28 MB. walkee's catalogue or DIPTEROUS insects 



half its length from the border. Alulae greyish. Length of the body 2f 

 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 

 Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet. 



94. Aeicia patttla, n. s., mas. Nigra sat lata, antennis, thoracis lateribus, 

 abdomine pedibusque fulvis, abdominis apice tarsisque nigris, alis cinereis. 



Male. Black, rather broad. Eyes bright red. Antennae, sides of the thorax, 

 scutellum, abdomen and legs tawny. Abdomen hardly longer than broad, 

 black towards the tip. Tarsi black. Wings and alulae grey ; veins black, 

 tawny towards the base ; cubital and prgebraehial veins diverging for more 

 than two-thirds of their length from the praebrachial transverse, parallel 

 from thence to their tips ; discal transverse vein very oblique, curved 

 inward near its hind end, parted by more than half its length from the 

 border, and by very little more than its length from the praebrachial trans- 

 verse vein. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Singapore. 



Subfani. Helomyzides, Fallen. 



Gen. Xarnuta, n. g. (Plate I. fig. 4.) (J*yt>*fa(aM.] 



Helomyzce affinis ; mas et fcem. Corpus sat latum. Antennarum articu- 



p£cvm*ri<K j lus 3" s linearis ; arista -sttdftr Femora antica subtus tenuiter spinosa. Alee 



i latiusculae. 



Allied to Helomyza. Male and Female. Body rather broad. Third joint 



/ 'tk zLfd ' °^ ^ ne an tenn£e linear, rounded at the tip ; arista bare. Fore femora with 



HLhav^Vv^v / slender spines. Wings somewhat broad; discal transverse vein slightly 



— 2. 2.0c. i sr. 5^7 -oblique, parted by much less than half its length from the border, and by 



about its length from the praebraehial transverse vein. 



95. Xaknuta leucotelus, n. s., mas et fcem. Ferrugineo-fulva, antennis 

 testaceis, pedibus fulvis, alis nigro-fuscis apice albis, margine postico sub- 

 cinereo. — Foem. Abdominis apice nigro. 



Male and Female. Ferruginous tawny, with black bristles. Head rather 

 paler. Antennae testaceous ; arista black. Legs tawny ; fore femora with 

 black spines beneath. Wings blackish-brown, greyish along the hind border 

 for more than half the breadth and less than half the length from the base ; 

 extreme tips white ; veins black. Alulae whitish testaceous. 



Female. Tip of the abdomen black. Length of the body 3£ lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



Singapore. 



Gen. Helomyza, Fallen. 



96. Helomyza intereuns, n. s., mas. 'Fulva, capite metathorace pectore 

 pedibusque testaceis, abdominis maculis transversis nigricantibus, tarsis 

 ferrugineis, alis subeinereis apices versus et apud venam transversam dis- 

 calem fuscis. 



Male. Tawny with black bristles. Head, mctathorax, pectus, legs and hal- 

 teres testaceous. Abdomen with a transverse blackish mark on the disk of 

 each segment towards the tip. Tarsi somewhat ferruginous. Wings 

 slightly greyish ; tips brown, which hue is darkest in front ; veins tawny, 



