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tibise brown. Wings limpid, rather long ; veins black. Halteres testa- 

 ceous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



109. Stephus cyathifek, n. s., foem. Chalybaeo-niger, antennis pedibusque 

 fulvis, abdomine maculis sex subtrigonis duabusque minoribus apicahbus 

 fulvis, ahs fusco-cinereis, halteribus fulvis. 



Female. Chalybeous-black. Head about the eyes and pectus chalybeous. 

 Antennae tawny. Abdomen with eight tawny spots ; 1st, 2nd and 3rd 

 pair large, nearly triangular ; 4th smaller, semicircular. Legs tawny. 

 Wings brownish-grey ; veins black. Halteres tawny. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Gen. Baccha, Fabr. 



110. Baccha Amphithoe, Walk. Cat. Dipt. pt.3. 549. 

 Inhabits also Hindostan. 



Gren. Ascia, Megerle. 



111. Ascia brachystoma, Wied. Auss. Zweifi. ii. 90. 1. 

 Inhabits also Hindostam 



Fam. MUSCIDJE, Latr, 



Subfam. Tachinides, Walk. 



G-en. Euryoaster, Macq. 



112. Ettrygasteb SUBFERRIFERA, n. s., fcem. Nigra cinereo-tomentosa, 

 capite albo, palpis fulvis, thorace vittis quatuor angustis nigris, abdomine 

 fasciis tribus vittaque angusta nigris, macuhs duabus ventre femoribusque 

 ferrugineis, alis subcinereis. 



Female. Black, with cinereous tomentum and long black bristles. Head 

 white in front and about the eyes; frontalia black, nearly linear; facialia 

 without bristles; epistoma not prominent, with a stout bristle on each 

 side. Eyes pubescent. Palpi tawny. Antennae extending to the epi- 

 stoma ; 3rd joint linear, rounded at the tip, full four times the length of 

 the 2nd ; arista slender, very much longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax with 

 four slender incomplete black stripes. Abdomen obconical, hardly longer 

 than the thorax, with three black bands and with a slender black stripe ; 

 a large ferruginous spot on each side of the 2nd segment; underside 

 mostly ferruginous. Legs black ; femora ferruginous. Wings greyish ; 

 veins black ; praebrachial vein forming a somewhat rounded but hardly 

 obtuse angle at its flexure, from whence it is nearly straight to its tip ; 

 discal transverse vein slightly curved inward near its hind end, parted by 

 less than its length from the border and from the flexure of the praebra- 

 chiaL Alulae greyish. Length of the body 3 lines j of the wings 6 lines. 



Gen. Megistogaster, Macq, 



Corpus angustum, cylindricum. Fades obliqua. Facialia non setosa. An- 

 tennce longae ; articulus 3 US linearis, 2° sextupld longior ; arista nuda, 

 gracilis, articulo 3° paulld longior. Pedes longiusculi, setosi. Alee an- 

 gustae. 



