Diptera from South Africa. 171 



yellow bands are contiiiUDUs on tlie st'coiul, tliinl, atnl fourth 

 segmont.s. L<'g.s red ; the. coxa" black witli {^rey tomctntuin, 

 the hairs and bristles on the lej^s are whitish yellow. llalten^H 

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

 the discal eill, but not cxteiuling to the base of the wing; 

 the fourth postt-rior cell is slightly narrowed at the opening. 



Length 13^; millin. 



Type (feinalf), Harbertoii {I\ luiidiill) . 



Dainulis speciosa, c? , Loew, Dipt. Sudafrik. p. 108 (18GU). 



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

 the female of this species. 



The third joint of the antennai, 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 guh, Loew, Bemerk. iiber Fam. Asiliden, p. 19 

 (Berlin, I8o3) ; id. Dipt. Sudafrik. p. 113 (18G0). 



One male from Lydenburg District [Zatrzenka) ; one 

 male from Waterberg District ( iyUdf^) ; two males from 

 Angola {Monteiro). 



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 * ]3emerk, iiber Fam. Asiliden,' Loew men- 

 tions the throe bands, but in his ' Dipt. 8iidafrik.' he only 

 - mentions two bands. The third joint of the antennai is 

 somewiiat grey. In every other particular these specimens 

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

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

 lost the third joint of antennae. 



Laphria aureopilonoj d* , sp- n. 



One male from Durban [W. L, I).). 



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

 nientum, the lower part is occupied by a large black tubercle; 

 below the aritennie 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 

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

 lowish. Palpi small, black, Antcnn.'c black, the first two 



