72 bombylidjE. 



Grey. Head hoary and clothed with white hairs beneath. Proboscis 

 and palpi black. Palpi clotlied with whitish hairs. Anteunte black. 

 Wings very pale grey ; stigma pale brown ; veins black, tawny at the 

 base. Abdomen clothed with short black hairs. Legs black ; tibice 

 dark tawny towards the base ; fore tibiae paler. Male. Thorax indis- 

 tinctly striped. Halteres yeUow. Fein. Paler than the male. Thorax 

 roith 3 brown stripes, hoary beneath. Halteres tawny. 



Common in Darenth wood, Kent. (E.) 



Genus V. SPANIA. 



Spania, Mg. zw. vi. 335 (1830) ; Hal. ; Mq. 



Corpus parvum, nigrum. Proboscis exserta. Palpi longi, lineares. 



Antennae stylata? ; articulus tertius longus ; quartus indistinctus vel ob- 



soletus. Halteres longissimi, clavati. 

 Mas. Oculi contigui. Antennae articido tertio stylato. 

 Fcem. Oculi remoti. Antennae articulo tertio lineari, basi crasso. 



Body small, black, rather dull. Proboscis prominent. Palpi exserted, 

 long, linear. AntemuB stylate, longer than the head ; first joint short ; 

 second very short ; third long ; fourth indistinct or obsolete. Halteres 

 clavate, very long. Abdomen tapering from the base to the tip. Legs 

 rather short. 



Male. Eyes contiguous. Third joint of the antennae stylate. 



Fern. Eyes remote. Third joint of the antennae linear, thick at the 

 base. 



1. nigra, Mg.! zw. vi. 335. 1. pi. 66. f. 12 (1830); Mq.— Zff//e«M 

 (/«?;«.), Hal. e. m. i. 162. Atra, subtus cinerea, alls nigricantibus, 

 abdomine nigro-fiisco, pedibus piceis. Long. 3 ; alar. 5 lin. 



Male. Black, grey beneath, clothed with short black hairs. Wings 

 blackish. Halteres, abdomen, and legs piceous. 



Rare; frequents woods. "In moist places of open groves, 

 hovering about and alighting on leaves of evergreens. North of 

 Ireland and Wicklow.^'— //a/w%, MSS. (E. I.) 



Family VIL BOMBYLID^. 



BoMBYLiABii p. et Tabanii p., Lm. Bombyliarii, Anthracii, et Myda- 

 sii (quoad Thereva), LI. gen. Tanystoma p., LI. r. a. Anthracina p., 

 Rfn. Sclerostoma p. et Aplocera p., Dmr. Bomhyliarii et Anthra- 

 cideSt Fin. ; Ztt. Bombylidee, Antkracida, et Mydasyda (quoad The- 



