336 Capt. P. P. King's South Amei-ican Diptera. 



dens^ pubescentes : alee subfuscse ; casta saturatior ; nervi fusco sublim- 

 bati : halteres rufo-fusci, apice nigri. 

 Taken at St. Paul and at Rio Janeiro in Brazil. 



*13. PlECIA MAURA, fl. S. 



Mas et fern. Omnino atra, alls fiiscis. 



Corp. long. 4 — 5 lin. Alar. 8 — 10 lin. 



Atra, obscura, P.funehri similis at mult6 major: ocitU nigro-fusci : thorax 



tristriatus : abdomen pubescens : pedes pubescentes : alee fuscse ; costa 



.saturatior ; 7iervi fusco limbati. 

 An abundant species ; many were taken at St. Catherine, in Brazil, by 

 Lieut. T. Graves, R.N. 



14. BiBlO ANTARCTICA, U.S. 



Fem. Atra, thorace rufo maculato, pedibus fuscis, femoribus flavis, alls hya- 

 linis. 



Corp. long. 2 lin. Alar. 4 lin. 



Caput nigrum, obscurum : thorax ater, nitidus, antice rufo bifasciatus ; lyittce 

 in disco 4 rufse postic^ connexae : abdomen nigrum, obscurum, pubescens : 

 pedes fusci, pubescentes ; femora flava, nitida, apice basique fusca : alay 

 hyalinae, iridescentes ; macula ad costam oblonga, fusca ; nervi costales 

 fusci ; cseteri pallida flavi : halteres fulvi, apice nigro-fusci. 

 Taken at Port Famine in the Straits of Magellan. 



*15. TaBANUS LATUS. {- fJl.tJK ^OaXfe. 'i 



Fem. Ater ; thorax subtus antice et utrinque ahdominisque apexpilis rujis hirti. 



Tabanus latus. Chimin, Iconographie de R^gne Animal, Insectes, pi. IT .fig. 1. 



Corp. long. 7 lin. Alar. 13 lin. 



Corpus nigro-griseum, obscurum, pubescens : caput subtfis antic^ et utrinque 

 pilis rufis hirtum : ocuU nigro-fusci : ocelli 3 distincti : os nigrum, thorace 

 brevius : antennce nigro-fuscse, non furcatae : thorax suj)ra utrinque pilis 

 nigris, subtus anticfe et utrinque pilis rufis hirtus : abdomen nigrum, fere 

 lineare, apice paull6 latius, nitidum, punctulatum ; puncta quoque ma- 

 jora in ordinibus 2 utrinque collocata, prseterquam segmento apicali 



