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Subfam. Astuires, Walk. 
Gen. Trupanga, Macq. 
16. TRUPANEA GILOLONA, n. s. Mas et Fem. Nigra, capite subtus 
albo piloso, fronte subaurata, mystace e setis nigris albisque, thorace 
cinereo vittis quatuor nigris, segmentorum abdominalium marginibus 
posticis ventreque cinereis, tibiis rufis apice nigris, alis cinereis strigis 
duabus subcostalibus sordide albidis, halteribus albidis. 
Male. Black ; head thickly clothed beneath with white hairs; front 
slightly gilded; epistoma prominent; mystax composed of many 
black and of fewer white bristles ; third joint of the antenne fusiform, 
about one-third of the length of the second; thorax cinereous, with 
four black stripes of the usual form ; pectus hoary ; abdomen slightly 
tapering from the base to the tip, about twice the length of the thorax ; 
hind borders of the segments and underside cinereous; sexualia very 
small; legs stout with a few black bristles; tibiae dark red, black 
towards the tips; wings dark cinereous ; subcostal and radial areolets 
with dingy whitish stripes; veins black; halteres whitish. Length of 
the body 6 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 
Female. Third joint of the antenne fusiform, about one-fourth of the 
length of the arista; abdomen lanceolate, full twice the length of the 
thorax ; apical part stylate, shining. Length of the body 9 lines; of 
the wings 12 lines. 
Gen. Asttus, Linn. 
17. Asilus involutus, Walk. See Vol. V. p. 281. 
18. ASILUS CONDECORUS, n.s. Fem. Cyanescenti-niger, robustus, 
fronte aurata, mystace e setis plurimis nigris paucisque albis, thoracis 
suturis, lateribus, pectore et segmentorum abdominalium marginibus 
posticis canis, abdomine subplano non acuto, pedibus robustis, alis 
cinereis apices versus nigricantibus. 
Female. Bluish black, stout, with black bristles; head gilded in front, 
thickly clothed beneath with white hairs; epistoma prominent ; 
mystax composed of numerous black bristles and of a few white 
bristles ; third joint of the antennz elongate-conical, not more than 
one-fourth of the length of the style; pectus and sides, and sutures of 
the thorax with hoary tomentum ; abdomen somewhat flat, slightly de- 
creasing in breadth from the base to the tip, less than twice the length 
of the thorax; hind borders of the segments hoary; tip black, 
shining, not acute ; legs stout, with slight white pubescence and with 
a few black bristles; wings cinereous, blackish towards the tips and 
along the adjoining part of the hind border; veins black; forks of 
the cubital vein undulating; halteres whitish. Length of the body 
7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 
Gen. Ommatius, L/liger. 
19. Ommatius noctifer, Walk. See Vol. III. p. 88. 
