iîergroth; on some south African lU'ur.iDAF,. 129 



•duobus ultimis totis infuscatis. Abdomen luteo-ochraceum, linea 

 aterali nigro-fusca; terebra brevi, fus(\a, lamellis sui)cri.s inferis 

 parum longioribus. Long. Ç corp. 7,5 mm., alae 9 mm. 

 CaftVaria. 

 No species of RJiipidia was hitherto described from Africa. 



4. Elephantomyia Wahlberg! n. sp. 



Caput (fig. i) puberulum, lurido-cinereum, postice in collum 

 distinctum angustnm fuscum continuatum, rostro ceteruni corpus 

 longitudine subaequanti, tenui, lineari, subfusco-testaceo. Antennae 

 fuscae, praesertim apicem versus longius pilosae. Collare puberu- 

 lum, cum thorace et pleuris flavum, linea media dorsali fusca e.\ 

 apice collaris usque ad basin abdominis percurrente. Scutellum 

 et metanotum fere tota a linea dorsali occupata, tantum lateribus 

 anguste flavida. Alae subhyalinae, stigmate fuscescente. Haltères 

 pallidi, clava apice leviter infuscata. Pedes toti luride testacei. 

 Abdomen alternatim fuscum et flavum, dimidio basali segmento- 

 rum fusco, dimidio apicali flavo; propygium flavidum. Long, o^ 

 corp. (sine rostro) 5,5 mm., alae 7 mm. 

 CafFraria. 



Allied to E. Westwoodi O. S., which is found in North 

 America and once in Europe, but well distinguished by the 

 different colour. The venation of the wings is exactly the same 

 as in E. Westivoodi, the wing of which is delineated by Osten 

 Sacken (Monogr. Tab. I, fig. 5). It is the only ElepJiantoviyia 

 hitherto found in Africa. 



This insect has received its name as a remembrance of its discoverer, the 

 audacious elephant-hunter and indefatigable naturalist, who was killed by an 

 -elephant in his manhood's fullest vigour. 



5. Erioptera Peringueyi n. sp. 



Caput luride fuscocinereum. Antennae basin alarum non 

 iittingentes, fuscae, articulo primo flavo, articulis flagelli breviter 

 subellipticis. Palpi fusci. Collare flavidum. Thorax nitidus, 

 flavus, sed a vittis tribus latis nitidis nigrofuscis maximam partem 

 occupatus, vittis lateralibus antice breviatis, postice cum vitta 

 media confluentibus. Pleurae obscure fuscae, levissime cinerascen- 



