1^4 WALKER ON DTPTEBA OF ABIT ISLAIfDS. 



legs black, bare ; femora towards the base and fore coxae whitish ; 

 wings limpid, with a black costal line extending to the tip of the 

 praebrachial vein; veins and halteres black. Length of the body 

 6 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Gen. Sepsis, Fallen. 



152. Sepsis basifera, n. s. Mas et Foem. Nigra ; thorace nigro-seneo ; 

 tarsis, femoribus basi pedibusque anticis testaceis ; alis limpidis, costa 

 basi nigra. Mas. Metatarsis intermediis dilatatis, alis apice vix 

 nigricantibus. Fcum. Alis apice nigris. 



Male and Female. Black, shining. Thorax aeneous black ; pectus 

 cinereous ; tarsi, femora at the base, and fore legs, pale testaceous ; 

 wings limpid ; costa at the base and veins black. Male. Basal joint 

 of the intermediate tarsi dilated; wings hardly blackish at the tips. 

 Female, Wings black at the tips. Length of the body 2-2^- lines ; 

 of the wings 3-3^ lines. 



Gen. Calobata, Fahr. 



153. Calobata albitarsis, Wied. Auss. Zweijl. /I. 544. 22. 

 Inhabits also Java and Australia. 



154. Calobata indica, i>esv. Ess. Myod. T^l' 4. (Nerius). 

 Inhabits also Hindostan. 



155. Calobata Abana, Walk. Cat. Dipt. pt. 4. 1054. 



156. Calobata sepsoides, n. s. F(Bm. Nigra; antennis ferrugineis, 

 articulo tertio conico brevi, arista nuda ; pedibus testaceis nigricante 

 subnotatis, femoribus anticis nigris basi testaceis, tibiis anticis nigris, 

 tarsis anticis niveis, posticis albidis ; alis subcinereis, fasciis duabus 

 indistinctis fuscescentibus. 



Female. Black, shining. Antennae ferruginous, third joint short, conical, 

 arista bare ; pectus slightly covered with cinereous tomentum ; legs 

 testaceous, with a few very indistinct blackish marks; fore femora 

 black, testaceous towards the base ; fore tibiae black ; fore tarsi snow- 

 white, black at the base ; hind tarsi whitish ; wings greyish, with two 

 almost obsolete brownish bands ; discal transverse vein parted by less 

 than its length from the border and by about four times its length 

 from the praebrachial transverse. Length of the body 5 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



Gen. Caediacephala, Macq. 



157. Cardiacephala. DEBiLis, U.S. FcEOT. Tcstacea, gracilis ; thoracc 

 linea transversa interrupta nigra ; pedibus anticis parvis, posterioribus 

 longis, tarsis albis brevissimis, tibiis anterioribus piceis ; alis limpidis 

 apice cinereis, fascia lata pallide lutea. 



Female. Testaceous, slender. Vertex somewhat luteous ; third joint of 



