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femoribus anterioribus testaceis apice nigris, posticis basi testaceis, alis sub- 

 cinereis. 



Male and Female. Chalybeous black, slender. Antenna? of the male piceous, 

 of the female tawny. Abdomen with three dull interrupted testaceous 

 bands, slightly compressed for three-quarters of the length in the male. 

 Legs black ; anterior femora testaceous with black tips ; hind femora tes- 

 taceous at the base. Wings greyish ; veins and stigma black. Halteres 

 testaceous. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



Singapore. 



65. Syephus teiligattts, n. s., mas. Flavus gracilis, antennis fulvis, thoracis 

 disco chalybeo-nigro, pectore et metathorace nigris, abdominis fasciis qua- 

 tuor latis quatuorque angustis nigris, femoribus po&ticis nigro late fasciatis, 

 tibiis tarsisque posticis nigris, alis subcinereis. 



Male. Pale yellow, rather slender. Antenna? tawny. Disk of the thorax 

 chalybeous black. Pectus and metathorax mostly black. Abdomen with 

 eight black bands which are alternately broad and narrow. Hind femora 

 with a broad black band ; hind tibia? and hind tarsi black. Wings greyish ; 

 stigma brown ; veins black. Halteres pale testaceous. Length of the body 

 4£ lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Mount Opliir. 



Tarn. MUSCnXE, Latr. 

 Subfam. Tachlnides, Walk. 

 Gen. Echinohyia, Dimeril. 



66. Echinomtta brevipennis, n. s., mas. Nigra, capite antice albo, fronta- 

 Hbus ferrugineis, scutello abdominisque fasciis testaceis, alis subcinereis 

 parvis basi limpidis. 



Male. Black, stout. Head white, with white hairs beneath ; front and vertex 

 black, shining ; frontalia ferruginous, slightly widening from the vertex to 

 the antenna? ; epistoma slightly prominent. Antenna? extending to two- 

 thirds of the length of the face ; 3rd joint truncated, not much longer than 

 broad, much broader and shorter than the 2nd ; arista stout, tapering from 

 its two indistinct basal joints, full twice the length of the 3rd joint. Scu- 

 tellum testaceous. Abdomen elongate- oval, longer than the thorax. Wings 

 greyish, rather short, limpid towards the base; veins black, testaceous 

 towards the base ; pra?brachial vein forming a very slightly acute angle at 

 its flexure, near which it is very deeply curved inward, and is thence straight 

 to its tip which joins the tip of the costal ; discal transverse vein straight, 

 parted by much less than its length from the border, and by little more 

 than half its length from the flexure of the pra?brachial. Alula? greyish, 

 with testaceous borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet. 



Gen. Tachina, Fabr. 



67. Tachixa Ophieica, n. s., fcem. Cinerea, latiuscula, capite argenteo, fron- 



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