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Fam. MUSCID.5£, Lafr. 



Subfam. Tachinides, Walk. 

 'Sren. Masicera, Macq. 



55. Masicera mysolana, n. s. Fcem. Nigra, napite argenteo, fron- 

 talibus atris, oculis pnbescentibus, thorace cinereo vittis quatuor 

 nigris, abdomine longe ovato albido vix tessellato apicem versus nigro 

 nitente, alis cinereis. 



Female. Black, thickly beset with black bristles. Head silvery ; fron- 

 talia deep black, linear ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma not pro- 

 minent. Eyes pubescent. Antennse extending to the epistoma; 3rd 

 joint linear, about six times the length of the 2nd ; arista slender, 

 very much longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax and pectus with cine- 

 reous tomentum ; the former with four indistinct black stripes. Ab- 

 domen elongate-oval, a little longer than the thorax, with glistening 

 whitish tomentum, hardly tessellated ; apical part black, shining. 

 Wings cinereous ; veins black ; -prEebrachial vein forming a rounded, 

 hardly oblique angle at its flexure ; discal transverse vein slightly 

 undulating, parted by much less than its length from the border and 

 from the flexure of the pra^brachial vein. Length of the body 5 

 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Gen. EuRTGASTEB, Macq. 



56. EuRYGASTER iNTERDicTA, u. s. Fam. Nigra, lata, brevis, capite 

 cinereo subtus albido, frontalibus atris, thorace antico cinereo vittis 

 quatuor nigris, scutello albido, abdominis segmentis 3° 4"que rufes- 

 centibus, alis obscure cinereis basi nigricantibus, alulis albis. 



Female. Black, broad, short, thickly beset with bristles. Head cine- 

 reous, whitish beneath ; frontalia deep black, linear ; facialia without 

 bristles, except towards the epistoma, which is not prominent. Eyes 

 bare. Antennee little more than half the length of the face ; 3rd 

 joint hardly thrice the length of the 2nd ; arista long, slender. Tho- 

 rax in front cinereous, with four slender black stripes ; scutellum 

 whitish. Abdomen not longer than the thorax ; 3rd and 4th segments 

 reddish, with whitish tomentum ; 2nd segment slightly reddish on 

 each side. Wings dark cinereous, blackish towards the base ; veins 

 black ; pracbrachial vein forming a well-defined obtuse angle at its 

 flexure ; discal transverse vein slightly undulating, parted by much 

 less than its length from the border and from the flexure of the 

 prsebrachial vein ; alulae large, white. Length of the bod}' 4 lines ; of 

 the wings 8 lines. 



Gen. Trichopeosopa, Macq. 



57. Trichoprosopa ? divisa, n. sp. Mas. Nigra, gracilis, capite 

 albido, vertice subaurato setis duabus longis, frontalibus atris, thorace 

 vittis tribus cinereis subauratis, pectore strigis duabus obliquis subau- 



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