LIST OF DIPTEKA. 377 



Laphria spinipes, Fair. Syst. Anil. 162, 28. Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 



240, 17. Auss. Zweif. i. 525, 45. L. affinis, Fair. Syst. And. 



163, 29. 

 a. Para. Presented by J. P. George Smith, Esq. 



Laphria Tolmides, n. s. Rufa, capite thoracis lateribus abdomi- 

 nisque apice nigris, pedibus cyaneis, alis nigris. 



Body red, dull : head black, a little broader than the chest, 

 sides of the front and clypeus thickly clothed with golden hairs, the 

 latter also beset with black bristles : lip black, rather longer than 

 the head ; rest of the mouth ferruginous : neck beset with black 

 bristles : chest with a black stripe on each side, parallel to the curve 

 of the border : a tuft of black bristles on each side of the hind 

 chest : breast partly clothed with yellow hairs : abdomen rather 

 narrower than the chest, and less than twice its length, slightly de- 

 creasing in breadth from the base to the tip, which is black : legs 

 blue, clothed with black hairs; claws black; fo©t-cushions red; 

 hind thighs thick, armed beneath with short teeth ; hind shanks 

 curved : wings black ; wing-ribs and veins also black ; poisers tawny. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



a. Brazil ? From Mr. Argent's collection. 



Group VII. Hoplistomera, Macquart. 



Laphria serripes, Fabr, Syst. And. 159, 16. Wied. Auss. Zweif. i. 

 505, 11. L. maculipennis, Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 285, 22. 

 Dasypogon serripes, Wied. Dipt. Exot. i. 211, 11. Hoplisto- 

 mera serripes, Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 260, 1, pi. 5, /. 4. 



a. Gambia. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



Group VIII. 



Laphria Dymes, n, s. Nigra, pills argenteis vestita, capite aureo 

 pubescenie, antennis nigris, pedibus rufis, alis fuscis basi limpi- 

 dis marginibusque posticis sublimpidis. 



Body black, dull, linear, clothed with very short golden hairs : 

 head as broad as the chest, clothed with hoary hairs : a silvery tuft 

 of hairs on each side of the front : tubercle of the eyelets beset with 

 two tawny bristles : clypeus armed with a few long black bristles : 

 eyes bronze ; fore part flat, composed of large facets, and distinct 

 from the other part : lip black, shining, clothed at the base with 

 black hairs and at the tip with very short tawny hairs: feelers 



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