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Female. Purplish-black. Head dull black, white in front. Proboscis piceous. 

 Antennae black ; arista rather shorter than the thorax. Pectus white. Ab- 

 domen dark purple. Legs tawny ; tarsi and tips of the femora blackish. 

 Wings blackish, nearly limpid along the hind border, and at two-thirds of 

 the length with a nearly limpid band which extends from the hind border to 

 the cubital vein ; veins and halteres black ; fore branch of the prsebrachial 

 vein very deeply curved ; discal transverse vein almost straight. Length 

 of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Singapore. 



Fain. SYEPHIDJE, Leach. 

 Gen. Ceria, Fair. 



54. Ceria Javana, Wied. Auss. Zueijl. ii. 81. 1. 

 Malacca. Inhabits also Java. 



Gen. Eristalis, Latr. 



55. Eristalis Amphicrates, Walk. Cat. Dipt. pt. 3. 623. 

 Malacca. Inhabits also Hindostan, Java, and China. 



56. Eristalis niger ? Wied. Auss. Zweifi. ii. 183. 45. 

 Singapore. Inhabits also Java ? 



57. Eeistalis singttlakis, n. s., foam. Ater, arista nuda, pedibus posticis 

 subincrassatis, tibiis anterioribus basi testaceis, alis subcinereis apud costse 

 medium nigricantibus. 



Female. Deep black. Head shining in front. Arista bare. Legs shining j 

 hind femora rather thick ; hind tibise slightly dilated ; anterior tibiae pale 

 testaceous towards the base. Wings greyish, with a blackish tinge along 

 the middle of the costa ; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 8 lines. 



Singapore. 



Gen. Helophiltts, Meigen. 



58. Helophiltts insigknis, n. s., fcem. Nigricans, capitis lateribus anticis 

 pectorisque fasciis duabus testaceis, antennis ferrugineis, thoracis vittis qua- 

 tuor, scutello abdominisque fasciis tribus luteis, hujus marginibus subchaly- 

 beis, tibiis fulvis apice nigricantibus, alis subcinereis basi subluridis apud 

 costa? dimidium apicale fuscescentibus. 



Female. Blackish. Head pale testaceous on each side in front. Antennas 

 ferruginous. Thorax with four luteous stripes. Pectus with a testaceous 

 band on each side. Scutellum luteous. Abdomen with three luteous bands ; 

 1st broad, interrupted ; 2nd narrower than the 1st, broader than the 3rd ; 

 hind borders of the segments slightly chalybeous and shining. Tibise tawny, 

 with blackish tips. Wings slightly greyish, with a lurid tinge at the base, 

 and a slight brownish tinge along the costa beyond the middle ; veins black, 

 tawny towards the costa. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 8 lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



Singapore. 

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