THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 89.] APRIL, MDCCOLXXI. [Peice 6d. 



List of Dlptera collected in Egypt and Arabia, by J. K. 

 Lord, Esq. ; with Descriptions of the Species new 

 to Science, by F. Walker, Esq., F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 263.) 



Gen. Anthrax, Fabr. 



35. A. tenuis. Male. — Black, slender, with cinereous tomen* 

 turn. Epistoma testaceous in front, not prominent. Antennae 

 lanceolate. Thorax with a few white bristles on each side. 

 Abdomen tawny beneath and along the hind borders of the 

 segments on each side above. Legs piceous. Wings pellu- 

 cid; veins black, testaceous towards the base; fore branch of 

 the cubital vein deeply undulating; two subraarginal areolets. 

 Halteres whitish.' Length of the body 4 lines. The specimen 

 described is somewhat injured. Harkeko. 



Gen. BoMBYLius, Limi. 



36. B. sericeus, Meig. Zweifl. ii. 203. Cairo. Inhabits 

 Europe. 



37. B. senex? Hoffm. Meig. Zweifl. ii. 216. Mount Sinai. 

 Inhabits Europe. 



38. B,miscens. Female. — Black, thickly clothed with silvery 

 white hairs. Proboscis much longer than the thorax. Scutel- 

 lum red. Abdomen with many black bristles along each side 

 and at the tip. Legs tawny, minutely setose ; femora black ; 

 fore femora tawny towards the tips. Wings pellucid ; veins 

 black, tawny or testaceous towards the base and along the 

 costa. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 6 lines. 

 Hor Tamanib. Harkeko. 



39. B.fiivifrons. Male. — Black, thickly clothed with snow- 

 white hairs. Proboscis much longer than the thorax. Scutel- 

 lum testaceous, except at the base. Abdomen most densely 

 clothed with long hairs on each side and at the tip. Legs 

 tawny, minutely setose ; femora black. Wings cinereous ; 

 veins black, tawny or testaceous towards the base. Halteres 



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