286 ME. WALKEe'S catalogue of DIPTEEOTJS IJTSECTS 



Geu. Sykphus, T'abr. 



62. Syrphus segrotus, Fabr. See Vol. I. p. 124. 



63. Syrphus ericetorum, Vahr. See Vol. III. p. 97- 



Earn. MUSCID^, Latr. 

 Subfam. Tachinides, Walk. 



G-en. EuETGASTEE, Macq. 



64. EuRYGASTER LiMiTARis, n. s. F(£m. Nigra, ciuereo tomentosa, 

 capite albo, frontalibus atris, antennarum articulo 3° lineari, aristae 

 dimidio basali robvisto, thorace vittis duabus nigris, scutelli margine 

 postico rufescente, abdomine fasciis duabus latis interruptis albis, 

 tibiis posticis fimbriatis, alis cinereis basi nigricautibus, alulis albis, 

 halteribus piceis. 



Allied to E. remittens. 



Female. Black, with cinereous tomentutn and with black haiis and 

 bristles. Head white ; frontalia deep black, slightly widening ia front, 

 with bristles along each side ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma not 

 prominent. Antenna; not reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint linear, 

 rounded at the tip, about four times the length of the 2nd ; arista 

 stout for full half its length from the base, rather less than twice the 

 length of the 3rd joint. Thorax with two slender indistinct black 

 stripes ; scutellura reddish along the hind border. Abdomen with two 

 broad interrupted white bands on the fore borders of the 2nd and 3rd 

 segments. Legs stout ; hind tibia; thickly fringed with short hairs. 

 Wings cinereous, blackish towards the base ; veins clack ; praebrachial 

 vein forming an obtuse angle at its flexure, very slightly curved in- 

 wards from thence to its tip; discal transverse vein hardly undu- 

 lating, parted by hardly half its length from the border, and by 

 much more than half its length from the flexure of the prabrachial ; 

 alulae white ; halteres piceous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the 

 wings 11 lines. 



Gen. Masiceea, Macq. 



65. Masicera? ficta, U.S. Fam. Atra, capite albido, frontalibus 

 atris, thorace fasciis tribus scutellique margine postico flavesceuti- 

 albis, abdomine fasciis tribus flavescenti-albis, l" incisa, 3" apicali, 

 alis cinereis, alulis magnis albis. 



Female. Deep black. Head whitish ; frontalia deep black, linear. An- 

 tenna; reaching the epistoma ; 3rd joint linear, full 4 times the length 

 of the 2nd. Thorax with three yellowish-white bands; the 1st ex- 

 tending obliquely acro.ss the pectus ; the 2nd curved, connected on 

 each side with the 1st; scutellum yellowish, white along the hind 

 border. Abdomen with three yellowish-white bands ; the 1st Cica- 



