GILOLO, TEBNATE, AND CERAM. 



7 



Subfam. Asilites, Walk. 



Gren. Trupanea, Macq. 



16. Trupanea gilolona, ii. s. Mas et Fcem. Nigra, capite subtus 

 albo piloso, fronte subaurata, mystace e setis nigris albisque, thorace 

 cinereo vittis quatuor nigris, segmentorum abdominalium marginibus 

 posticis ventreque cinereis, tibiis rufis apice nigris, alis cinereis strigis 

 duabus subcostalibus sordide albidis, halteribus albidis. 



Male. Black ; head thickly clothed beneath with white hairs ; front 

 slightly gilded ; epistoma prominent ; mystax composed of many 

 black and of fewer white bristles ; third joint of the antennae fusiform, 

 about one-third of the length of the second ; thorax cinereous, with 

 four black stripes of the usual form ; pectus hoary ; abdomen slightly 

 tapering from the base to the tip, about twice the length of the thorax ; 

 hind borders of the segments and underside cinereous ; sexualia very- 

 small ; legs stout with a few black bristles ; tibiae dark red, black 

 towards the tips ; wings dark cinereous ; subcostal and radial areolets 

 with ding}- whitish stripes; veins black; halteres whitish. Length of 

 the body 6 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



Female. Third joint of the antennae fusiform, about one-fourth of the 

 length of the arista ; abdomen lanceolate, full twice the length of the 

 thorax ; apical part stylate, shining. Length of the body 9 lines ; of 

 the wings 12 lines. 



G-en. Asilus, Linn. 

 17- Asilus involutus, Walk. See Vol. V. p. 281. 



18. Asilus coxdecorus, n. s. Fcem. Cyanescenti-niger, robustus, 

 fronte aurata, mystace e setis plurimis nigris paucisque albis, thoracis 

 suturis, lateribus, pectore et segmentorum abdominalium marginibus 

 posticis canis, abdomine subplano non acuto, pedibus robustis, alis 

 cinereis apices versus nigricantibus. 



Female. Bluish black, stout, with black bristles ; head gilded in front, 

 thickly clothed beneath with white hairs ; epistoma prominent ; 

 mystax composed of numerous black bristles and of a few white 

 bristles ; third joint of the antennae elongate-conical, not more than 

 one-fourth of the length of the style ; pectus and sides, and sutures of 

 the thorax with hoary tomentum ; abdomen somewhat flat, slightly de- 

 creasing in breadth from the base to the tip, less than twice the length 

 of the thorax ; hind borders of the segments hoary ; tip black, 

 shining, not acute ; legs stout, with slight white pubescence and with 

 a few black bristles ; wings cinereous, blackish towards the tips and 

 along the adjoining part of the hind border ; veins black ; forks of 

 the cubital vein undulating; halteres whitish. Length of the body 

 7 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



Gen. Ommatius, Illiger. 



19. Ommatius noctifer, Walk. See Vol. III. p. 88. 



