340 LIST OF DIPrERA. 



4. THYLLIS COMPIIESSA. 



Nigra ; thorax compressus, utrinque mtta maculisque pnsticis fer- 

 rttgintis ; ah<l<i)nenoblongum,ferru(/ineuin, segmentis macula 

 biixali biloba nigra. 



Thyllis compiessa, Erichs. Entmnngr. 151, 4. 

 Cape. 



Genus 8. PHILOPOTA. 



Oculi su1>puhescentes, super anteunarum liasim contigui. 

 Ocelli tres. Proboscis loiip:a. Anlenuce biarticulatte, fronte in- 

 sertEB. Prolhoracis lobi dorsales coiitigui. 



Pbilopota, Wied. Auss. Ziveijl. ii. 17; Westw. ; 3facq.; Erichs. 



Subcostal vein endinp^ at much beyond half the length of the 

 wing ; mediastinal ending at much beyond the subcostal ; radial 

 endiug at about seven-eighths of the length ; branches ot the cubi- 

 tal rem, externo-medial veins and subanal vein not extending to 

 the border. 



South America. 



1. PhILOPOTA CONICA. 



Nigra; thoracis Hmbus, abdominis margines lineaque transversct 

 Jlav3. ; tibice fiavm, anteriores nigro viltalCB ; aim rufo-fascm. 



Philopota conica, Wicd. Auss. Zweift. ii. 17, 1, pi. 9, f. 1. Macq. 

 Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 36G, 1 ; Dipt. Exot. ii. 171, 1, pi. 14, f. 4. 

 Westiv. Trans. Ent. Sac. Lnnd. v. f)4. Erichs. Entomogr. 

 i. 154, 4. 



Brazil. 



2. Philopota macdltcollis. 



Nigro-picea ; fades angti.<ita, inter ocitlos albida ; proboscis Jlava, 

 apice fusca ; prothorax dorsi angulis poslicis productis, apice 

 exlremo ferrugineo ; viesothora.v ptiuclis duobtis minutis an- 

 ticis alterisqne dunbus cuneatis supra busim alannn fcrru- 

 gineis ; abdomen picro.nigriDn, margine latcrali temii subtns 

 pallide flaw ; femora nigra, basi rufa, apice lutco-fusca ; tibice 

 postic(e extus pallide Jlava ; ala infutnatce, dimidio poslico 

 pallidiore. 



