BOMBYLIID^ — ASILID^. 
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AHocotus, g. n., id. I. c. p. 82. Neuration somewhat as in SparnopoUus. A. 
eclicardsi, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 81, California. 
Bomhylius semirufus, Hayti, albicapillus, California, spp. nn., id. I. c. p. 78. 
Sparnopolim brevicorm's, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 79, Texas. 
Ploas atratida, ibid., nigripennis, obesula, p. 80, id. I. c, California, spp. nn. 
Fhthin'a egerminans, sp. n., id. /. c. p. 80, California. 
Mydasid^. 
Mydas (? Leptomydas or Cephalocera) tenuipes, sp. n., Loew, /. c. p. 61, Cali- 
fornia. 
AsiLIDiE. 
Vax der Wulp, Tijdsclir. Ent. (2) vii. pp. 129-279, pis. 9-12, describes 
the kno-wTi species from the East-Indian archipelago. According to him, 
Laphria horrida, Walk., ? = gigas, Macq., L. fervens and seem. Walk., 
and ? Asilus apicatus, Walk., = Z, mmmrc?^^, Wied. ; L. Jlagrantissima ajid 
ardescens, Walk.,=wo^a6^7^s, Macq. ; L. senomera, 'M£Lcq^.,=aUernans, Wied. ; 
Z. splendida, Guer.,= Mcera spectabilis, Guer. ; L. socia and consobrinaj 
Walk., = M. kollari, Dol. ; L. comes and consors, Walk., color ata, Boisd., pel' 
lucida, Dol., = ilf. (enea, F. ; L. cyanea, Macq., ?=M. aurifacies, Macq. ; Try- 
panea strenua, Walk., = Promachus bifasciatus, Macq. ; Asilus perplexus, 
Wied. f = Philodicus javanus, Wied. j Ommatius scitulus,W^2i\k.,=Allocotasia 
aw-ata^ F. ; O. pennus, coryphe, and androcles, Walk., Asilus garnoti, Guer.,= 
O. fidvidus, Wied. ; O. noctifer, Walk., = mmor, Dol. V. d. Wulp figures por- 
tions of Damalis maculata, Wied., pi. 9. fig. 5 ; Laphria gigas, Macq., figs. 11- 
13 ; L. vulcantis, Wied., pi. 10. fig. 2 ; L. notabilis, Macq,, figs. 5 & 6 ; L. 
obliquistrigay Walk., fig. 7 ; Mcera spectabilis, Guer., figs. 8 & 9 j i)£ <2nea, 
fig. 10; M. kurbinii, Dol., fig. 11; Promachus bifasciatus, Macq., pi. 11. 
figs. 7 & 8 ; Philodicus javanus, Wied., fig. 15 ; Synolcus xatithopus, Wied., 
(S , fig. 19, and pi. 12. figs. 1 & 2 ; Itamus longistijlus, Wied., pi. 12. figs. 4 
& 5 ; Allocotasia aurata, F., fig. 7; Ommatius ftdvidus, Wied., fig. 12 ; and 
also figures portions (sometimes the whole insect) of several new species. 
Nicocles (Pygostohis, Lw., nec Hal.) difters entirely from Brachyrhojmla ; 
Dasypogon lucasi and 4-maculatus, Bell., belong to Dizonia, Dasyp. spathu- 
latics. Bell., to Ospriocerus ; Dasyp. magnijicus. Walk., is a Microstylum. 
Loew, /. c. pp. 65 & 68. 
Stichopogon. Schiner, Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxii. p. 74, refers to capture by 
C. Koch, at Nuremburg, of individuals supposed by the latter to constitute 
two new species, but which are evidently considered by Schiner to be sexes 
of one species, the difference in coloration of the mouth-pubescence being 
apparently only sexual ; if these eventually prove sexes of one species, the 
name of the xS is to stand (C. Koch, ibid.^. 
New genera and species : — 
Taracticus, Loew, c. p. 64 (Dasypogonides). Anterior tibise spined ; 
allied to Dioctria. Type D. 8-punctata, Say. 
Plax, id. I. c. p. 65 {Dasypogonides). Allied to Taracticus and Nicocles. 
B. bellus, id. I. c. p. 63, Texas. 
Callinicus, id. I. c. p. 71 (Dasypogonides). Resembles Diogmita, but with 
spurless anterior tibiae. C. calcaneus, id. I. c. p. 70, California. 
