonsi Camras 
1955, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 105, 171. 
The types of this species had been erroneously placed 
in the U.S. National Museum Collection. P. J. Darlington, 
Jr., called our attention to this, and the types have been 
returned to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 
