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TH. BECKER. 
Cephaloconus Walk. 
boem. Corpus breviusculum, subconvexum. Caput thorace vix bre¬ 
vius ; facies elongata, porrecta, conica ; peristoma minimum. Proboscis 
et palpi brevissima. Antennæ brevissima», articulo 3° conico, arista 
nuda. Scutellum productum. Abdomen longieonicum, thorace paulo bre¬ 
vius. Pedes breviusculi, tibiis tarsisque gracilibus. Alæ mediocres. 
Female. Body rather short, slightly convex. Head nearly as long 
as the thorax ; the face elongated, porrect and conical ; peristoma very 
small. Proboscis and palpi very short. Antennæ very short; 3 rd joint 
conical ; arista simple, slender, about four times the length of the 3 rd 
joint. Scutellum prominent. Abdomen elongate-conical, shorter and a 
little narrower than the thorax. Legs rather short ; tibiæ and tarsi 
slender. Wings of moderate size ; veins straight ; præbrachial vein 
beyond the discal transverse vein slightly converging towards the cu¬ 
bital vein. 
196. Cephaloconus tenebrosus Walk. 
boem. Cinereo-niger, obscurus, capite nitente lineis quinque flavis,, 
antennis luteis, metathorace testaceo, tibiis, tarsis halteribusque pallide 
flavis, alis nigris postice cinereis. 
Female. Cinereous black, dull. Head shining black, with five yellow 
lines—two above, one on each side and one beneath; front piceous, 
slightly interlined with yellow. Antennæ luteous. Metathorax testaceous. 
Tibiæ and tarsi pale yellow. Wings black, cinereous along the hind 
border ; veins black ; discal transverse vein straight, nearly upright, 
parted by half its length from the border, and by a little more than 
twice its length from the præbrachial transverse vein ; halteres pale 
yellow. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 3 Va lines. New- 
Guinea. 
Anmerkung. Ich reproduziere vorstehend die Walker* sehe- 
Beschreibung seiner Gattung Cephaloconus, von der ich annehme, dass 
sie hierher gehört; jedoch geschieht dies immerhin nur mit gewissem 
Vorbehalt, da es mir nicht möglich war, die Type vergleichen zu kön¬ 
nen ; sie scheint mir mit Pseudearina Meijere als Gattung zusammen 
zu fallen. 
