408 INSECTA SAUNDBKSIANA. 



NoTIPHILA BrASILIENSIS. 



Cincrea; caput suhauratum ; antennoe niyrcc ; pectus canum ; abdomen e 

 maculis nigris trivittatum ; femora testacea apice nigra, antica picea 

 suhtus ferruginea ; tibice ferruginecB ; tarsi nigri ; ahe limpidce. 



Cinereous : head slightly gilded in front, whitish along the eyes: moulh 

 and paljii black : feelers black ; third joint full thrice the length of the 

 second, almost reaching the epistoma : breast hoary : abdomen elliptical, a 

 little longer than the chest, with three rows of black spots : thighs testa- 

 ceous, with black tips ; fore-thighs pitchy, ferruginous beneath ; shanks 

 ferruginous ; feet black : wings colourless ; veins black, tawny towards the 

 base ; lower cross-vein almost upright, hardly bent inward in the middle : 

 halteres yellow. Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Brazil. 



NoTiPHiLA ? cosTALis, Fcem. 



Nigra, cervino-tomentosa ; caput nigra bivittatmn, facie cana ; antennce 

 picea ; abdomen basifulvum ; pedes picei, tarsis nigris ; alee cinerea, 

 macxila fusca. 



Black, tinged with a dull dark fawn-colour covering : front with two 

 black stripes ; a row of bristles along each eye ; face hoary ; epistoma 

 tawny : mouth black : feelers pitchy ; third joint linear, almost reaching 

 the epistoma, full thrice the length of the second : abdomen obconical, 

 not longer than the chest, tawny towards the base : legs pitchy ; feet black : 

 wings gray ; veins black, tawny at the base ; a dark brown spot on the tip 

 of the first and second veins ; middle cross-vein clouded with dark brown ; 

 lower cross-vein almost upright, hardly bent outward ; fourth and fifth 

 veins slightly converging towards their tips : halteres yellow. Length of 

 the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Brazil. 



