egs
stout; wings cinereous; veins black; praebrachial vein forming a very
obtuse angle at its flexure, from whence it is straight to its tip,
discal transverse vein almost straight, parted by hardly less than its
length from the border, and by very much more than its length from the
flexure of the praebrachial; alulae white. Length of the body 3-1/2 lines;
of the wings 6 lines.

84. MASICERA GUTTATA, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, capite albo, frontalibus
atris, thoracis vittis tribus pectoreque cinereis, abdomine guttis
lateralibus albis, alis cinereis.

_Female._ Black, with short slight bristles. Head white, frontalia deep
black, widening slightly towards the epistoma, face oblique, facialia
without bristles, epistoma not prominent; antennae reaching the epistoma,
third joint linear, slightly truncated at the tip, full four times the
length of the second, arista slender; thorax with three cinereous
stripes; pectus cinereous; abdomen elongate-oval, a little longer than
the thorax, a row of white dots along each side on the fore borders of
the segments; wings cinereous, a little darker along the costa towards
the base, veins black, praebrachial vein forming a very obtuse angle at
its flexure, from whence it is almost straight to its tips; discal
transverse vein straight, parted by more than its length from the border
and by nearly twice its length from the flexure of the praebrachial;
alulae whitish. Length of the body 2-1/2 lines; of the wings 4 lines.

Gen. EURYGASTER, _Macq._

85. EURYGASTER TENTANS, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, latiuscula, cinereo
tomentosa, capite albo, frontalibus atris, thorace vittis quatuor
nigris, scutelli margine postico ferrugineo, abdomine subtessellato,
alis cinereis apud costam subfuscis.

_Female._ Black, rather broad, with cinereous tomentum. Head white, with
white hairs behind and beneath, frontalia deep black, narrow, widening
towards the face, which is oblique, facialia with bristles along more
than one-third of the length from the frontalia, epistoma not prominent;
eyes pubescent, palpi ferruginous; antennae extending to the epistoma,
third joint cinereous, hardly widening from the base to the tip, which
is somewhat truncated, arista slender, very much longer than the third
joint; thorax with four indistinct black stripes; scutellum ferruginous
hindward; abdomen conical, not longer than the thorax, with three broad,
slightly interrupted, cinereous bands, second segment indistinctly
ferruginous