1940] 
Conopidae of West Indies and Bermuda 
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dark piceous, apex black; less than twice the length of the 
head. Antennse as figured, dark piceous, proximal segment 
paler. Thorax black ; humeri brown with the inner side cov- 
ered with golden pollen ; also golden pollen on the mesonotum 
surrounding the humeri and on the mesopleurse and sterno- 
pleurse. Scutellum either black or with obscure golden pol- 
len. Metanotum black, anterior half covered with golden 
pollen; most of metapleurse covered with golden pollen. 
Halteres testaceous. Legs testaceous, tarsi black except at 
their proximal ends. Anterior surface of anterior coxae and 
outer surfaces of fore and middle tibiae covered with golden 
pollen. Pulvilli and claws testaceous, tips of claws black. 
Abdomen as figured; segments one and two black, with 
golden pollen on the posterior margins ; the third segment 
with an obscure proximal yellow band ; segments apical to 
two are dark rufous. Ventral plates of medium length and 
definitely narrowed at the tip, black on the posterior side. 
Wings hyaline with reddish brown band becoming fuscous at 
apical half. The dark band is paler in the costal cell ; extends 
posteriorly to the first basal cell, to the vena spuria, and to 
a narrow hyaline margin in the distal half of the first poste- 
rior cell, but filling out the cell at its apex. 
Male: length without antennse 12 mm. Similar to the 
female but the golden pollen almost absent in the only speci- 
men. The yellow band at the base of the third abdominal 
segment broader and more distinct than in the female. 
Holotype ( 2 ) : Sept. 2, 1930, Guabairo about 4 miles north 
of Soledad, near Cienfuegos, Cuba (Richard Dow) ; allotype 
and paratype ( 2 ) with same data as holotype ; in the Mu- 
seum of Comparative Zoology. 
In Krober’s key (1939, Ann. Mag. N.H., 4: 467) cubanus 
runs to fronto Will, but differs in having a relatively longer 
third antennal segment, and differently colored thorax, 
front, occiput, and abdomen. In Van Duzee’s key (1927, 
Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., 16: 578) cubanus runs to gracilis Will., 
but gracilis is a true Conops. 
Physoconops bahamensis new species (Figs. 8, 9) 
Female: length without antennse 13 mm. Vertex piceous 
with a black center; front testaceous becoming piceous or 
