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Female. Black, stout, dull. Face silvery along the eyes ; mystax with 

 a few white bristles. Antenna; a little shorter than the breadth 

 of the head ; flagellum nearly linear. Thorax slightly cinereous ; 

 pectus hoary. Abdomen minutely punctured ; hind borders of the 

 segments with a transversely elongated whitish dot on each side; 

 underside cinereous. Legs stout, setose ; tibiae red, except towards 

 the tips. Wings blackish, cinereous towards the base ; veins 

 black, with the usual structure ; halteres reddish. Length of the 

 body 5 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Subfam. Asilites, Walh. 

 Geu. Teupakea, Macg^. 



25. Trupanea TRANSACTA, n. sp. Fcem. Nigra, robusta, capite cano 

 pilis albidis, mystace e setis albidis nigrisque, thoracis vittis quinque 

 scutello pectoreque cinereis, abdomine stylato segmeutis cano mar- 

 ginatis, tibiis rufis apice nigris, alis fuscescenti-cinereis vitta subopaca, 

 halteribus rufescentibus. 



Female. Black, robust. Head hoary ; hind part clothed with whitish 

 hairs, and thickly beset with black bristles ; underside thickly clothed 

 with whitish hairs ; epistoma very prominent ; mystax with black 

 bristles above, and with whitish bristles below. Thorax with five 

 cinereous stripes ; scutellum and pectus cinereous. Abdomen much 

 narrower than the thorax ; hind borders of the segments with hoary 

 bands, which are most distinct on each side ; underside cinereous ; 

 apical part stylate, compressed. Legs thick, bristly ; tibiae red, with 

 black tips. Wings brownish cinereous ; radial areolet with the usual 

 cinereous somewhat opaque stripe ; veins black ; halteres reddish. 

 Length of the body 11 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



Gen. AsiLFs, Linn. 



26. AsiLus DEPULSUS, n. sp. Mas. Fuscus, capite subargenteo, 

 mystace e setis flavescenti-albis, antennis nigris articulo 3" lanceolate, 

 thorace vittis tribus flavescenti -cinereis, ' pectore cano, abdomine 

 fulvo apice piceo, pedibus luteis, genibus posterioribus nigris, tarsis 

 nigris basi luteis, alis cinereis apice nigricantibus, halteribus flavis. 



Male. Brown. Head silvery whitish, clothed behind and beneath with 

 white hairs ; epistoma prominent ; mystax composed of many yellow- 

 ish-white bristles. Proboscis and palpi black. Antennae black ; 3rd 

 joint lanceolate ; arista a little longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax with 

 three yellowish-cinereous stripes ; sides and pectus hoary. Abdomen 

 with bright tawny tomentum ; tip piceous, red beneath ; appendages 

 much developed. Legs luteous, thick, with black spines ; posterior 

 knees black ; tarsi black, luteous at the base ; pulvilli luteous. Wings 

 cinereous, blackish towards the tips ; veins black ; forks of the cubital 

 vein undulating; 1st exteruo-medial vein slightly curved ; 3rd joining 



