LOMATIA. 79 



Nigra, fulvo-pilosa, alis subcinereis, basi et ad costam nigro-fuscis, abdo- 

 minis apice nigro-trifasciculato flavo-albo-unifasciculato. Long. 4^-5 ; 

 alar. 10-12 lin. 



Black, smaller and narrower than A. hottentotta, clothed with tawny 

 hairs ; crown of the head clothed with black hairs. TFings pale grey, 

 dark brotcn at the base and along four-fftJis of the fore border; the latter 

 is black and near the base is tufted with black bristles. The tawny 

 hairs of the abdomen are less thick than those of A. hottentotta, and 

 hide the bands of shorter pale hairs ; 3 tufts of black hairs at the tip, 

 and a tuft of yellowish-white hairs on each side of the middle black tuft. 

 Hare. (E.) 



Genus III. LOMATIA. 



LOMATIA, Mg. zw. vi. 324 (1830); Ct.; Mq. ; Zll. ; Ztt. Bibio p., 

 Fb. .l/'y / p., Gm. Anthrax p., Fb. ; Mg. ; Pz. Stygia, Mg. 



Corpus media? magnitudinis, oblongum, sublineare, parum pubescens. 



Color niger, pictura abdominis flavo-fasciata. Proboscis brevis. 



Antenna basi approximates. Alee longts. 

 Mas. Oculi connexi. 

 Fcem. Oculi discreti. 



Black, narrow, linear, almost cylindrical, of middle size. Head 

 globose, somewhat contracted behind. Eyes reniform. Ocelli 3, on 

 the crown. Proboscis nearly as long as the head. Labrum curved, 

 acute, channelled beneath, somewhat contracted in front, shorter than 

 the labium. Lingua stiff, setiform, longer than the labrum. Maxilla3 

 stiff, setiform, shorter than the labrum. Palpi short, almost cylindrical. 

 Labimn slender, cylindrical, channelled above. Antenna 3-jointed, 

 short, porrect, closely approximate at the base, diverging upwards ; 

 first joint short, thick, bristly, dilated above, obliquely truncate; 

 second cyathiform, shorter than the first; third long, conical, bare, 

 finely pointed at the tip. Thorax oval, without a transverse suture. 

 Wings long, narrow, lanceolate, very finely pubescent, expanded in 

 repose ; longitudinal veins curved. Alulss very small, with fringed 

 borders. Halteres uncovered. Abdomen long-elliptical, slightly con- 

 vex, with 7 segments, which have yellow bands. Legs slender; hind 

 legs long ; onychia 2. 



The habits of these flies appear to be similar to those of the 

 Anthraces; they frequent dry and sandy spots. 



1. Belzebul, Fb. e. s. iv. 260. 14 (1792); Mg.; Mq.; Ct.; Lw. ; 



Gmtl. Nigra, ak's subcinereis costa bistrientefusca, abdominis segmentis 

 interrupte fulvo-fasciatis. Long. 5-^-6 ; alar. 13-14 lin. 



Black. Head clothed above with black hairs. Thorax clothed with 

 ferruginous hairs ; a tuft of white hairs behind the base of each wing. 



