262 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



testaceous at the base ; veins black, except at the base ; 

 three submarginal areolets. Halteres testaceous. Length 

 of the body 4:j lines. The specimen described is somewhat 

 worn ; in a recent state it may probably have silvery white 

 bands on the abdomen. Tajura. 



Gen. Anthrax, Fahr, 



27. A. incana, King. Symb. Phys. pi. 30, fig. 5. 

 Mount Sinai. 



28. A. plagiata. Female. — Black. Head with a tawny and 

 prominent epistoma. Antennae black, lanceolate. Thorax 

 with whitish hairs on each side. Scutellum bordered with 

 red. Abdomen with whitish hairs on each side, and more 

 especially at the tip ; a tawny patch on each side ; tips 

 tawny. Tibiae tawny. Wings pellucid, with some brown 

 nearly contiguous patches, which terminate obliquely, 

 occupy about half the surface, and do not extend to the hind 

 border; veins black, tawny at the base. Halteres testaceous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines. This species and the preceding 

 have only two submarginal areolets, but agree with 

 Exoprosopa in the structure of the head and of the antennae. 

 Cairo. 



29. A./efiestrafa, Fabr. Dipt. Suec. Anthrac. 8, 4. Hor 

 Tamanib. Inhabits Europe. 



30. A. morio. Musca morio, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1784. 

 Hor Tamanib. Inhabits Europe. 



31. A. semiatra, Meig. Dipt. ii. 157. Harkeko. Inhabits 

 Europe. 



32. A. suffusa, Walk. List Dipt. B. M. ii. 251 var. ? The 

 spot nearest the tip of the wing in the tropical specimen is 

 wanting in those here recorded ; they differ still more from 

 A. diffusa, Wied, Cairo. 



33. A.suhnoiata. Female. — Black. Epistoma not prominent. 

 Hind borders of the abdominal segments tawny, with silvery 

 white tomentum. Legs black. Wings cinereous; two trans- 

 verse blackish streaks in the disk, the outer one much shorter 

 than the inner one ; two submarginal areolets; veins black ; 

 fore (ork of the cubital forming near its base an angle which 

 emits a branch. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 

 4j lines. Mount Sinai. 



34. A. micraryyra. Male. — Black. Head silvery, and with 



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