456 INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 



second and third rather narrow ; third and the following segments 

 together subfusiform ; tip testaceous, pilose. Legs reddish lawny, stout, 

 fore tibiae with small black apical spurs. Wings somewhat ferruginous ; 

 disks of most of the areolets nearly limpid ; veins ferruginous. Halleres 

 yellow. Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Amazon District. 



Dasypogon TORRincs, Mas. 



Niger ; thorax cinereo tomeHtosus ; antennarum articulus 3us fusifor- 

 mis, sat latus ; thorax albido hivittatus ; abdomen rufum, apicern 

 versus nigrum ; pedes obscure riifi, femorihus supra tarsisque nigris ; 

 al(B nigro-fuscce. 



Black. Head with cinereous tomentum. Third joint of the an- 

 tennae fusiform, rather broad. Thorax with two whitish stripes. Pectus 

 whitish. Abdomen red, black towards the lip, which is red beneath. 

 Legs dark red ; femora above and tarsi, except towards the tips, black. 

 Wings blackish brown, paler at the tips and along the hind borders. 

 Halteres testaceous, with ferruginous knobs. Length of the body 6 

 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



Port Natal. 



Subgenus MICROSTYLUM, Macq. 



Dasypogon paetitus, Foem. 



Canum ; antennce nigra ; thorax supra cinereus, fascia media albida 

 duabusque lateralibus fuscis ; abdomen apicern versus nigrum ; pedes 

 picei, femoribus anterioribus subtus rujis, posticis rufis apice piceis; 

 aim sublimpidcB, venis fusco subnebulosis. 



Allied to D. Saverrio and to D. Bloesus. Hoary. Head whitish, 

 with whitish hairs. Face flat. Epistoma prominent. Mystax with a 

 few while bristles. Antennas black ; third joint elongate, fusiform. 

 Thorax cinereous above, with two brown stripes, which include a whitish 

 stripe. Abdomen oblanceolate, slender, nearly thrice the length of the 



