lulae whitish. Length of the body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings
6 lines.

Gen. SYRPHUS, _Fabr._

78. Syrphus aegrotus, _Fabr._ See Vol. I. p. 124.

79. Syrphus ericetorum, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ iv. 287. 34. Inhabits also
Sierra Leone, Hindostan, and Java.

Fam. MUSCIDAE, _Latr._

Subfam. TACHINIDES, _Walk._

Gen. MASICERA, _Macq._

80. MASICERA NOTABILIS, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, longiuscula, capite
abdominisque fasciis albis, frontalibus atris, pectore cano, scutelli
margine postico abdominisque lateribus ferrugineis, alis cinereis, venis
fusco marginatis.

_Male._ Black, rather long, with long stout bristles; head white,
silvery, with white hairs behind and beneath, frontalia deep black,
widening slightly to the face, facialia without bristles, epistoma not
prominent; eyes bare; palpi ferruginous at the tips; antennae extending
to the epistoma, third joint slightly widening towards the tip, nearly
four times the length of the second, arista slender, very much longer
than the third joint; pectus and sides of the thorax hoary, hind border
of the scutellum ferruginous; abdomen fusiform, much longer than the
thorax, with a broad slightly interrupted white band on the fore border
of each segment, sides of the second and third segments slightly
ferruginous; wings grey, veins black bordered with brown, praebrachial
vein forming a slightly acute angle at its flexure, near which it is
much curved inward, and is thence straight to its tip, discal transverse
vein curved inward, parted by less than its length from the border, and
by rather more than half its length from the flexure of the praebrachial;
alulae white; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 6 lines; of the
wings 12 lines.

81. MASICERA? TENTATA, n. s. Nigra, cinereo-tomentosa, capite argenteo
frontalibus atris, antennarum articulo tertio basi rufo, thorace
quadrivittato, abdomine?, pedibus longiusculis, alis nigricantibus
postice cinereis.

Black, with cinereous tomentum and with moderately stout bristles. Head
silvery with white hairs behind and beneath, frontalia deep black,
slightly widening towards the face, facialia without bristles, epistoma
not prominent; antennae extending nearly to the epistoma; third joint
cinereous, slender, linear, red towards the base, rounded at the tip,
more than four times the length of the second; arista slender, much
longer than the third joint; thorax with four slender black stripes;
scutellum not cinereous; abdomen wanting;