274 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Bombylius Maris, n. s. Fuscus, thoracis lateribus canis fulvoque 

 pilosis, pectore ventreque canis alboque pilosis, abdomine basi 

 piloso albo fasciato et utrinque pilis nigris rufis albisque or- 

 nato, antennis nigris, pedibus rufis alis limpidis, basi et antice 

 fuscis. 



Head dark brown, clothed with black hairs on the crown, with 

 tawny hairs in front, and with white hairs beneath, where it 

 is hoary : mouth black, much less than half the length of the chest : 

 feelers black, a little longer than the head ; third joint linear, longer 

 than the first and second joints ; fourth joint very short: chest 

 brown, with a few tawny hairs; sides hoary, and clothed with 

 a thick fringe of tawny hairs: breast hoary, clothed with white 

 hairs, and having a thick fringe of tawny hairs on each side and in 

 front : abdomen dark brown, with a few tawny hairs on the back, 

 and having a band of white hairs at the base ; the sides fringed 

 with long black and red hairs and with shorter white hairs, the lat- 

 ter are chiefly towards the tip, which is adorned with a tuft of red 

 hairs ; under-side hoary, clothed with white and pale red hairs, the 

 latter chiefly on the hind borders of the segments : legs red, beset 

 with bristles of the same colour : wings brown at the base, 

 and along the fore borders to the tips, colourless along the hind 

 borders ; the brown occupies full half the surface, it slightly de- 

 creases in breadth from the base to the tip, and its border is waved 

 with three distinct outward and two inward curves ; wing-ribs and 

 veins dark ferruginous ; poisers tawny, with ferruginous knobs. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Swan River. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



b. West Australia. From Mr. Clifton's collection. 



B. The little cross -vein at two -thirds of the length of the discoidal 

 areolet. 



Bombylius analis. Mas. B. analis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 408, 5. 

 Syst. Antl. 130, 10. Coq. Illust. Icon. 85, pi 20, /. 5. 

 Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 160, 1, Auss. Zweif i. 331, 1. Fern. B. 

 discoideus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 409, 6. Syst. Antl. 130, 11. 

 Coq. III. Icon. 86, pi. 20, /, 6. Wied. Zool. Mag. ii. 42. 



Var. a. Tip of the abdomen clothed with white hairs. 

 Var. /3. Tip of the abdomen clothed with tawny hairs. 

 Var. y. Tip of the abdomen clothed with black hairs, with a 

 small tuft of tawny hairs in the middle. 



Var. d. Smaller : tip of the abdomen with a tuft of tawny hairs 



on each side. 



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a. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



b. Cape. From Mr. Walker's collection. 



