38 me. walkee's catalogue or dipteeous insects. 



base and at the tips ; fore tarsi and hind tarsi whitish. Wings very slightly 

 greyish, with three limpid spots forming a curved band near the tips which 

 are also limpid ; veins black. Length of the body 3£-4 lines ; of the wings 

 5-6 lines. 

 Singapore and Mount Ophir. 



Gen. Neeitjs, Wied. 



122. Nerius fuscipennis, Macq. Dipt. Fxot. ii. 3. 241. 1. pi. 325. f. 5. 

 Singapore and Mount Ophir. Inhabits also Java and the Philippine Islands. 



Gen. Texaea, n. g. (Plate II. jig. 5.) 



Feem. Corjwsgraeile, nonsetosum. Caput subproductum ; facies brevis. Antenna 

 epistoma attingentes ; articulus 3 US clavatus ; arista pubescens, subapicalis. 

 Thorax subfusiformis. Abdomen lanceolatum, thorace angustius et duplo 

 longius. Pedes postici longi, femoribus incrassatis serratis, tarsis anticis sub- 

 dilatatis. Alee angustae. 



Female. Body slender, without bristles. Head slightly produced, as broad as 

 the thorax ; face short ; epistoma not prominent. Antennae extending to the 

 epistoma ; third joint clavate ; arista minutely pubescent, seated near the tip 

 of the third joint. Thorax subfusiform. Abdomen lanceolate, narrower than 

 the thorax and about twice its length. Anterior legs moderately long and 

 stout ; fore tarsi slightly dilated ; hind legs long ; hind femora incrassated, 

 serrated beneath ; hind tibiae slightly curved. Wings narrow ; subcostal vein 

 not extending to one-third of the length of the wing ; mediastinal vein not 

 extending to half the length ; radial extending to a little beyond three-quarters 

 of the length ; cubital ending at very little in front of the tip of the wing ; 

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

 border, and by about thrice its length from the praebrachial transverse. 



123. Texaea compeessa, n. s., fcem. Nigra, capite nigro-cyaneo subtus cano, 

 antennis piceis, arista albida, alis subcinereis, halteribus albidis. 



Female. Black. Head bluish-black, with hoary tomentum beneath. Antennae 

 piceous; arista whitish. Wings greyish; veins black. Halteres whitish. 

 Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Singapore. 



Desceiption of Plates I. and II. 



Obs. All the figures are more or less magnified, and the outline-details comprise 

 the side and front views of the head, antennae, and base of the wings. 



Plate I. 



Fig.l. Massicyta bicolor; la, head seen sideways; 15, the head seen in 

 front; lc, antenna. 



Fig. 2. Zambesa Ocypteroides ; 2 a, head sideways ; 25, ditto in front ; 2 c, an- 

 tenna. 



Fig. 3. Xangelina basigutta ; 3 a, head sideways ; 35, ditto in front ; 3 c, an- 

 tenna ; 3d, base of the wing. 



Fig. 4. Xarnuta leucotelus; 4<a, head sideways; 45, ditto in front; 4c, an- 

 tenna ; 4d, base of wing. 



