astijd.t:. — emptt)-t;. 25 
ASILIDiE. 
Plate XLV. fig. 1. 
Dasypogon Diadema. $ 
Da. Niger; abdomine punctis laterallbus obscure alhidis : Mas. alis 
fuliginosis, pedibus 7iigns : Fern, abdomine fascia testaced, pedibus 
rufo-ferrugineis, alis sub-hyalinis. (Long. Corp. 10 — 11 lin.) 
Da. Diadema, Fabricius — Steph. Catal. No. 8158. 
Black, with a bluish tint : face white : 2d joint of the antenna? and base 
of the 3d ochreous : abdomen with faint whitish spots on each side from 
the 2d to the 5th segments : halteres yellowish ; wings brown, with 
Adolet reflections ; legs black. Female (of which sex I have not seen a 
British example) with the 4th and 5th segments of the abdomen, and 
the legs testaceous ; wings slightly tinted with brown. 
Found, but very rarely, in June, near Swansea, in Glamorgan- 
shire. 
EMPIDiE. 
Plate XLV. fig. 3. 
Hemerodromia inonostigma. 
He. Albida, abdomine vittu dorsali sinuatd nigrd, alis hyalinis ; puncfo 
marginali nigra. (Long. Corp. 2 lin.) 
He. monostigma, Hoffmansegg. — Steph. Catal. No. 8261. 
Whitish, tinged with ochreous : front griseons : thorax dusky above ; ab- 
domen with an irregular dusky band down the back ; legs pale yellow, 
with the terminal joint of the tarsi dusky : wings hyahne with a black 
marginal dot or stigma. 
Not uncommon in the vicinity of London, in woody places, in 
May. 
Haustellata. — Supplement, August, 184G. e 
