GILOLO, TERNATE, AND CERAM. 



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Gen. Massicyta, Walk. * 



7. Massicyta cerioides, Walk. See Vol. III. p. 78. 



Gen. Solya, Walk. 



8. Solva hybotoides, n. s. Mas et Fcem. Nigra, antennis basi pal- 

 lide flavis, thoracis lineis lateralibus scutello abdomine pedibusque 

 luteis (mas) aut flavis (fcem.), abdominis disco fcem. nigro, tibiis 

 posticis nigris, alis cinereis. 



Male and Female. Black; mouth and palpi pale yellow; antennae 

 lanceolate, shorter than the breadth of the head, pale yellow at the 

 base ; thorax with a humeral callus and an elevated line along each 

 side and the scutellum luteous in the male, pale yellow in the female ; 

 pubescence slightly gilded ; abdomen luteous, disk black in the female, 

 with the exception of the hind borders of the segments ; legs luteous 

 in the male, pale yellow in the female ; hind femora incrassated ; 

 hind tibiae black, curved ; middle tibiae black in the middle ; wings 

 cinereous ; veins black ; halteres pale. Length of the body 3-4 

 lines ; of the wings 6-8 lines. 



Fam. ASILID^E, Leach. 

 Subfam. Dasypogonetes, Walk. 

 Gen. Dasypogon, Fair. 



9. Dasypogon solutus, n. s. Mas. Niger, capite thoraceque auratis, 

 antennis linearibus, thorace vittis quatuor pectoreque fasciis duabus 

 nigris, abdomine rufo clavato apicem versus piceo fascia basali 

 nigra, pedibus halteribusque runs, alis cinereis apice nigricanti- 

 cinereis. 



Male. Black ; head with pale gilded tomentum ; epistoma flat, with a 

 few pale bristles ; eyes with very small facets. Antennae linear, nearly 

 as long as the breadth of the head; thorax and pectus with pale 

 gilded tomentum ; thorax with four black stripes, the lateral pair 

 short, broad, obliquely intersected ; pectus with two black bands ; 

 abdomen red, clavate, with a black band near the base, the four last 

 segments with slightly piceous disks ; legs red, robust ; femora with a 

 few stout black bristles ; ' tarsi black towards the tips ; wings cinereous, 

 blackish cinereous towards the tips and along the adjoining part of 

 the hind border; veins black, tawny at the base; halteres red. 

 Length of the body 7 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



10. Dasypogon semifilatus, n. s. Fcem. Niger, capite thoraceque 

 auratis, thorace vittis quatuor latis pectoreque fasciis duabus nigris, 

 abdomine clavato fasciis tribus anticis fulvis, pedibus runs, alis cine- 

 reis, halteribus flavescentibus. 



