Electron conics are enhancements in the electron flux at the edges of the electron loss cone. Such enhancements are a common feature in the electron distribution in the auroral zone. In analogy with ion conics it has been suggested that electron conics are produced by waves which accelerate electron perpendicular to the magnetic field. However, we show by using a test particle simulation of the electron distribution that electron conics can be produced purely by stochastic acceleration of the electrons parallel to a dipole magnetic field. A possible wave mode that can produce parallel acceleration is the Alfv¿n-ion cyclotron mode that has recently been shown to modulate the high energy part of the inverted-V electron distribution. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1990