90 Miss G. Ricardo on 



the anterior branch of the third longitudinal vein. T. bi- 

 viltutus seems nearly allied to Bombylius latei'alis, Fabr., the 

 shading on the cross-veins and the three submarginal cells 

 being the chief differences. 



Group A of Loew. -Species with the greater part of the body 

 black-haired. 



a. Long-haired. 



t Bombylius lateralis, Fabr., Syst. Antl. p. 129 (1805); 

 \A"iedem., Dipt. Exot. i. p. 1(J5 (1821) ; id, Auss. zweifl. 

 Ins. i. p. 337 (1828) ; Maeq., Dipt. Exot. ii. (1) p. 89 

 (1840); Loew, Neue Beitr. iii. p. 9 (1855) ; id. Dipt. 

 Siidafrik. p. 182 (i860). 



Two males from Cape Town (Cregoe). 



As the specimens are gummed on a card, it is not possible 

 to examine them thoroughly. One of tlie specimens has the 

 cross-vein dividing the second posterior from the di-cal cell 

 entirely wanting, evidently only an aberration. 



Bombylius ornatus, Wiedem., Auss. zweifl. Ins. i. p. 345 

 (1828); :\Iacq., Dipt. Exot. ii. (1) p. 91 (1840) ; Loew, 

 Neue Beitr. iii. p. 9 (1855) ; id. Dipt. Siidafrik. p. 182 

 (IhCO) ; Peters, Reise nach Mossambique, Zool. p. 13 

 (1862). 



Six males and two females from Pretoria [W. L. D.). 



Bombylius analis, Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv. p. 48 (1794) ; id. Syst. 

 Antl. p. 130 (1805); Coquebert, lllustr. Icon. 85 

 (171'9), tab. XX. fig. 5; Wiedem., Zool. Mag. ii. p. 42 

 (1818) ; id. Auss. zweifl. Ins. i. p. 331 (1828) ; Meigen, 

 Syst. Beschr. vii. p. 213 (1838) ; Loew, Dipt. Siidafrik. 

 p. 183 (1860); Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xii. p. 53 (1885). 



$. Bomhylhis discoideus, Fabr., Ent. Syst. iv. p. 409; id. Syst. Antl. 



p. 130 ; Coquebert, I. c. fig. 6. 

 B<.mhylius thoracuux, p'abr., Syst. Antl. p. ISO. 

 Bombylius suffusa, 5 , Walker, List Dipt. ii. p. 275. 



Eleven males and thirteen females from Pretoria [JV. L. D.) 

 and Johannesburg [Cregoe). The Walker type is from 

 Sierra Leone and is identical with the female of analis. In 

 some of the male specimens the hairs on the apex of the 

 abdomen are more or less fulvous. 



