of the Family Tal)aiii<la'. 109 



tlic same colcMir, with a gi'cy median stripe; and grey on the 

 outer borders. Abdomen black-brown, with distinct large 

 grey spots on each side, beginning from the first segment 

 and reaching to the last segment ; the posterior borders grey ; 

 on the second sc,i;nK'nt the ))order is enlarged to a triangular 

 median spot; traces of similar spots are seen on the other 

 segments, but they form no distinct median stripe; the very 

 sliort pubescence is chiefly black on the dark colouring and 

 grc}"- on the grey colouring, ^vith the sides the same. Under- 

 side brown, with inconspicuous yellow pubescence. Legs 

 brown, the knees of the femora yellow ; the tibiae with two 

 yellow rings ; the tarsi brown, the basal joint yellow, brown 

 at the extreme apex ; the pubescence of the legs black, with 

 some few white hairs. Wings brown, the extreme base 

 and fore border lighter, all the rosettes fully formed and 

 distinct ; the stigma brown ; veins brown ; the appendix 

 large. 



Length 10 mm. 



PI. IV. fig. 8, type (female). 



The second female is apparently the same species, though 

 much discoloured. 



Hcematopota imbrium, ? , Wiedem. 



Two specimens in poor preservation labelled " South 

 Africa {Dr. Smith)," 44. 6, are probably identical with this 

 species. 



Loew remarks that it is difficult to distinguish between this 

 species and his H. recurrens and H. scutellutus ; the whitish 

 triangular spots on the median line of the abdomen mentioned 

 by Wiedemann are not present in his species. Macquart 

 declares H. imbrium to be a common species in Kaffraria. 



Hamatopota ocellata, ? , Wiedem. 



One female from Estcourt, Jan. 1897 (G. A. K. Marshall), 

 19)3. 17. 



Two females from Cape Colony, 40. 6. 26. 702 and 703. 



It is impossible to add anything to the original description 

 of this species from the want of a good series of specimens. 

 H. meteorica, ? , Corti, seems difficult to distinguish from 

 Wiedemann's species ; the distinction regarding the wings 

 given in the table is from the author's description. 



Hamatopota meteorica, ? , Corti. 



Two females from Zomba, Nyasaland {Sharp). 97. 46, 

 may belong to this species, but are in too bad conditiou for 

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