44 ACROCERID.E. 



2. relictus, Hfg. ; Mg. zw.ii. 69. (1820.) 3; Mq. ; 'Lii.—mdmtns, 

 Mg.; Fb. — Tabanus ccBciitiens, Pz. ! T\\ovhct i\\\yoAi\Yio,abdom me w a crdis 

 triffonis cinereis univittato maculisqiie fuivis trivittato, tibiis fulvis. 

 Mas. Niger, alls nigro-fiiscis cinereo-biniaculatls. Foem. Nigro-fuscus, 

 thorace cinereo-quadrivittato, alis fuscis albido-bimaculatis, ubdominh 

 lateribus basi flavis segnientorum marginibiis posticis cinereis. Long. 

 3i-4J- ; alar. 7-9 lin. 



Eves golden-green. Thorax clothed with tawiiy hairs. Halteres 

 brown. Abdomen ivlth a rote of cinei'eous triangidar spots along the back, 

 and with a tawny spot on each side of every segment from the first to the 

 fourth. Tibiae dark tawny. Male. Black. Eyes with 4 cupreous spots, 

 which join together, and form a band in the middle. Wings dark 

 brown, with 2 very large irregular pale grey spots on the hind border, 

 one near the base, the other near the tips. Fern. Dark brown. Head 

 covered with yellow down, with 8 black shining scapulse ; 2 on the 

 crown, quadrate ; 6 in front. Eyes with purple or brown marks. 

 Wings brown, with 2 very large irregular whitish spots on the hind 

 border, one near the base, the other near the tip. Abdomen with a 

 very large angular yellow spot occupying the sides of the first and 

 second segments ; hind borders of the segments cinereous. 



Not very common. (E. S. I.) 



Family IV. A C R O C E R I D.E. 



AcROCERiB^, Lch. comp. (1809); Ct. ; W^tw. Bombyliarii ])., Lm. 

 Aplocera p., Dmr. Inflatce, LI. Inflata, Mg. Stratiomyda p., 

 Fin. Vesiculosa, Mq. Asiphonice p., Kfn. Cyrtites, Nwm. 

 Ogcodince, Rdn. Inflata {Henopii), Ags. Acrocerina, Ztt. 



Corpus latum, globosum. Caput pai-vum, rotundum. Oculi niagni. 

 Ocelli 3. Antennaj triarticulatse, brevissimse, stylatse. Alse divari- 

 cata3. Abdomen magnum, segmentis 5. Pedes simplices. 

 Body broad, globose. Head small, almost wholly occupied by the 

 eyes. Ocelli 3. Antennse 3-jointed, veiy small, porrect, a})proximate 

 at the base. Wrings diverging, deflexed. Abdomen very thick, trans- 

 parent, with 5 segments. Legs slender; onychia 3. 



{forked 1. Acrocera. 

 simple 2. Henops. 



