COLLECTED AT DORET, NEW ftUTNEA. 283 



Gen. TiNDA, Walk. 



15. TiNDA RECEDENS, n. s. Mos. Nigra, nitens, anteunis piceis basi 

 rufescentibus, pedibus halteribusque rufescentibus, femoribus posticis 

 extus apices versus nigricantibus, alis obscure ciiiereis apud costam 

 nigricantibus. 



Male. Black, shining ; epistoma very prominent, furrowed above ; an- 

 tennae piceous, reddish towards the base ; abdomen elongate-eUiptical, 

 a little longer and broader than the thora.K ; legs reddish ; hind femora 

 blackish on the outer side towards the tips ; wings dark cinereous, 

 blackish along the costa ; veins black ; halteres reddish. Length of 

 the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Gen. Sartjga, Walk. 



16. Saruga conifera, Walk. See vol. iv. p. 102. 



Gen. Obrapa, Walk. 

 17- Obrapa perilampoides, Walk. See vol. iii. p. 82. 



18. Obrapa celyphoides. Walk. See vol. iii. p. 83. 



Earn. TABANID^, Leach. 



Gen. Tabanus, Linn. 



19. Tabanus Doreicus, n. s. Mas. Piceo-niger, fulvo-tomentosus, 

 antennarum ai'ticulo 3" rufo subcornuto, abdomine basi obscure mfes- 

 cente, pedibus nigris, alis obscure fuscis, halteribus albidis. 



Male. Piceous-black ; head with tawny tomentum in front and beneath ; 

 callus long and slender ; eyes somewhat flattened in front, with ex- 

 tremel)' small facets ; 3rd joint of the antennae red, with a small horn ; 

 thorax with tawny tomentum ; pectus with cinereous tomentum ; ab- 

 domen dark reddish towards the base ; legs quite black ; wings dark 

 brown, dark cinereous along the hind border; veins black, ferrugi- 

 nous towards the base ; fore branch of the cubital vein simple, slightly 

 undulating ; halteres whitish. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the 

 wings 16 lines. 



Earn. ASILID^, Leach. 



Subfam. Dasypogonites, Walk. 



Gen. DiocTEiA, Meiff. 



20. DiocTRiA CLAVivENTRis, n. s. FcEiTi. Nigra, capite argenteo, 

 mystace albo, antennis basi fulvis, thorace vittis tribus maculisque 



LINN. PROC. — ZOOLOGY. IG 



