244 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



ferruginous, shining; the latter with a row of triangular black 

 spots along the back, one on each segment, and successively de- 

 creasing in size from the base to the tip; penultimate segment 

 adorned with a white band : legs dark ferruginous ; feet piceous : 

 wings dark brown, colourless at the tips, and each having a large 

 truncate-conical slightly oblique spot extending from the hind bor- 

 der to a little beyond the middle of the disk ; two very small colour- 

 less spots near the base of the wing, and slight traces of pale marks 

 on the disk along the borders of some of the veins ; wing-ribs and 

 veins ferruginous along the fore border, which also has a ferruginous 

 tinge ; the other veins and the poisers are black ; the lower vein of 

 the second submarginal areolet is angular. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Anthrax Lar, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iv. 257, 4. Syst. Antl. 110, 8. 



Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 127, 12. Auss. Zweif. i. 268, 18, Div. 3. 



Bibio Lar, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. 414, 10. Mant. Ins. ii. 329, 11. 

 a. Bengal. 



Anthrax seniculus, Wied. Auss. Zweif. i. 270, 20, Div. 3. 

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



Anthrax Dux, Wied. Auss. Zweif. i. 269, 19, Div. 3. 

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



Anthrax stellifer, n. s. Nigra, thoracis lateribus albido vittatis, 

 scutello ferrugineo, abdomine macula media utrinque apiceque 

 albis, pedibus piceis, alis nigris, guttis quatuor, apiceque lim- 

 pidis. 



Head wanting: chest and breast black and thickly clothed 

 with black hairs : a yellowish white stripe on each side of the chest, 

 and a white tuft of hairs on each side of the scutcheon, which is 

 ferruginous : abdomen black, with a white spot on each side at half 

 its length ; tip also white : legs piceous, pubescent : wings black, 

 for nearly three-fourths of their length from the base, colourless 

 thence to the tips ; the black part comprises three or four little co- 

 lourless spots ; wing-ribs and veins black ; poisers piceous. Length 

 of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



a. New Holland. Presented by the Haslar Hospital. 



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



Anthrax cafFra, Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 131, 17. Auss. Zweif. i. 



275, 27, Div. 3. 

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





