COLLECTED IN BATCHIAN, KAISAA, ETC. 283 



48. Anthrax confirmata, n. s. Mas. Nigra, capite atitico sub- 

 aurato, tborace pilis ochraceis raarginato, scutello apicem versus piceo, 

 abdomine lateribus basi ochraceo pilosis, fascia interrupta media ma- 

 culisque quatuor lateralibus subapicalibus pallidioribus, alis nigrican- 

 tibus basi costaque nigris. 



Male. Black, nearly allied to A. Tantalus. Head with a few gilded 

 hairs in front. Thorax and pectus thickly clothed with ochraceous 

 hairs in front and along each side ; scutellum piccous along the hind 

 border. Abdomen thickly clothed with ochraceous hairs on each side 

 of the base, with an interrupted middle band, and with two subapical 

 dots on each side of paler hairs ; a slender abbreviated ventral stripe 

 of gilded hairs. Wings blackish, very ii-idesceut, black at the base 

 and along the costa. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 10 

 lines. 



49. Anthrax prsetendens, Walk. See Vol. IV. p. 111. 

 0. Anthrax semiscita, Walk. See Vol. I. p. 118. 



61. Anthrax aterrima, Dol. See Vol. IV. p. 113 ; et anU, p. 149. 



Fam. EMPID^, Leach. 

 Gen. Epiceia, Walk. 



52. Epiceia ferruginea. Walk, (see p. 149), var. Mas. Nigra, 

 proboscide apicem versus flava, antennis brevissimis, tborace gib- 

 boso, abdominis segmentis chalybeo fasciatis, femoribus posticis in- 

 crassatis setosis, tarsis fulvis, alis obscure cinei'eis costa nigricante, 

 halteribus pallide flavis. 



Male. Black. Proboscis yellow towards the tip. Antennae very small ; 

 arista four times the length of the 3rd joint. Thorax gibbous. Ab- 

 domen with a chalybeous band on the hind border of each segment. 

 Hind femora incrassated and setose ; tarsi tawny. Wings dark cine- 

 reous, blackish along the costa ; veins black ; halteres pale yellow. 

 Length of the body 2i lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Earn. DOLICHOPID^, Leach. 

 Gen. PsiLOPUS, Meigen. 



53. Psilopns variipennis. Walk. See anU, p. 238. 



54. PsiLOPUS marginalis, n. s. Fam. Cyanescenti-viridis, purpureo 

 varius, antennis halteribusque nigris, abdominis segmentis nigro fas- 

 ciatis, tibiis anterioribus obscure fulvis, alis nigris margine postico 

 cinereo. 



aj^male. Bluish-green, varied with purple. Head purplish-blue. An- 

 tennae black ; arista as long as the breadth of the head. Abdomen 

 with a black band on the fore border of each segment. Anterior tibiae 



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