Diptcrafrom South Africa. 171 



yellow bands are continuous on the second, third, and fourth 

 segments. Legs red ; the coxas black with grey tomentum, 

 the hairs and bristles on the legs are whitish yellow. Halteres 

 red. Wings hyaline, on the fore border brown, reaching to 

 the discal cell, but not extending to the base of the wing; 

 the fourth posterior cell is slightly narrowed at the opening. 



Length 13^ millin. 



Type (female), Barberton [P. Rendall). 



Dam alt's speciosa, £ , Loew, Dipt. Sudafrik. p. 108 (18G0). 



One female from Barberton (P. Rendall). Is apparently 

 the female of this species. 



The third joint of the antennas, which was wanting in 

 Loew's type, is black, with the long bristle black, and white 

 towards the tip. The pubescence on the dorsum of the 

 abdomen is sparse, so that the ground-colour is seen, dark 

 reddish with transverse black bands. 



Lamyra gulo, Loew, Bemerk. iiber Fam. Asiliden, p. 19 

 (Berlin, 1853) ; id. Dipt. Sudafrik. p. 113 (1860). 



One male from Lydenburg District (Zutrzenka) • one 

 male from Waterberg District ( Wilde) ; two males from 

 Angola ( Mo n teiro) . 



The above specimens have three white bands on the 

 abdomen, the first segment having a rather narrower one 

 than the other two, leaving the anterior border free, but 

 almost reaching the posterior border; it is not visible on the 

 underside. In ' Bemerk. fiber Fam. Asiliden,' Loew men- 

 tions the three bands, but in his ' Dipt. Sudafrik. ' he only 

 mentions two bands. The third joint of the antenna; is 

 somewhat grey. In every other particular these specimens 

 agree with the description. They vary from 20-32 millitn. 

 in length. The two from Angola are both injured and have- 

 lost the third joint of antennas. 



Laphria aureopilosa, $ , sp. n. 



One male from Durban ( W. L. D.). 



Blue-black, shining. Face covered with yellowish to- 

 mentum, the lower part is occupied by a large black tubercle ■ 

 below the antennas are black bristles and hairs, with a few 

 long golden-yellow hairs, which extend down each side of 

 the face. The moustache is composed of black bristles and 

 some light yellowish ones on the lower half. Beard yel- 

 lowish. Palpi small, black. Antennas black, the first two 



