in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 135 



Hoary, thick and broad, with whitish hairs which form bands 

 on the abdomen ; legs piceous ; wings sh'ghtly greyish, veins 

 black. 



Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Australia. 



Trichophthalma bivitta. 



Nigricante fusca, albo-pilosa, subtus alba, capite albo, antennis 



nigris basi albis, thoracis lateribus testaceo-pilosis, abdomine 



vittis duabus latis pallide luteis, pedibus fiilvis, alis cinereis 



apud costam fuscis, venis nigris, halteribus testaceis. 



Blackish brown, narrow, with white hairs, underside with white 



tomentum ; head white ; proboscis and antennae black, the latter 



white at the base ; thorax with testaceous hairs along each side ; 



abdomen with a broad pale testaceous stripe on each side ; 



legs tawny ; wings grey, brown along the costa, veins black ; 



halteres testaceous. 



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

 Australia. 



Sub-fam. 3. Anthracites. 



This family contains about 600 named species, and many more 

 have been discovered, but are not yet described. 



SYNOPSIS. 



• * Antennae remotae ; frons lata. 



f Proboscis crassa, brevis, nonnunquam longa. 



t Os clausum ; ocelli nulli ; proboscis nulla ; antennarum arti- 



culus S"* subglobosus. Colax, Weid. 

 ;j; Os apertum ; proboscis distincta. 

 § Alae venis externo mediis quatuor. 

 X Facies convexa ; antennarum articulus 3"* elongatus, subu- 



latus. 

 H- Antennarum articulus 3"* rectus ; pedes elongati. Exopro- 

 sopa, Macq. 

 —5 — h Antennarum articulus 3"^ divergens ; pedes breves. Tomo- 

 myza, Weid. 

 X X Facies plana, mystacina ; antennarum articulus 3"* brevis. 

 Spogostylum, Macq. 

 § § Alae venis externo mediis tribus. Anthrax. 

 -j- -j- Proboscis gracilis, elongata. 



X Alarum areola 1^ postica clausa. Callostoma, Serv, 

 XX Alarum areola P postica aperta. 



