LIST OF DIPTERA. 28 J 



Bombylius ornatus, Wied. Auss. Zweif. i. 345, 23. Macq. Dipt. 

 Exot. ii. 1, 91, 12. 



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



b. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Eichardson. 



c. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



Bombylius matutinus, n. s., mas. Niger, pilis fulvis vestitus, an- 

 tennis pedibusque nigris, alis subcinereis basi et ad costam 

 fuscis. 



Body black, clothed with tawny hairs : eyes red, with a bronze 

 tinge : hypostoma tawny : mouth more than half the length of the 

 body: feelers black; first joint linear, clothed with tawny hairs; 

 second joint not half the length of the first; third joint tapering 

 from the base to the tip, longer than the first and the second : legs 

 black, clothed with short tawny hairs : wings slightly gray, brown at 

 the base and along the fore border for two-thirds of the length ; 

 wing-ribs and veins piceous ; poisers tawny, with piceous knobs. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



Bombylius minimus, Fabr. JEnt. Syst. iv. 409, 10. Syst. Anil. 

 133, 19. Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. v. 2903, 7. Fall. Bombyl. 10, 

 4. Meig. Dipt. ii. 208, 31. Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 380, 14. 

 B. fulvus, Meig. Dipt. ii. 205, 25. 



a. ? 



H. The little cross-vein somewhat before half the length of the 

 discoidal areolet. 



Bombylius major, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. Faun. Suec. 1918. GmeL 

 Ed. Syst. Nat. v. 2902, 1. Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 472, 1. Ent. 

 Syst. iv. 407, 1. Syst. Anil. 128, 1. Fall. Bombyl. 9, 1. 

 Geoff. Ins. ii. 466, 1. Latr. Gen. Crust, iv. 313. Cons. Gen. 

 443. Lam. Anim. sans Verteb. iii. 407, 1. Schcef. Icon. pi. 

 121, /. 3. Schell Gen. Mouch. pi. 34, /. 2. Schrank. Ins. 

 Austr. 1002. Herbst, Gem. viii. pi. 347, /. 1. Berk. Syn. i. 

 167. Don. Brit. Ins. ii. 79, pi. 66. Stew. El. 273. Turt. iii. 

 681. Wied. Zool. Mag. i. 2, 20. Meig. Dipt. ii. 190, 5. 

 Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 377, 1. Kirby, North Amer. Zool. 

 Ins. 312, 1. Zeller, Isis, 1840, 21, 6. Zett. Dipt. Scand. i. 

 188, 1. Gim. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1847, 1, 216, 2. B. 

 variegatus, Deg. Ins. vi. 107, 1, pi. 15, f. 10. B. sinuatus, 



2 c 2 



