of the Familt/ Tal);uii(la\ 359 



List Dipt. pt. V. Suppl. 1, p. 270, pi. i. (i-r. 5 (18rj4) (Diabasis) ; 



Wulp, Notes heyduii MiistMim, vii. p. 81 (ISSo). — IJrazil. 

 D.Jlitviiioimh, $, Mnc-q., Dipt. ICxot. Suppl. 4, p. .'55 (IB-'jO) ; Wulp, Cat. 



Dipt. S. Asia, p. 04 (180U) (Diahnsis).—V\n\\]^^\nva. 

 2>. ochritceus, 5, Macq., Dipt. E.>cot. Suppl. 4, p. oO (IBoO) {Diabasis). — 



Brazil. 

 2). varipes, Rondani, Studi Eiitom. di Biuuli Tiuqui, i. p. 105 (1848) 



(Diabasis). — Brazil. 



The following? tahle is drawn up for the species contained 

 in the British ^laseum collection : — 



1. Abdomen black. "SViuors with a dark band. . «cm<i?//«^«x, $ , Macq. 

 Abdomen yellowish. Wings with the ape.x 



dark 2. 



2. Abdomen with two black stripes hicittatus, 5 , Wiedem. 



Abdomen with an indistinct yellow median 



stripe 3. 



3. Thorax yellow, with brown stripes. Wings 



Avith yellow fore border and stigma curvipcfi, $ , Fabr. 



Thorax not stri])ed. Wings with brown fore 

 border and stigma ferruyutus, 5 , Fabr. 



Dlachlorus ferrvgatus, ? , F. 



One female from Mexico. 



Five females from Belize, Orange Walk, Brit, Honduras, 

 presented by the Colonial Secretary ; one female from 

 Arroyos, Isidro (Townscnd Coll.). 



iVpe of C. convergens, ? , Wlk., 284 (Miller Coll.). 



Type of C. opproximans, $ , Wlk. [Donblcduy), Florida. 



One female from Panzos, Guatemala [Champion), Biol. 

 Centr.-Am. Coll. 



Diachlorus curvipes, ? , Wiedem. 



Type of Chrysops varipes, ? , Walker, from Para (Saunders 

 Coll.), and another female from the same place (Bates Coll.) ; 

 one female from St. Paul's (Bates Coll.), 59. 74>; one female 

 from .Mauaos, 12. 2. 96 (Austen) ; one female from Gurupa, 

 23. 1. 96 {Austen). In tlie Walker type tlie fore legs are 

 not so dark as is usual in this species, being a faint yellowish 

 brown. This species is nearly allied to D. ferrngutus, but 

 may ijc distinguish' d by the brown stri[)cs on the yellow- 

 haired thorax, consi^ting of a brown stripe on each side, 

 beginning on a level with the shoulders far from the fore 

 border of the thorax, continued to the posterior border, with 

 a branch diverging from it and running to the base of the 

 wing, which is yellow on the fore border, with the apex more 



