LIST OF DIPTEEA. 629 



Eristalis Babytace, n. s., mas. Niger, ihorace piceo fasciis dua- 

 busfulvis, abdomine piceo hasi fulvo, antennis ferrugineis, pedi- 

 bus nigris, tibiis basiflavis, tarsis subtus piceis, alis subfulvis ad 

 costam obscurioribus fuscoque maculatis. 



Body black, broad and thick : head clothed with short black 

 hairs, in front tawny and clothed with short tawny hairs : mouth 

 pitchy : feelers pale ferruginous ; bristle tawny : eyes bronzed, dark 

 red on the fore part of the crown, where the facets are larger than 

 elsewhere: chest pitchy, clothed with short black hairs, adorned 

 with two dark tawny indistinct bands, which are covered with hairs 

 of the same colour ; the first is in front of the chest, the second be- 

 fore the scutcheon : abdomen short-obconical, a little broader but 

 not longer than the chest, clothed with short tawny hairs, tawny for 

 half the length from the base, pitchy thence to the tip : legs black, 

 clothed with short tawny hairs ; shanks yellow towards the base ; 

 feet pitchy beneath ; foot-cushions and claws tawny ; tips of claws 

 black : wings with a slight tawny tinge, darker along the fore bor- 

 der, on whose middle there is a brown spot; wing-ribs and veins 

 pitchy ; poisers tawny. Length of the body 6J lines ; of the 

 wings 12 lines. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 



Eristalis Agyrus, n. s., mas. Piceus, pilis fulvis kirtus, capiteful- 

 vo, abdomine viridi-ceneo, basi fulvo, antennis piceis pedibus ni~ 

 gris tibiis basi femoribus anterioribus apice femoribusque posticis 

 fulvis, alis limpidis. 



Body pitchy, broad and thick : head tawny, clothed in front 

 with tawny hairs: mouth black, shining: feelers pitchy; bristle 

 tawny : eyes coppery; facets on the fore part of the crown much 

 larger than elsewhere: chest and breast clothed with dark tawny 

 hairs, the latter covered with a gray bloom: abdomen brassy green, 

 tawny towards the base, clothed with tawny hairs, shorter but hardly 

 broader than the chest : legs black, clothed with tawny and black 

 hairs ; shanks tawny at the base ; foot-cushions tawny ; claws 

 black, tawny towards the base ; tips of four front thighs tawny ; 

 hind thighs tawny, black towards the tips : wings colourless ; wing- 

 ribs, veins, and poisers pitchy ; angle of the tip vein sending forth a 

 short branch. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of the wings 8 

 lines. 



a. Philippine Isles. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



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