in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 131 



bus, alis nigricantibus fascia lata basali lactea, halteribus 

 fulvis. 



Male. — Deep black, with black bristles ; head with some hoary- 

 hairs beneath ; face with bright gilded tomentum, mystax with 

 many black bristles ; legs rather thickly clothed with black hairs 

 and bristles, tibiae and tarsi clothed beneath with bright tawny 

 down ; wings blackish, with a broad milk-white band very near 

 the base ; halteres tawny. 



Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 16 lines. 



Celebes. 



Asilus Shalumus. 



Fcem. — Niger, capite mystaceque auratis hdc setis paucis 

 nigris, antennis ferrugineis, thorace fuscescente, lateribus 

 pectoreque auratis, pedibus fulvis, robustis, nigro-setosis, 

 femoribus mediis nigro-spinosis, alis cinereis subluridis, venis 

 ferrugineis, halteribus testaceis. 



Female. — Black ; head gilded ; mystax with gilded bristles, 

 with which are some few more slender black bristles ; antennae 

 ferruginous, arista black, almost as long as the preceding part ; 

 thorax with brownish tomentum, sides and pectus gilded ; legs 

 tawny, stout, with black bristles, middle femora with black spines ; 

 wings grey, slightly lurid, veins ferruginous ; halteres testaceous. 



Length of the body 12 hues ; of the wings 20 lines. 



China. 



Genus Leptogaster, Meigen. 

 Leptogaster cingulipes. 



Nigra, capite cano, antennis basi testaceis, thorace fulvo nitente 

 vitta picea, pectore testaceo albido-tomentoso, femoribus et 

 ^^fcibiis basi fasciaque tarsisque basi subtus testaceis, alis 

 limpidis apice cinereis, venis nigris, halteribus albidis apice 

 nigricantibus. 

 Black ; head with hoary tomentum ; antennae testaceous at the 

 base ; thorax tawny, shining, with a piceous stripe ; pectus testa- 

 ceous, with whitish tomentum ; femora and tibiae testaceous at the 

 base and with a testaceous band, tarsi testaceous towards the base 

 beneath ; wings limpid, tips cinereous, veins black ; halteres 

 whitish, with blackish knobs. 



Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 

 Valley of the Amazon. 



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