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base black, clothed with hairs like those of the thorax and without 

 distinct bristles along" the hind border ; squamae brown, yellow- 

 t'ringed; haltères with a white knob. Abdomen ])lack, but sometimes 

 red at the hind border and sides of the second segment ; the hairs are 

 like those of the thorax, but longer and tuft-like towards the end ; the 

 bristles at the hind borders of the segments are vellow and longer 

 than the hairs, but very thin ; venter with reddish hairs. Legs 

 entirely yellow and with yellow spines; hind femora with 5-6 lono- 

 yellow spines at the underside ; claws reddish yellow, with black tip. 

 Wings with yellow veins and with yellow basal comb ; upper branch of 

 the cubital fork much retreating at the base ; first posterior cell acute 

 at end and with a rather short stalk ; second posterior cell verv short,, 

 much broader than long ; discoidal cell short and broadly obtuse at 

 end, the discal cross-vein placed a little after its middle. The wings 

 are greyish hyaline, but with a faint infuscation extended to the fourth 

 longitudinal vein and to the cross- vein; there are traces of three less 

 <listinct dark spots on the ends of the second and of the first Ijasal 

 cells and on the base of the second submarginal cell. 



BOMBYLIUS ANGULOSUS, Sp. nOV., i^ , Ç. 



Very near the preceding, but distinct by its greater size, black 

 margiuated scutellum, more spotted wings and by the peculiar- 

 venation. 



Type cJ and type 9 , a couple from Van Wyk's Vlei, Carnarvon (Cape), 

 Sei^tember (E. G. Alston), a badly preserved female specimen from 

 Modder Eiver (J. H. Power). Length of the body 13-14 mm. Head 

 as in the preceding, with yellow hairs and bristles ; frons of the female 

 very broad, more than twice as broad as the eye, and bearing- verv 

 strong and long bristles ; peristomial comb long and strong, yellow. 

 Antennae black, with the third joint less thickened at base ; proboscis 

 black, 5-6 mm. long. In the female the hairs of the face, chiefly 

 those on the sides, are white, and the hind occipital border is white- 

 scaled. Thorax as in the preceding, but the hairs on the breast are 

 white, and in the female there are traces on the back of three dark 

 longitudinal stripes. Scutellum red, with a black l)ase and with a 

 broad black hind border, or almost entirely black with a median red 

 spot in the female. Abdomen as in the preceding. Legs entirely 

 yellow and with yellow spines as in the preceding. Wings with yellow 

 basal comb and with dark yellow veins ; the discoidal cell is broader, 

 and has beneath an angle prominent inwards and provided with the 

 stamp of a vein ; the basal infuscation is likewise less distinct ; there 

 are, however, more distinct but small brown clouds at the ends of the 



