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Female. — Black; head and thorax with cinereous tomentum; an- 

 tennae filiform, nearly as long as the thorax; thorax with dull reddish 

 streaks ; abdomen not longer than broad, much broader than the 

 thorax, with radiating marginal streaks of silvery tomentum ; tarsi 

 testaceous, with black tips ; wings grey, with a blackish tinge by 

 the costa adjoining the discal areolet ; veins black ; halteres ferru- 

 ginous. 



Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



Genus Stratiomys, Geoff. 



Stratiomys manimis. 



Testacea aut viridis, antennis pallide fulvis, thorace fascia vittis- 

 que duabus latis nigris, alis limpidissimis, venis pallide tes- 

 taceis. 

 Testaceous (green when living) ; antennae pale tawny ; thorax 

 with two broad black stripes, and with a black band in front of 

 the scutellum ; wings quite limpid ; veins pale testaceous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings G lines. 

 China. 



Fam. 2. XYLOPHAGID^. 

 Thirty-six species of this family have been described. 



Genus Xylophagus. 

 Xylophagus basipunciatus. 



Niger, subtus fulvus, capite apud oculos argenteo, subtus albo- 

 piloso, antennis, thoracis lateribus, pectore, abdominis lateri- 

 bus subtus apiceque pedibusque fiilvis, pectore abdomineque 

 argenteo-tomentosis albo-pilosis, abdomine fasciis tribus albis, 

 apicem versus nigro-piloso, tarsis nigris, tibiis anterioribus, 

 genubus posticis tarsisque posterioribus basi testaceis, alis 

 sublimpidis, fascia abbreviata apiceque cinereis, halteribus ful- 

 vis apice albidis. 

 Black, tawny beneath ; head with silvery tomentum about the 

 eyes and with white hairs beneath ; antennae tawny ; first and 

 second joints bristly, second very short, third lanceolate, shorter 

 than the first ; thorax tawny along each side ; pectus tawny, with 

 silvery tomentum and white hairs ; abdomen tawny on each side, 

 beneath and at the tips, mostly covered with silvery white tomentum, 

 with white hairs towards the base, and with short black hairs to- 



