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53. Chrysops varipes. 



Foem. Aurato-flavus ; palpi testacei ; antenna fulvee apice fuscce ; 

 thorax nigro quadrivittatus ; scutellum piceum ; abdomen 

 testaceum, vitta dorsali flava, apice fuscum ; pedes fulvi, 

 tibiis tarsisque posterioribus basi albidis, tibiis tarsisque an- 

 ticis nigris, alee sublimpidce, antice fulvce, apice fuscce. 



Fern. Gilded yellow. Head with a small black callus in 

 front, and a larger one beneath the antennae. Eyes somewhat 

 aeneous. Proboscis piceous. Palpi testaceous. Antennae tawny, 

 brown towards the tips. Thorax with four shining black stripes, 

 the two on each side united hindward. Scutellum piceous. Ab- 

 domen testaceous, with a yellow dorsal stripe, brown towards the tip. 

 Legs tawny ; posterior tibiae and tarsi whitish towards the base ; 

 fore tibiae and tarsi black. Wings nearly limpid, tawny in front, 

 brown at the tips and about the median veinlets ; first fork of the 

 cubital vein simple, curved and not angular near the base ; subanal 

 vein joining the anal close to the border. Halteres testaceous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 

 a. Para. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Africa. 



54. Chrysops tarsalis. 

 Chrysops tarsalis, Cat. of Diptera, Pt. 1, 200. 



55. Chrysops calidtjs. 

 Chrysops calidus, Cat. of Diptera, Pt. 1, 205. 



A. Abdomen nigrum. - - - oblique-fasciatus, Macq. 



B. Abdomen fuscum. - - - Natalis, Macq. 



C. Abdomen rufum. longicornis, Macq. 



56. Chrysops oblique-fasciatus. 



Fcem. Niger; pedes rufi ; alee subflavce, costa fasciaque obliqua 

 fuscis. 

 Chrysops oblique- fasciata, Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 1, 157, 2. 



Cape. 



2c 



