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LIST OF DIPTEEA. 



Bombylius capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 1009, 3. Mus. Lud. Ulr. 

 423. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 'iv. 409, 7. Syst, Antl. 132, 14. B. 

 lateralis, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 129, 3. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 165, 

 9. Auss. Zweif. i. 337, 10. Macq. Dipt. Exot. ii. 1, 89, 7, 

 pi. 7, /. 5. 



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



b. Cape. 



Bombylius pygmaeus, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. 367, 13. Ent. Syst. iv. 

 411, 19. Syst. Antl. 135, 32. Wied. Auss. Zweif. i. 351, 34. 

 Lam. Anim. sans Vert. iii. 407, 4. Kirby, North Amer. Zool. 

 Ins. 313,2. 



a. Nova Scotia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



b. St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay. Presented by 



G. Barnston, Esq. 



Bombylius pictus, Panz. Faun. Germ. xxiv. 24. Mikan. Monogr. 



32, pi 2, /. 3. Schell. Gen. Mouch. pi. 34, /. 1, Schrank. 



Faun. Boic. iii. 2580. Meig. Dipt. ii. 198, 15. Macq. Hist. 



Nat. Dipt. i. 379, 9. B. planicornis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 



569. Syst. Antl, 129, 6. Wied. Zool. Mag. i. 2, 20. 

 a. Odessa. Presented by Dr. Dowler. 



C. The little cross-vein somewhat beyond two-thirds of the length of 



the discoidal areolet. Group III. 



Bombylius micans, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 569, 2. Syst. Antl. 

 129, 4. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 162, 3. Auss. Zweif. i. 332, 3. 

 Macq. Dipt. Exot. ii. 1, 87, 1, pi. 7, f. 5. 



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



b. Cape. 



c. Cape. From Mr. Sowerby's collection. 



D. The little cross-vein somewhat before two-thirds of t the length of 



the discoidal areolet. 



Bombylius argentifer, n. s., fern. Niger, densissime albo pilosus, 

 scutello rufo, antennis nigris, pedibus flavis, alis albis, maculis 

 duabus parvis fuscis. 



Body black, most thickly clothed with pure white silvery hairs : 

 mouth and feelers black ; the former much shorter than the chest: 

 eyes bronze : scutcheon red : legs yellow, covered especially towards 

 the hips with a white bloom, and beset with a few yellow bristles : 

 wings white ; wing-ribs and veins tawny ; the two cross-veins in the 



