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there is a much smaller lurid spot ; veins black ; fore branch of the 

 cubital vein much curved near the base, slightly curved from thence 

 to the tip; halteres with pale yellow tips. Length of the body 10 

 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



4. Tabanus flexilis (see Vol. IV. p. 104). Mas. Piceus, antennis 

 rufis apice nigris, thorace aurato, abdomine fulvo elongato fasciis 

 duabus latis fernigineis, fasciis duabus posticis apiceque nigris, pedi- 

 bus nigris, alis cinercis costa fasciisque duabus abbreviatis fuscis, hal- 

 teribus luteis apice albis. 



Male. Piceous. Head beneath, thorax, and pectus with gilded tomen- 

 tum and hairs. Eyes uniform, connected above ; facets extremely 

 small. Proboscis black. Antenna; red, black towards the tips ; horn 

 of the 3rd joint extremely small. Abdomen tawny, elongate ; 2nd 

 and 3rd segments with broad ferruginous bands ; 4 th and 5tli with 

 black bands ; 6th also black. Legs black ; femora slightly clothed 

 with gilded down. Wings cinereous, brown along the costa, and with 

 two brown bands which are abbreviated hindward ; 2nd band very 

 broad ; veins black ; fore branch of the cubital vein much curved near 

 the base, more slightly curved from thence to the tip ; halteres luteous, 

 with white knobs. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 14 

 lines. 



Fam. ASILID^, LeaeJi. 



Subfam. Dasypoc40Kites, Walk. 



Gen. DiSGOCEPHALA, Macq. 



5. DiscocEPHALA CONCOLOR, H. s. Mas. Nigra, ferrugineo subto- 

 mentosa, pectore cano, pedibus robiistis, alis nigris, halteribus apice 

 albis. 



Male. Black, slightly covered with ferruginous tomentnm. Eyes flat 

 and with large facets in front. Pectus hoary. Legs stout, shining. 

 Wings black ; halteres with white tips. Length of the body 2i hnes; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



Subfam. Asilites, Walk. 



G-en. Teupanea, Macq. 



6. Trupanea CONCOLOR, n. s. Mas. Cinereo-nigra, capite barba 

 alba mystacc nigro, thorace abdomineque vittis duabus lateralibus 

 cinereis, abdomine fasciculo subapicali albo, pedibus crassis, femoribus 

 rufo vittatis, tibiis rufis, alis fuscis. 



Allied to T. calorifica. 



Male. Cinereous black, with black bristles. Head with a thick whitish 

 beard ; mystax composed of many black bristles. Antennae black ; 

 3rd joint lanceolate, more than half the length of the arista. Thorax 

 with two lateral cinereous stripes, which are continued along the sides 

 of the abdomen. Abdomen much longer than the thorax, with a 



