and three new Insects from Nepaul. 135 



Some of these insects are found without wings, most likely in 

 the larva state. 



Order. DIPTERA. 



Fam. TABAlSlIDM. 



Genus. PANG ONI A. Latr. 



Pangonia longirostris. 



p. villosa flava, thorace ferrugineo, abdomine nigro-brunneo : 

 segmentorum marginibus flavis, alis immaculatis. 



Tab. VI. Fig. 5. 6. 



Rostrum about twelve times longer than the head. Antennee 

 approximated at the base, short, consisting of three pieces, 

 the two lowest of which are very small, the upper one long, 

 tapering to a point, and composed of eight small articula- 

 tions. Eyes large, very prominent. Head and thorax very 

 hairy both above and beneath, longer under the throat ; of 

 a bright yellow beneath, brownish above. Wings longer 

 than the abdomen, hyaline ; costal nerves brown. Body 

 black ; the margins of each segment shining, the sides 

 hairy. H alter es short, having the shafts yellow and the 

 knobs ovate, black. 



Length of the insect from the base of the rostrum to the apex of 

 the abdomen ten lines ; and of the rostrum two inches and 

 a half. 



Thomas Hardwicke, 



Calcutta, Major-Generai. 



January 6, J 822. 



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