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1. ACANTHINA LONGA. 



Nigra ; antennce fulvce ; thorax albo biviitatus ; pedes lutei ; alee 

 hyalince, vitta apicequefuscis. 



Acanthina longa, Wied. Auss. Zweifi. ii. 51, 2. 



Brazil. 



2. Acanthina elongata. 



JEneo-nigra ; thorax lineis, abdomen maculis argenteis ; pedes 

 albido-flavi, femoribus posticis nigro-fuscis ; alee fuscee, fascia 

 limpida. 



Clitellaria elongata, Wied. Anal. Entom. 30, 37. 

 Acanthina elongata, Wied. Auss. Zweifi. ii. 52, 3, pi. 7, f. 9, a, b. 

 Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 241, 1. 



a, b. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



3. Acanthina hieroglyphica. 



Nigra; antennce fulvce ; thorax fulvo-hirtus,f us co vittatus ; abdo- 

 men nigrum, maculis albidis ; pedes fuscani ; ales plerumque 

 nigro-fuscce. 

 Acanthina hieroglyphica, Wied. Auss. Zweifi. ii. 50, 1. 

 Brazil. 



4. Acanthina ornata. 



Fcem. Nigra; antennce fuscce, basi testacece; thorax et abdomen 

 vittis maculisque aureis ; pedes fulvi, postici obscuriores ; alee 

 margine postico fasciaque fuscis. Long. 3 lin. 



Acanthina ornata, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i. 51, pi. 5. f. 5. 

 Acanthina hieroglyphica, var. P 



Colombia. 



a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



5. Acanthina aueata. 



Mas. Nigra ; antennce testacece, apice nigree ; thorax et abdomen 

 vittis maculisque aureis ; alceflavidce. 



Acanthina aurata, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. i. 51, 2, pi. 5, f. 6. 

 Colombia. 



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