LOMATIA. 79 



Nigra, fulvo-pilosa, cdis subcinereis, basi et ad costam nigro-fuscis, abdo- 

 minis apice nigro-trifascicidato flavo-albo-unifasciculato. Long. 4^-5 ; 

 alar. 10-12 lin. 



Black, smaller and narrower than A. Jiottentotta, clothed with tawny- 

 hairs ; crown of the head clothed with black hairs. Wbujs pule (jrey,. 

 dark brown at the base and alonr/ foiir-Jiffhs of the fore border ; the latter 

 is black and near the base is tufted with black bristles. The tawny 

 hairs of the abdomen are less thick than those of A. hottentolta, and 

 hide the bands of shorter pale hairs ; 3 tufts of black hairs at the tip, 

 and a tuft of yellowish-white hairs on each side of the middle black tuft. 



Rare. (E.) 



Genus III. LOMATIA. 



LoMATiA, Mg. zw. vi. 324 (1830); Ct. ; Mq. ; Zll. ; Ztt. Blblo \^., 

 Fb. Musca p., Gm. Anthrax p., Fb. ; Mg. ; Pz. Stygia, Mg. 



Corpus mediae magnitudinis, oblongum, sublineare, parum pubescens. 



Color niger, pictiu-a abdominis flavo-fasciata. Proboscis brevis. 



Antennce basi upproximatce . Ala longce. 

 Mas. Oculi connexi. 

 Fcem. Oculi discreti. 



Black, naiTow, linear, almost cylindrical, of middle size. Head 

 globose, somewhat contracted behind. Eyes renifonn. Ocelli 3, on 

 the crown. Proboscis nearly as long as the head. Labrum curved, 

 acute, channelled beneath, somewhat contracted in front, shorter than 

 the labium. Lingua stiff, setiform, longer than the labrum. Maxillse 

 stiff, setiform, shorter than the labrum. Palpi short, almost cylindrical. 

 Labium slender, cylindrical, channelled above. Antenna 3-jointed, 

 short, porrect, closely approximate at the base, diverging upwards ; 

 first joint shoii, thick, bristly, dilated above, .obliquely truncate ; 

 second cyathiform, shorter than the first ; third long, conical, bare, 

 finely pointed at the tip. Thorax oval, without a transverse suture. 

 Wings long, narrow, lanceolate, very finely pubescent, expanded in 

 repose ; longitudinal veins curved. Alulae veiy small, with fringed 

 borders. Halteres uncovered. Abdomen long-elliptical, slightly con- 

 vex, with 7 segments, which have yellow bands. Legs slender ; hind 

 legs long; onychia 2. 



The habits of these flies appear to be similar to those of the 

 Aiithraces ; they frequent dry and sandy spots. 



1. Belzebul, Fb. e. s. iv. 260. 14 (1 792) ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ct. ; Lw. ; 



Gratl. Nigra, alis subcinereis costa bistrientefusca, abdominis segrnentis 

 inter rupte fuho-fasciatis. Long. 5-^—6 ; alar. 13-14 lin. 



Black. Head clothed above with black hairs. Thorax clothed with 

 ferruginous hairs ; a tuft of white hairs behind the base of each wingf. 



