tips, angle of the third joint very small; thorax reddish on each side
in front of the forewings; abdomen with glaucous tomentum towards the
base; tibiae mostly dark ferruginous; wings blackish-brown, cinereous
towards the tips and along the hind border; veins black; forebranch of
the cubital vein simple, very slightly undulating, its tip, like that of
the radial vein, clouded with blackish-brown. Length of the body 6-1/2
lines; of the wings 12 lines.

Fam. ASILIDAE, _Leach_.

Subfam. DASYPOGONITES, _Walk._

Gen. DASYPOGON, _Fabr._

22. DASYPOGON INOPINUS, n. s. _Foem._ Piceus, facie aurata, mystace
parvo albo, antennis ferrugineis, apices versus nigris, capite
transverso longioribus, articulo tertio lineari, pectore fasciis tribus
canis, abdominis segmentis ferrugineo fasciatis, alis luridis, apud
costam nigro-fuscis, halteribus testaceis.

_Female._ Piceous. Face flat, brightly gilded; epistoma not prominent;
mystax with a few white bristles; mouth black; antennae ferruginous,
black towards the tips, longer than the breadth of the head; third joint
linear, longer than the first and the second together; pectus with three
hoary bands; abdomen subclavate, nearly twice the length of the thorax;
a ferruginous band on the hind border of each segment; legs mostly
ferruginous; wings lurid, blackish-brown towards the costa, veins black;
halteres testaceous. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 14 lines.

23. DASYPOGON HONESTUS, n. s. Lutescente-fulvus, capite, antennis,
pedibus alisque nigris, thorace vitta schistacea nigro marginata
vittisque duabus lateralibus cinereis, pectore postico nigro, abdomine
----?, tibiis tarsisque posticis fulvis.

Luteous-tawny. Head, antennae, hind part of the pectus, and legs black,
shining; mystax with very few bristles; antennae almost as long as the
breadth of the head, third joint long, slender, linear; thorax with a
slate-coloured blackish-bordered stripe, a short slate-coloured stripe
on each side; abdomen wanting; hind tibiae and tarsi tawny; wings
blackish, veins black. Length of the body 4? lines; of the wings 7
lines.

Subfam. LAPHRITES, _Walk._

Gen. LAPHRIA, _Fabr._

24. Laphria scapularis, _Wied. Auss. Zweifl._ 1. 516. 29. Inhabits also
Java.

25. Laphria aurifacies, _Macq._ See Vol. I. p. 10.

26. LAPHRIA GLORIOSA, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Aurata, capite pectoreque
albis, abdomine purpureo, guttis lateralibus albis, basi viridi,
lateribus pedibusque cyaneis, al