298 INSECTA SAUNDEKSIANA." 



ders of the veins ; piaebracliial vein forming a very obtuse angle at its 

 flexure, hardly inclined inward near its tip which approaches very near the 

 tip of the cubital vein ; lower cross-vein with the two usual curves, the 

 lower more distinct than the upper. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



South America. 



Tachina subauhata, Fern. 



Nigra, aurata ; caput antice et subtus albidutn ; thorax nigra quadrivit- 

 tatus ; pectus cinereum ; abdomen nigra quadrifasciatum, subtus at- 

 bido fasciatum ; alee subcineretp, basi suhfxiscce. 



Black, ^vith a gold-colour covering : head ivhitish in front and beneath 

 where it is clothed with white hairs; frontalia pitchy, linear ; epistoma not 

 prominent: facialia without bristles except at the base : eyes bare : mouth 

 pitchy ; palpi tawny ; feelers black ; third joint almost twice the length of 

 the second, not quite reaching the epistoma : chest ivithfour black stripes : 

 breast gray : abdomen obconical, not longer than the chest ; first segment 

 black ; second and third with black hind borders ; tip black ; under side tvith 

 whitish interrupted bands : legs black ; thighs tinged with gray : wings 

 slightly gray, tcith a pale brown tinge at the base ; veins black, tawny at the 

 base ; praebrachial vein very slightly curved, forming a very obtuse angle 

 at its flexure, very slightly curved inward from thence to the tip ; lower 

 cross-vein with two slight curves, the lower inward, full thrice the length of 

 the upper which is outward : alulas white, indistinctly tinged with yellow. 

 Length of the body ^h lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Cape. 



Tachina antennata, Mas. 



Nigra, canescens ; caput album ; thorax nigra triviitatus ,• antennce et 

 pedes nigra ; alee subcinerece. 



Black : head icith a tvhite covering ; frontalia deep black, narrow ; fa- 

 cialia beset with bristles along the whole length ; epistoma not prominent : 

 eyes hairy : palpi black : feelers black ; third joint extremely deep, almost 

 straight above, slightly convex beneath, truncated at the tip, about thrice 

 the length of the second ; its depth full tu'icc its length : sixth very much 



