494 LIST OF DIPTF.nA. 



Forks of tlie cubital vein and the four externo-medial veins 

 almost straifjlit ; third externo-medial very remote from the fourth; 

 subanal near the iinal on the border. 



1. Brachyrhopala ruficornis. 



Foem. ? A^i^m, nilida ; antennce ■pedesque fuha ; sculellum tes- 

 taceum; abdomen fasciis Jlavis ; aim dimidio costalifuscana. 



Brachyrhopala ruficornis, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 2, 36, 1, pi. I. 



f. 7. 

 a. Tasmania. From Mr. »Saunders' collection. 



Genus 6. EUSCELIDIA. 



Caput mediocre, transversum, thorace parum latins. Proboscis 

 porrecta acuta, capitis loiigitudine. Palpi breves, seta longiludiuis 

 proboscidis terminati, facies parum obliqua, epistomate barbato. 

 Antennce breves, graciles, articulo .'^o dnobus basalibus conjunclim 

 fere duplo lontjiore, apice acuniinalo, arista brevi, setifonui, sub- 

 biarticulata. Thorax bvevis, ovatus. Wx subangustte. Abdomen 

 lon"-ura, gvacile, clavatum, basi hirsutum. Pedes antcriores gra- 

 ciles. Femora postica clavata, valde hirsuta, tibiis posticis elongatis 

 subrectis; tarsis omnibus raptoriis, lo articulis subtus spinosis, 

 ultimo raajori subincurvo, unguibus valde elongatis at acutis. 



Euscelidia, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 232. 



1 . Euscelidia bapax. 



Nigra, thoracis lalera rinerea ; abdomen fulvo fasciatum, femora 

 postica tibiaque fulta. 



Euscelidia rapax, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. v. 232, pi. 23. 

 f. 4. 



Tropical Africa? 



