COLLECTED AT MANADO AND TOXD. 265 



peilibus crassis, alls liirido-fuscis, halteribus Havescentibus fascia sub- 

 apicali nigra. 

 Male. Black. Head cinereous between the antenna? and the epistoma, 

 thickly bearded with yellowish-white hairs ; raystax composed of many 

 black bristles. Third joint of the antenna; subfusiform ; arista full 

 twice the length of the 3rd joint. Abdomen nearly twice the length 

 of the thorax, with black hairs and bristles, thickly adorned at the 

 base with tufts of white plumes ; appendages shining. Legs very 

 robust, with cinereous hairs and black s])ines. Wings lurid brown ; 

 veins black ; halteres yellowish, with a black subapical band. Length 

 of the body 10 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



/. Trupanea Plutonica, n. s. Mas et Fcem. Nigra, crassa, barba 

 mystaceque auratis, thorace rufescenti-piloso, abdomine lanceolato 

 apicem versus rufescente, femoribus tibiisque rufo vittatis, alis lurido- 

 fuscis, halteribus apice rufescentibus. 



Male and Female. Black, very robust. Head gilded between the an- 

 tennae and the epistoma, thickly clothed behind and very thickly 

 bearded with pale gilded hairs ; epistoma very prominent, with black 

 bristles along each side; mystax composed of gilded bristles. Third 

 joint of the antennae lanceolate ; arista full twice the length of the 

 .3rd joint. Thorax thinly covered with short reddish hairs; its sides 

 and hind part with black bristles. Abdomen lanceolate, much nar- 

 rower than the thorax, and nearly twice its length, clothed above 

 towards its tip with long reddish hairs. Legs thick, with black spines 

 and bristles; femora and tibiae with dark red stripes. Wings lurid 

 brown ; radial areolet with a schistaceous streak ; veins black ; hal- 

 teres with reddish knobs. Length of the body 10-12 lines; of the 

 wings 18-22 lines. 



Gen. AsiLUs, Linn. 

 8. Asilus determinatus, fi^alk. See Vol. IV. ]). 107. 



(xen. OM]\rATius, Illiger. 



*). Ommatius DiscALis, n. s. Faun. Cinereo-niger, capite mysta- 

 ceque auratis, antennis basi pedibusque fulvis, thorace vittis tribus 

 subauratis, abdomine fulvo fascia lata subapicali nigra, femoribus nigro 

 strigatis, tarsis nigris, alis luridis apice nigricantibus. 

 Female. Cinereous-black. Head and pectus with pale gilded tomen- 

 tum; epistoma not prominent; mystax with many gilded bristles. 

 Antennae tawny at the base. Thorax with three stri))es of slightly 

 gilded tomentum. Abdomen tawny, black towards the tip, which is 

 tawny. Legs tawny, robust; hind femora with a short blnrk streak ; 

 tarsi black. Wings hu'id, blackish towards the tips; veins black, 

 tawny towards the l)asc ; halteres tawny. Length of the bodv ^ lines ; 

 of the wings 18 lines. 

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