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abdomen tawny, disk above brown ; legs tawny ; hind femora 

 very thick ; hind tibiae black and cilated exteriorly ; wings dark 

 grey, blackish in front, with a lurid streak at the base ; halteres 

 tawny. 



Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Amazon Region. 



Sub-fam. 4. Asilites, 



The Catalogue contains 654 species of this sub-family. Mac- 

 quart has published 44 species in his fourth Supplement. 



Genus Trupanea, Macq. 

 Trupanea venerabilis. 



Mas. — Cinereo-cervina, capite albo-piloso, fronte argentea, 

 mystace pallide testaceo, antennis nigris, thorace fasciis 

 nigris, abdomine nigro fasciis cinereis, pedibus ferrugineis, 

 coxis femoribusque nigris, alis subcinereis. 

 Male. — Cinereous-fawn colour ; head with white hairs be- 

 neath ; front silvery white ; mystax composed of pale testaceous 

 bristles ; proboscis and antennae black ; seta of the latter a little 

 longer than the third joint ; thorax with black bands ; abdomen 

 black, shining, with a cinereous band on the hind border of each 

 segment ; legs ferruginous, with black hairs and spines ; coxae and 

 femora black ; wings slightly greyish ; veins black, ferruginous at 

 the base. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 

 Port Natal. 



Trupanea leucopyga. 



Mas. — Nigra, testaceo-pilosa, pectore cinereo, abdomine fasciis 

 tribus testaceis, apice albo, tibiis postiecis testaceis apice 

 nigris, alis subcinereis, venis nigris, halteribus testaceis. 



Male. — Black ; head and fore part of the thorax with testaceous 

 hairs ; hind part of the latter with tawny hairs ; pectus cine- 

 reous ; abdomen with three testaceous bands on the forepart ; tip 

 with white hairs ; hind tibiae testaceous, with black tips ; wings 

 slightly cinereous ; veins black ; halteres testaceous. 



Length of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



China. 



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