364 Miss G. Rlcardo on the Tabanlnse 



as Loew sug;|2:;ests, the tooth on the third joint of the antennse 

 in this type being long, not very short as Wiedemann states 

 of A. exstincta ; tlie brown apex of the anal cell is not 

 mentioned by him in his description, and not all the segments 

 of the abdomen are bordered with yellow in Walker^s type. 



Brown species witli golden-yellow stripes on the thorax 

 and bands on the abdomen, the wings almost wholly clear 

 with no dark band across the middle of the wing. Face 

 brown, under the antennae shining brown, at the sides black 

 with whitish tomcntum, the forehead brown, the frontal 

 callus above the antcnnic triangular with the point towards 

 the vertex, two grey stripes proceeding from the sides of the 

 triangle meet at its apex. Anteimse longer than the thorax ; 

 the first two joints yellow Vi\i\\ black pubescence, the first 

 one long, the second barely half as long, cylindrical, the 

 third nearly three times as long as the first joint, rufous at 

 its base, then brown, the same width throughout, except at 

 the extreme base Avlicre the tooth begins, where it is slightly 

 broader, becoming narrower at its apex; the long tooth 

 reaches the second ring, the last four rings being all of equal 

 length, but together longer than the basal one. Thorax 

 black-brown, two yellow stripes and a yellow spot at the side 

 formed of yellow pubescence ; the breast the same colour 

 with a yellow stripe continued from the spot, with grey hairs 

 and tomcntum ; scutcllum yellow. Abdomen reddish brown, 

 in the other specimens blackish brown with yellow pubescent 

 bands on the posterior borders of the first two segments and 

 a white pubescent band on the third ; the white band is 

 wanting in two of the specimens and is yellow in another ; 

 the pubescence on the dorsum black, some Avhite hairs on the 

 anterior segments, the underside with two white bands. Legs 

 brown, the base of the anterior and posterior tibiie, the whole 

 of the middle tibise, and the first tarsal joint of all white, in 

 some specimens the middle tibiae are wholly brown or only 

 white at the base. Wings with the fore border to the apex, 

 the extreme base, and the apex of the anal cell brown. 

 Length 10 mm. 



Acantliocera lonyicornis, ? , Fabr. 

 Two females from Brazil. 



Acantliocera trigunifera, ? , Schincr, is described as a 

 magnificent new species, the first antennal joint being nearly 

 four times as long as the second, and the third distinctly 

 longer than the first, the tooth reaching to the middle of the 

 third joint. 



