10 MB. WALKEB' S CATALOGUE OF DIPTEROUS INSECTS 



lateribus pectoreque testaceis, pedibus posticis longiusculis sat validis, tibiis 

 posticis subarcuatis, alis subcinereis apice obscurioribus. 



Female., Blackish. Thorax somewhat gibbous ; sides and pectus testaceous. 

 Hind legs rather long and stout ; hind tibise somewhat curved. Wings 

 greyish, rather darker at the tips ; veins black. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 12 lines. 



Malacca. 



Subfam. Laphrites, Walk. 

 Gen. Laphria, Fair. 



24. Laphria Reinwardtii, Wied. Auss. Zweifi. i. 503. 7. 

 Malacca. Inhabits also Java and Sumatra. 



25. Laphria notabilis, n. s., mas et foem. Nigra, capite thoracisque maculis 

 quatuor transversis lateralibus auratis aut albis, abdominis lateribus albo- 

 maculatis, pedibus pallide flavis aut albis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsis- 

 que nigris, alis fuscis basim versus sublimpidis. 



Male and Female. Black. Head with pale gilded or white tomentum. Face 

 convex towards the epistoma. Mystax with a few black bristles. Proboscis 

 straight, porrect, linear. Third joint of the antennae slender, linear, about 

 twice the length of the 1st and 2nd together. Thorax with two transverse 

 marks on each side of gilded or white tomentum ; scutellum, sides of the 

 hind part of the thorax, and spots on the pectus of the same hue. Segments 

 of the abdomen with a white spot and a few black setae on each side. Legs 

 pale yellow or white, with hairs of the same hue and with a few black setae ; 

 coxa?, tarsi, and tips of the femora and of the tibise black. Wings dark 

 brown, almost limpid towards the base which is brown. Halteres pale 

 yellow or whitish. Length of the body 7-9 lines ; of the wings 14-18 lines. 



Malacca and Mount Ophir. 



26. Laphria Vulcanus, Wied. Auss. Zweifi. i. 514. 25. 

 Malacca. Inhabits also Java. 



27. Laphria alternans, Wied. Auss. Zweifi. i. 511. 20. 

 Singapore. Inhabits also Java. 



28. Laphria Orcus, n. s., foem. Nigra, nigro-hirsuta, scutello nigro-cyaneo, 

 abdomine pedibusque nigro-purpureis, alis nigricantibus areolarum discis 

 pallidioribus, halteribus albidis. 



Female. Black, with black hairs and bristles. Face slightly convex. Mystax 

 with numerous black bristles, extending over the whole surface. Scutellum 

 dark blue. Abdomen and legs dark purple, the latter with whitish hairs 

 on the coxse. Wings blackish ; disks of several of the areolets much paler ; 

 veins black. Halteres whitish. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 

 14 lines, 



Malacca. 



29. Laphria aurifacies, Macq. Dipt. Fxot. Suppl. hi. 22. 33, pi. 2. f. 5. 

 Singapore and Malacca. Inhabits also the Moluccas. 



30. Laphria elegans, Walk. Cat. Dipt. 2nd Ser. 551. 126. 

 Mount Ophir. Inhabits also Hindostan. 



