122 ME. WALEEn ON DIPTEBA COLLECTED AT MAKESSAE. 



domine fasciis duabus arcuatis luteis, pedibus rufescentibus, alis sub- 

 cinereis, costa fasciaque nigricante fuscis, halteribus fulvis. Fcem. Scu- 

 tello flavo apud discum nigricante, abdominis petiolo fulvo, fascia 2* 

 non arcuata, apice chalybeo, pedibus testaceis, posticis nigro fasciatis. 



Male. Cupreous black ; head chalybeous black, with a yellow stripe 

 on each side in front ; antennae red, very short ; 3rd joint conical ; 

 arista black, short ; thorax with two luteous spots on each side ; the 

 1st pair joining a luteous band on each side of the pectus ; abdomen 

 petiolated, clavate, with two much-arched luteous bands ; legs reddish ; 

 wings slightly cinereous, blackish-brown along the costa, and with an 

 irregular blackish-brown band, which hardly extends to the hind bor- 

 der ; veins black ; halteres tawny. 



Female. Scutellum yellow, with a blackish disk ; abdomen much com- 

 pressed, with a long slender linear tawny petiole ; the 2nd yellow band 

 not arched ; tip chalybeous ; legs testaceous ; hind femora slightly 

 banded with black ; hind tibiae black towards the tips. Length of the 

 body 4^-5 lines; of the wings 8-9 lines. 



Gen. Syephus, Fair. 



97' Syrphus consequens, Wlk. See Vol. I. p. 18. 



I'am. MUSCID^, Zatr. 



Subfam. Tachinides, Walk. 



Gen. NEMOEiEA, Mac^. 



98. NemoRuEA amplificans, n. s. Fam. Cinereo-nigra, capite tes- 

 taceo, frontalibus nigris, palpis fulvis, antennis piceis, thorace vittis 

 quinque nigris, scutello ferrugineo, abdomine piceo fasciis duabus latis 

 interruptis cinereis, alis cinereis basi et apud costam fuscis. 



Female. Cinereous black, with black bristles ; head testaceous, more 

 cinereous beneath ; frontalia black, slightly widening to the face, with a 

 row of bristles along each side ; faciaha not bristly ; epistoma not pro- 

 minent ; palpi tawny ; antennae piceous, not extending to the epistoma ; 

 3rd joint linear, rounded at the tip, full twice the length of the 2nd ; 

 arista nearly twice the length of the 3rd, stout for full half its length ; 

 thorax with five slender black stripes, thickly beset with long stout 

 bristles ; scutellum ferruginous except towards its base ; abdomen 

 piceous, setose towards its tip ; 2nd and 3rd segments with broad 

 interrupted cinereous bands along their fore borders; legs stout, 

 bristly ; wings grey, brown at the base and in front ; veins black ; 

 prsebrachial vein forming a slightly obtuse angle at its flexure, from 

 whence it is very slightly curved inward to its tip ; discal transverse 

 vein straight, excepting a very shght inward bend near its base, parted 

 by rather more than half its length from the border, and from the flex- 

 ure of the prsebrachial ; alulae cinereous-white. Length of the body 

 8 lines; of the wings 14 lines. 



