304 ADDENDA. 



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 Hermetia illucens. 

 a. Tapayos, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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Hermetia flavipes. 



Chrysochlora Andreas, Cat of Diptera, Pt. 3, 525 ; 2nd Series, 

 86,3. 



Described from an injured specimen. 



a. Tapayos, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Hermetia apicalis. 

 a — c. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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ACANTHINA CONVEXA. 



Mas. Nigra; caput et antennce fulva; thorax antice nonnihil 

 elongatus et attenuatus, vittis duabus dorsalibus fasciisque sex 

 later alibus obliquis testaceo tomentosis, scutellum dentibus 

 quatuor parvis fulvis armatum ; abdomen contraction, fere 

 rotundum, supra valde convexum, thorace brevius et latius ; 

 femora apice fulva ; alee cinerece, fascia sublimpida. 



Male. Black. Head and antennae tawny. Thorax somewhat 

 elongated and attenuated in front, with two dorsal stripes, and on 

 each side with three oblique bands of shining testaceous tomentum. 

 Scutellum with four small tawny teeth. Abdomen contracted, 

 nearly round, very convex above, shorter and broader than the tho- 

 rax, with six short bands of shining whitish tomentum, two on each 

 side and two slightly converging towards the tip. Tips of the 

 femora tawny. Wings gray, with a diffused nearly limpid band 

 across the middle ; stigma and veins black ; first branch of the 

 cubital vein ending at one-third of the distance between the radial 

 and the second branch ; discal areolet hexagonal. Length of the 

 body 2J lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



a. Santarem, Brazil. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



