NO. 1146. i;ici'<>irr on ./ wanese dipteba—coqutllictt. 319 



scales, tho anterior aiii^leH of the seeond se^inciil, a erossband on the 

 bases of the third and fourth, and on the apices of tiie (iftli and sixth 

 segments, covered with yeUow scales. Win^s hyaline, costnl and sub- 

 costal cells bi'own, lii'st basal cell lar;;-ely smoky, (he, scales and bristh^s 

 alon^' th(5 front edf^es of the wings black. (JIaws of front tarsi very 

 small. Length, 13 mm. A single si)ecimeu (No. 045). 

 Ttjpe.—m). ;'»087, I I.H.N. M. 



BOMBYLIUS MAJOR Linnaeus. 



/tomlij/liHH major IjINNAK[1>*, l<'iiiiiiJi Siioc., I7(!l, i». I!)ls. 



One male and six females (No. 04(5) a^/iccing in all respects with 

 specimens IVom isuropc and the United Stat<'S. 



BOMBYLIUS ATRICEPS Loew. 

 lUtmhijiiiiH iiliircjtH LoKW, \U\\. Kill,. /oitHcli., IStilf, jt. :(()!. 



'J'hi'ee males and four females (No. 047) agn'eing with specimens from 

 the United States. 



ANASTOECHUS NITIDULUS Fabricius, 



/{(tiiihi/liiiH iiilidiihiH Kaukkjm s, I'.uUnw. SyH,, 17iM, IV, ]». 10!). 

 liomliiil'niH (tiddciiia Mkkikn, KIuhh. ){(;h(!|i. Vaw. Zwrif. Iiih., ISOI, j). 1S2. 

 /{oiiihi/liiiH ciiikIuIiih Mkickn, KlasH. Hcscli. I'.iir. Zwcii'. Iiih., ]>. IKl. 

 AvuhIoivUhh harhaluH OSTICN Hackkn, Hull. IJ. S. (iaol, Sur., April 'Mi, 1S77, HI, 

 No. 2, j». '2r>2. 



Two males and six females (No. 048) agreeing in all respects with 

 specimens from ICurope and the United States. 



Family DOLICIIOI'ODIDA JO. 



RHAPHIUM DISPAR, new species. 



Male: Head green, the fa(5e densely, IIh^ front thinly, wliile prninose, 

 bristles of veit(;x and upper j)art of tin; occii)ut bhutk, hairs of lower 

 part of occiput yellowisli-white; antennae black, the third Joint 

 elongate oval, twice as long as broad, the terminal style longer than 

 tlu'- remainder of the anlenmu'. Thorax liluish gr<'en, thinly white 

 prninose, the hairs and biistlcs black, hairs of sides of prothorax and 

 of the IVont ealypteres whitish; .s<*,iit<!llum green, Alxlomen green, 

 the sntnr(! of the tirst and second segments bla<;k, segments thr<M') to 

 six and the posterior half of the s(!con(l densely whitish prninose, in 

 certain lights concealing the ground color; hairs on sides of first three 

 segments light yellow, other hairs and bristh's black; hyjmpygium 

 pro.jecting less than the length of the sixth abdominal segment beyond 

 the latter, the two filiform processes yellow, i)rojccting forward on the 

 under side of the body and reaching the ])osterior ])ortioii of the third 

 ventral segment. JiCgs ycHow, coxae; blackish-brown, white prninose, 



