32 XYLOPHAGID.E. 



white spot on each side above the antennae. Eyes without bands. 

 Proboscis tawny. Antenna black. Wings brownish-grey ; stigina 

 darker ; veins black. Halteres tawny. Male. Body clothed with pale 

 tawny hairs. Abdomen cupreous towards the tip. Legs black ; tibia 

 and hinder tarsi tawny towards the base. Fern. Body clothed with 

 whitish hairs. Head black ; a purple ridge on the crown. Abdomen 

 cupreous, purple towards the tip, which is tinged with blue. Legs 

 tawny ; a black band on each femur ; tips of the tarsi blaok. 

 Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



5. bipunctata, Spl. i. c. 341. 916 (\lW).Reaumuri, Fb. ; Mg.; 

 Mq.; Ct. ! b. e. 305 ; Ztt. Antennis nigris, alis cinereo-fulvis, pedibus 

 fulvis ; Mas. cyaneo-viridis, thorace cupreo-quadrivittato, abdomine 

 seneo ; Foem. viridis vel cupreo-viridis, abdomine purpureo-cyaneo basi 

 rufo-fiilvo. Long. 4-6 ; alar. 9-13 lin. 



Head with a shining white spot on each side above the antennae. Eyes 

 bronzed. Proboscis tawny. Antennae black. Wings pale greyish 

 tawny ; stigma pale brown ; veins black, tawny at the base. Halteres 

 tawny. Legs tawny ; tips of the tarsi brown. Male. Body clothed 

 with tawny hairs. Head bright bluish-green, clothed in front with 

 black hairs. Thorax bright green, with 4 cupreous stripes ; hind part 

 bluish-green. Abdomen aeneous. Fern. Head clothed in front with 

 tawny hairs. Thorax bright green or cupreous-green. Abdomen blue, 

 with a purple stripe ; first and second segments reddish-tawny, with 

 a purple stripe. 



Local. (E.S.I.) 



FAMILY II. X YLOPHAGID^l. 



XYLO?HAGII p., Mg. zw. ii. 1 (1820); LL; Fin.; Ztt. Stratio- 

 mydee p., Lm. Xylophagidce p. et Xylophaga p., Bms. Xylopha- 

 gites p., Nwm. Stratiomince p., Rdn. Xylophagei p., Ags. 



Corpus medium, angustum. Ocelli 3. Proboscis retracta, setis quatuor. 

 Antennae IQ-articulata, porrecta3, basi approximates, apice acuta3 ; 

 articuli tertio ad decimum subaequales, flagellum cylindricum fingentes 

 stylo terminali nullo. Scutellum muticum. Alee incumbentes. Ab- 

 domen segmentis 7. Pedes simplices, nudi. 

 Mas. Oculi cohaerentes, aut approximati. 

 Fcem. Oculi remoti. Segmenta analia vaginata. 



Body of middle size or rather small, narrow, cylindrical. Ocelli 3. 

 Proboscis withdrawn. Antennae 10-jointed, inserted in the middle 

 of the face, porrect, approximate at the base, with acute tips ; joints 

 from the third to the tenth compact, nearly equal, forming a cylin- 

 drical flagellum without a terminal style. Scutellum unarmed. Wings 



