LIST OE DLPTERA. 741 



from the base to the tip ; legs red, clothed with white hairs and 

 bristles, a gray stripe on each thigh ; wings slightly gray, with gray 

 tips ; veins black ; poisers yellow, with pitchy knobs. Length of 

 the body 4£ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



270. Asilus PLICATUS. 

 Asilus plicatus, Leach ; Wied. 



New Holland. 



271. Asilus vittipes. 



Mystax albus ; thorax cinereus vittis fuscis ; abdomen maris 

 cinereum trifariam fusco macula turn ; fcemina fuscum, inci- 

 suris cinereis ; pedes fulvi, femoribus tibiisque nigro vittatis ; 

 alee subhyalince. 



Asilus vittipes, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 2, 43, 58. 



Tasmania. 



272. Asilus filiferus. 



Mas. My s tax albidus ; thorax jiavido tomentosus, vittis nigris ; 

 abdomen incisuris jiavidis ; pedes Jlavi ; ala flavidce, apice 

 subfuscee. 



Asilus filiferus, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 1, 92, 50, pi. 8, f. 8. 



Sydney Isle, Oceania. 



273. Asilus planus. 



Cinereus ; antenna nigrce, basi rufescentes ; mystax albido setosus ; 

 thorax fusco trivittatus ; abdomen supra cervinum,vitta dorsali 

 fusca ; pedes rufi, tarsis nigris ; alee subcinerece, venis fusco 

 sublimbatis. 



Fern. Cinereous. Head whitish in front and beneath, clothed 

 with whitish hairs. Mystax with whitish bristles. Antennae black, 

 reddish towards the base. Thorax with three broad brownish 

 stripes, the lateral pair obliquely interrupted. Abdomen fawn-colour 

 above, with a brown dorsal stripe ; first, second and third segments 

 with gilded hairs on each side. Legs red ; tarsi and hind knees 

 black. Wings slightly grayish, with a pale brownish tinge in front 

 and along the veins ; veins and halteres tawny. Length of the 

 body 11 lines; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. Australia. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



274. Asilus Ajiycla. 

 Asilus Amycla, Cat. of Diptera, Pt. 2, 423. 

 New Holland. 



