FAMILY MIDASIDJ3. 
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Genus CEPHALOCERA, Latr. Macq . 
This genus differs from the preceding not only in the length and 
slenderness of the porrected proboscis, but also in being generally 
destitute of the short transverse vein at the middle of the hind 
margin of the wing; the hind tibise also possess two minute slender 
spurs. 
Species I. (XL.)— C. rufithorax (Wied. Mon. Mid. pi. 54, fig. 15, Mid. ruf.) Nigra, 
thorace rufo-hirto, abdominis iucisuris fiavidis. Long. lin. 8 £. 
Habitat Cap. Bon. Spei. 
Species II. (XLI.)— C. Westermanni (Wied. Mon. Mid. pi. 54, fig. 16, Mid. West.) 
Nigra, thorace abdominisque basi flavido-villosis ; reliquo abdomine nigro birto. Long. 
lin. 74— 9V £ 
Habitat Cap. Bon. Sp. 
Species III. (XLII.)— C. fasciatus (Wied. Mon. Mid. pi. 54, fig. 17 £ $, Mid. f.) Nigra, 
thoracis hirsutie, pedibus antennarumque apice ferruginosis, alis flavis. Long. lin. 
7,8, £ $. 
Habitat Cap. Bon. Sp. Mus. Hope, nostr. 
Of two specimens now before me, both from the Cape, one 
has the antenme black, the tip of the club alone ferruginous, and 
the other has the third and fourth joints ferruginous, the tip of the 
club being black; in the second of these specimens the vittrn of the 
thorax are scarcely discernible. 
Species IV. (NLin.)— C. longirostris (Wied. Mon. Mid. pi. 54, fig. 21, £ Mid. long.) 
Nigra, thorace flavido rittato ; abdomine fasciis albis £ } flavis £ '•> antennis nigris, clava 
medio rufo-flava, alis costa fasciaque longitudinali submediana nigris, femoribus posticis 
basi flavis, apico obscnris. Long. lin. G£. 
•Habitat Promont. Bon. Spei. 
Var. $ aJisomnino brunneis, cellula 2da submarginali subaperta venaque brevis transversa in 
medio marginis postici adcst. (Macquart 1. c.) 
Species V. (XLIV.)— C . fascipennis, Mcq. (Dipt. Exot. |Nouv. 1. 2, p. 13). Nigra, abdo¬ 
mine maculis albis £ , pedibus rufis, alis fascia fuscana, ceUula postica lma clausa. Long, 
lin. 5J 
Habitat Cap. Bon. Spei. 
Species VI. (XLV.)— C. nigra , Macq. (Op. cit. p. 14.) Nigra, pedibus alisque fuscis, 
cellula postica lma clausa, barba alba, antennis articulo 3tio medio ferrugineo. Long, 
lin. 5 $ . Habitat Cap. Bon. Spei. 
Species VII. (XLVI.)— C. callosa (W 7 ied. Mon. Mid. pi. 54, fig. 22 £ Mid. call.) 
Nigra, abdomine pedibusque fuscano-flavis, abdomine $ nigro, alis brunneis. Long. lin. 
4—5. 
Habitat Prom. Bon. Spei. 
Species VIII. (XLV1I.)— C. niaculipennis^Vestvf. n. sp. (pi. 14, fig. 5.) Capite cum 
oculis et proboscidc nigro, antennis fulvis, articulo 4to valde clavato, apice in tuberculo 
contracto, thorace ferrugineo, vitta lata media (supra et subtus) segmentis lmo, 5, 6 et 
7mo abdominis nigris, tribus intermediis rufis, singulo macula parva dorsali, pedibus 
testaceo—rufis, spinis femomm posticorum nigris, all's liyalinis, lcetissime iridescentibus, 
costa fulva, macula magna media, vittaque ad basin ducta, apieeque marginis antici nigris. 
Long. corp. lin. 9. Expans. alar. lin. 134« 
Habitai in Australasia Occidental!. D. Gould. Mus. Hope. 
Obs .—The veins of the wings accord with the typical species of 
Midas, except that the penultimate longitudinal vein extends to 
the costa of the wing as in M. bicolor and several other species 
from New Holland. The nasus is extremely prominent (fig. 5*) 
and the hind tibise terminate in a horny acute point within which 
are two very slender spurs. 
