IIG Mil. walker's CATALOailE 01' Dri'TEllOUS INSECTS 



domcn with a gilded band on tlio hind border of cacli segment. Legs 

 testaceous ; femora hardly stout, with black stripes ; hind troclianters and 

 fore tarsi black ; hind tibiae with black tips ; posterior tarsi with black 

 bands. Wings cinereous ; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 11 Uncs. 



61. Laphbia detecta, n. s., mas. Atra, capite postico pectorequc albido- 

 tomentosis, thorace macul/l laterali pallida aurco-tomentosa, abdoiiiino basi 

 albo piloso maculis tribus lateralibus aurato-tomentosis, pcdibus fulvis, 

 fcmoribus nigi-o-vittatis, tarsis nigris basi fulvis, ahs limpidis dimidio fer^ 

 apicali nigricante. 



Male. Deoj) black. Head behind and pectus with vv'hitish tomentum. My- 

 stax with very few black bristles. Third joint of the antennso nearly 

 linear, elongate-conical towards the tip, very much longer than the 1st and 

 the 2nd together. Thorax with a spot of pale gilded tomentum on each 

 side, in front of the base of the wing. Abdomen with white hairs at the 

 base, and with three spots of gilded tomentum on each side. Legs tawny ; 

 coxffi and trochanters black ; femora rather thick, with black stripes, which 

 are very short on the hind pair ; tarsi black, tawny at the base. Wings 

 Iim])id, blackish for nearly half the lengtli from the tips ; veins black, 

 tawny in the hmpid part. Halteres \cry pale yellow. Length of the body 

 6i lines ; of the wings 11 lincis. 



Subfam. Asilites, Walk. 

 Gen. Teupanea, Macq. 



62. Trupanea Amorges, Walk. Cat. Dipt. pt. 2. 391 (Asilus) ; 2ndser. pt. 3. 

 612. 102. 



63. Trupanea insebens, n. s., mas et fccm. Nigra, fusco-tomcntosa, facie 

 pectorequc subaiu-atis, mystacc suprtl albido subtiis nigro, antennis pcdibus- 

 quo nigris, thorace vittis quinque nigris, abdominis segmentis cano inter- 

 rupt^ marginatis, alis fuscis. 



Male and Female. Black, with brown tomentum. Face and pectus with 

 pale, slightly gQded tomentum. Mystax with some whitish bristles above, 

 and with very few black bristles beneath. Antenna; black ; arista as long as 

 the 3rd joint. Tiiorax with five blatik stripes. Abdomen ratlicr slender, 

 moderately long ; hind borders of the segments with slightly intci-rupted 

 hoary bands. Legs black ; tibioe ferruginous above, except towards the 

 tips. Wings brown ; veins bla(;k ; 3rd externo-medial vein joining the 4th 

 far from the base. Halteres tawny. 



Male. SexuaUa moderately large. Female. Abdomen attenuated, not stylate. 

 Length of the body 6 linos ; of the wings 9-10 lines. 



Gen. Asilus, Unn. 



64. Asilus Barium, Walk. See p. 14. 



65. Asilus flagbans, n.e., fcom. Piceus, capite pectoreque aureo-tonien- 

 tosis, mystace aureo, antennis fulvis, tliorace strigis duabus obhquis late- 

 ralibus vittisque duabus aureo-tomcntosis, abdominis segmentis tcstaceo- 



