44 ACROCERID.E. 



2. relictus, Hfg.; Mg. zw.ii. 69. (1820.) 3; Mq.; 

 Mg.; Fb. Tabanus cacutiens, Pz. ! Thorace fulvo-hirto, abdomine maculis 

 trigonis cinereis univittato maculisque fulvis trivittato, tibiis fulvis. 

 Mas. Niger, alls nigro-fuscis cinereo-bimaculatis. Fcem. Nigro-fuscus, 

 thorace cinereo-quadrivittato, alls fuscis albido-bimaculatis, abdominw 

 lateribus basi fiavis segmentorum marginibus posticis cinereis. Long. 

 3|_4 ; alar. 7-9 lin. 



Eyes golden-green. Thorax clothed with tawny hairs. Halteres 

 brown. Abdomen with a row of cinereous triangular spots along the back, 

 and with a tawny spot on each side of every segment from the first to Hie 

 fourth. Tibiae dark tawny. Male. Black. Eyes with 4 cupreous spots, 

 which join together, and form a band in the middle. Wings dark 

 brown, with 2 very large irregular pale grey spots on the hind border, 

 one near the base, the other near the tips. Fern. Dark brown. Head 

 covered with yellow down, with 8 black shining scapulae ; 2 on the 

 crown, quadrate ; 6 in front. Eyes with purple or brown marks. 

 Wings brown, with 2 very large irregular whitish spots on the hind 

 border, one near the base, the other near the tip. Abdomen with a 

 very large angular yellow spot occupying the sides of the first and 

 second segments ; hind borders of the segments cinereous. 



Not very common. (E. S. I.) 



FAMILY IV. A C R C E R I D^E. 



ACROCERID^E, Lch.'comp. (1809); Ct. ; Wtw. Bombyliarii p., Lm. 

 Aplocera p., Dmr. Inflate, LI. Inflata, Mg. Stratiomyda p., 

 Fin. Fesiculosa, Mq. Asiphonia p., Efn. Cyrtites, Nwm. 

 Ogcodina, Edn. Inflata (Henopii), Ags. Acrocerince, Ztt. 

 Corpus latum, globosum. Caput parvum, rotundum. Oculi magni. 

 Ocelli 3. Antennae triarticulatae, brevissimse, stylatse. Alee divari- 

 catse. Abdomen magnum, segmentis 5. Pedes simplices. 

 Body broad, globose. Head small, almost wholly occupied by the 

 eyes. Ocelli 3. Antennae 3-jointed, very small, porrect, approximate 

 at the base. Wings diverging, deflexed. Abdomen very thick, trans- 

 parent, with 5 segments. Legs slender; onychia 3. 



(forked 1. ACROCERA. 

 

 simple 2. HENOPS. 



