COLLECTED IN BATCIIIAN, KAISAA, ETC. 277 



tentiEc dark red, much shorter than the breadth of the head. Abdo- 

 men nearly twice the length of the thorax. Legs piceous, "Wings 

 black, irregularly cinereous along the hind border, with two cinereous 

 streaks hindward, with a white spot in the disk, and with a white point 

 near the base ; veins black ; halteres piceous. Length of the body 5 

 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Fam. ASILID^, Leach. 

 Subfam. Dastpogonites, Wall-. 



Gren. Dastpogon, Fahr. 



24. Dasypogon honestus. Walk, (see Vol. IIL p. 83). Mas ef 

 Fcem. Rufus, linearis, capite atro, mystace albo, antennis nigris, thorace 

 vitta aurata piceo marginata, abdomine cupreo nigro segmentis rufes- 

 eente marginatis, feraoribus tarsis tibiisque anticis nigris, alis nigri- 

 cantibus, halteribus testaceis. 



Male and Female. Body linear. Head deep black, very shining, witli 

 a white line along each side of the face ; raystax composed of a few 

 white bristles. Antennae filiform, shorter than the breadth of the 

 head. Thorax red, with a pale gilded piceous-bordered stripe ; pectus 

 gilded. Abdomen cupreous black, nearly twice the length of the 

 thorax ; hind borders of the segments reddish. Legs black, stout ; 

 knees, posterior tibiae except the tips, coxae and trochanters red. 

 Wings blackish ; veins black, with the usual structure ; halteres tes- 

 taceous. Length of the body 3-4^ lines; of the wings 5-8 lines. 



This species is here characterized again on account of the imperfect 

 state of the specimen which was first described. 



25. Dasypogon GLAHRATUS, U.S. Mas. Lajte ochraceo-rufus, capite 

 atro, mystace albido, antennis nigris, abdomine cupreo- nigro, tarsis 

 nigris, alis nigricantibus. 



Male. Bright ochraceous red. Head deep black, very shining, with a 

 white line along each side of the face ; mystnx composed of a few 

 whitish bristles. Proboscis black, lanceolate. Antennae black, slen- 

 der, filiform, nearly as long as the breadth of the head. Abdomen 

 cupreous black, linear, narrower than the thorax, and about twice its 

 length. Legs stout, slightly spinose ; tarsi black. Wings blackish ; 

 veins black, with the usual structure. Length of the body 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



Subfam. Laphuites, Walk. 



Gen. Lapheia, Fair. 



2fi. Laphria coNGRUA, n. s. Mas. Laete cyanea, capite pectorequc 

 maculisque duabus humeralibus argenteis, mystace albo nigro, antennis 



