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2" longior ; arista pubescens. Abdomen brevi-ovatum, thorace multo 

 brevius. Peeves simplices. Al(S mediocres. 

 Female. Body moderately stout. Head transverse, almost as broad as 

 the thorax, somewhat flat above; proboscis and palpi very short. 

 Antennaj shorter than the breadth of the head ; 3rd joint lanceolate, 

 longer than the 2nd ; arista pubescent. Abdomen short-oval, much 

 shorter than the thorax. Legs simple, moderately long. Wings of 

 moderate size ; veins of the usual structure. 



163. Am B LAD A ATOM ARIA, n. s. Fcum,. Cinerea, capite guttis qua- 

 tuor fuscis maculisque duabus atris, arista alba fiUformi, thorace 

 iioeis duabus punctisque plurimis fuscis, abdomine fulvo segmentorum 

 raarginibus nigro punctatis, pedibus fulvis, tibiis albidis nigro bifas- 

 ciatis, alis lurido-cinereis. 



Female. Cinereous ; head vi^hite about the eyes, with two brown dots 

 on each side of the vertex, and with a deep black spot on each side in 

 front ; antennae cinereous-brown ; arista white, filiform, seated on the 

 base of the 3rd joint, which it much exceeds in length ; thorax with 

 two slender brown lines and with very numerous brown points ; ab- 

 domen tawny, with black points on the hind borders of the segments ; 

 legs tawny ; tibiae dingy whitish, with two black bands on each ; wings 

 grey, with a lurid tiuge ; veins tawny, black by the costa at the base ; 

 discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than its length 

 from the border, and by full twice its length from the praebrachial 

 transverse ; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 2^ lines j of the 

 wings 5 lines. 



Gen. Sepedon, Zatr. 



1()4. Sepedon Javanensis, Desv. Essai Myod. 677- 2. 

 Inhabits also Java. 



Subfam. Latjxanides, Walk. 

 Gen. LoNCH(EA, Fallen. 



165. LoNCH(EA? PUNCTiPENNis. FcBm. Nigra, nitens, capite an- 

 tico argenteo, antennarura articulo 3^ longe-conico, arista plumosa, 

 tarsis halteribusque piceis, alis cinereis basi nigris puncto costali 

 nigro. 



Female. Black, shining, with several stout bristles; head silvery in 

 front; face flat; antennae short; third joint elongate-conical, arista 

 very plumose ; abdomen oval, convex, a little shorter and narrower 

 than the thorax ; tarsi and halteres piceous ; wings grey, black at the 

 base, with a black costal point at the tip ^f the subcostal vein ; veins 

 yellowish, black at the base ; costal vein black ; discal transverse vein 

 straight, upright, parted by less than its length from the border, and 

 by nearly twice its length from the praebrachial transverse. Length 

 of the body 2| hues ; of the wings 4^ lines. 

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