. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. EEIOZONA. 103 iv. 1905, Bnineiti) in fields of diy grass. Found in the Bombay Presidency and as far south as Bangalore. I took it at Shanghai, 17. iv. 1906. All the dates and localities previously recorded by me of my " Forms 1, 2, 3 " apply to this species. Type in Bigot's collection. Genus EEIOZONA, Sch. Uriozona, Schiuer, Wien. Eut. Monatschr. iv, p. 214 (1860). G-E>'OTYPE, tScceva siji'jjhoides, Fallen; by original designation. Head semicircular, a little broader than thorax ; eyes distinctly pubescent, contiguous for some distance in J, wide


. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. EEIOZONA. 103 iv. 1905, Bnineiti) in fields of diy grass. Found in the Bombay Presidency and as far south as Bangalore. I took it at Shanghai, 17. iv. 1906. All the dates and localities previously recorded by me of my " Forms 1, 2, 3 " apply to this species. Type in Bigot's collection. Genus EEIOZONA, Sch. Uriozona, Schiuer, Wien. Eut. Monatschr. iv, p. 214 (1860). G-E>'OTYPE, tScceva siji'jjhoides, Fallen; by original designation. Head semicircular, a little broader than thorax ; eyes distinctly pubescent, contiguous for some distance in J, wide apart in $ . Face broad, pubescent or bare, central bump present; sometimes (E. analis, Kert.) the whole lower part of the face down to the mouth-border is conspicuously prominent. Proboscis rather prominent, moderate!}^ long, labella large ; palpi elongate, filiform, cuneiform at tip. Antennae pendent, moderately long ; 3rd joint rounded, ovate or twice as long as 1st and 2nd together ; arista bare. TJwrax varying from a little broader than long to a little longer than broad, moderately arched, pubescent. Abdomen short-oval, nearly rounded; at its widest part wider than thorax, gently. Fig. 18.—Erio2ona uiia/is, Kert., $. arched aiul curved. Ligs moderately long and strong; all femora sometimes rather elongate, but not specially so in the two Oriental species; tibia? rather curved, tarsi broad, pulvilli well developed. IVinr/s with normal Syrphine venation, with a large brown patch across the middle; anterior cross-vein mucli before middle of discal cell. lianfje. One European species (A'. si/rpJioides) and two from India are all that ai'e known. The above description is based on Schincr's, modified to enable the genus to receive the two Oriental species, which from their peculiar facies should undoubtedly he included in .t One of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea


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