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are much shorter, and the first cubital areolet has a very much 

 shorter petiole, and rejects a short branch at its base. 



Sub-fam. 2. Dasypogonites. 



The Catalogue contains 411 species of this sub-family, in addi- 

 tion to which Macquart has published twenty-one species in his 

 fourth Supplement, and two new genera, Codula, and Senoxericera. 



Genus Dasypogon. 

 Dasypogon cequalis. 



Ferrugineus, linearis, capite supra nigricante, facie subaurata, 

 mystace nigro supra pallido-subaurato, antennis nigris basi 

 ferrugineis, thoracis parte antica vittaque postica nigris, ab- 

 domine basi fasciisque nigris, maculis duabus anticis testaceis, 

 alis cinereis apud costam luridis, venis ferrugineis, halteribus 

 testaceis. 

 Ferruginous, linear ; head blackish between the eyes, slightly 

 gilded in front ; mystax composed of short black bristles, above 

 which there are a few pale slightly gilded bristles ; proboscis 

 black ; antennae black, nearly as long as the breadth of the head ; 

 first and second joints ferruginous ; third lanceolate, much longer 

 than the first and the second together ; thorax black in front and 

 on the disk, and with a black hind stripe ; abdomen linear, almost 

 as broad as the thorax, black at the base, with a testaceous 

 spot on each side of the second segment, and with a black band 

 on each of the following segments ; legs slender ; wings grey, 

 lurid in front ; veins ferruginous ; halteres testaceous. 

 Length of the body 4g lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 

 Port Natal. 



Dasypogon siiavis. 



Mas. — Ferrugineo-rufus, gracilis, capite postice albo, facie sub- 

 aurata, mystace albo, antennis fulvis, articulo 3° sublineari 

 supra nigro, thorace vittis tribus canis, femoribus tibiis tarsis- 

 que posticis apice nigris, alis luridis, areolarum discis sub- 

 limpidis, venis nigris, halteribus testaceis. 

 Male. — Ferruginous-red, slender ; head pale, gilded in front 

 with shining white tomentum behind ; mystax with a few white 

 bristles ; proboscis piceous ; antennae tawny ; third joint nearly 

 linear, black above ; thorax with three indistinct hoary stripes ; 

 legs rather slender ; tips of the hind femora, of the hind tibiae, and 



