258 ME. walkee's catalogue of dipteeous insects 



Catalogue of the Dipterous Insects coDeetedat Manado iu Celebes, 

 and iu Tond, by Mr. A. E. Wallace, with Descriptions of 

 New Species. By Feancis "Walker, Esq., F.L.S. 



[Eead Nov. 15th, I860.] 



(Manado.} 



Fam. STEATIOMID^, Haliday. 



Gen. Clitellarta, Meigen. 



1. Clitellaria tibialis, n. s. Mas. Nigra, nitens, albido pubes- 

 cens, capite litura alba, antennis luteis, scutello quadrispinoso, pedibus 

 albis, tarsis anticis tibiisque nigris, alis cinereis apud costam nigris 

 apice albis, balteribus luteis. 



Male. Black, shining, with whitish down. Head a little narrowei* than 

 the thorax, with a white mark above the base of the antenna;. Eyes 

 nearly approximate in front, diverging hindward. Antennae luteons ; 

 3rd joint short-elliptical ; arista long, slender, bare. Thorax elongate- 

 oval, narrower in front ; scutellum with four long spines. Abdomen 

 elongate-elliptical, longer than the thorax. Legs white; tibia; and 

 fore tarsi and tips of the posterior tarsi black. Wings cinereous, black 

 along the costa, white at the tips, veins black ; halteres luteous. 

 Length of the body 44 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Gen. Steatiomts, Geoffv. 



2. Stratiomys finalis. Walk. See Vol. IV. p. 94. 



Fam. TABANID^, Leach. 

 Gen. Tabantjs, Linn. 



3. Tabanus speculum, n. s. Mas. Ater, capite macula antica alba, 

 antennamm articulo 3° rufo, thorace fasciculis quatuor lateralibus albis, 

 scutello argenteo, abdomine fasciis interruptis albis, alis nigris cinereo 

 strigatis, apicibus maculaque discali limpidis, macula antica parva 

 lurida, haltcribus apice pallide flavescentibus. 



Male. Deep black. Head with a white transverse spot in front of the 

 antenna; ; callus shining, very slender. Eyes uniform ; facets ex- 

 tremely minute. Third joint of the antennae dark red, with an acute 

 distinct horn. Thorax with two tufts of white hairs on each side by 

 the base of the wings ; scutellum silvery white, except along the fore 

 border. Abdomen with a white band on the hind border of each seg- 

 ment; these bands are widely interrupted on each side above, but 

 entire beneath. Wings black, with cinereous streaks in the ai'colets, 

 with limpid tips, and with a limpid oval discal spot, in front of which 



