COLLECTED AT SIXOAPORE AND MALACCA. 7 



Fam. STEATIOMID^, Holiday. 

 Gen. Ptilocera, Wied. 



9. Ptilocera quadridentata, Fair. Syst. Antl. 86. 33. (Stratiomys.) 

 Malacca and Singapore. Inhabits also Java, Sumatra, and the Philippino 



Islands. 



Gen. Stratiomys, Geoffroy. 



10. Stratiomys Lutatius, Walk. Cat. Dipt. pt. 3. 532. 

 Malacca. 



Gen. Clitellaria, Meigen. 



11. Clitellaria bivittata, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 79. 5. (Stratiomys.) 

 Singapore. Inhabits also Java and Sumatra. 



12. Clitellaria varia, Walk. Cat. Dipt. 2nd Ser. pt. 1. 63. 

 Malacca. Inhabits also Java. 



13. Clitellaria flaviceps, n. s., foem. Nigra, capite flavo, thorace cinereo 

 trivittato, scutello bispinoso, abdomine purpureo-cyaneo, ahs cinereis apud 

 costam nigricantibus. 



Female. Black. Head pale yellow. Antennae a little shorter than the thorax. 

 Thorax a little narrower in front, with three grey stripes. Scutellum with 

 two stout spines. Abdomen purplish blue ; disk beneath hoary. Wings 

 dark grey, blackish along the costa; veins black. Halteres whitish. 

 Var. /3. Smaller. Spines of the scutellum and tarsi whitish, with black 

 tips. Length of the body 2£-3i lines ; of the wings 5-7 lines. 



Singapore. 



Gen. Cyclooaster, Macquart. 



14. Cyclogaster radians, n. s., fcem. Nigra, capite nitido, antennis fulvis 

 arista albida, thorace cinereo radiis quinque nigris, abdomine subrotundo, 

 tarsis albidis, ahs cinereis. 



Female. Black, rather broad. Head shining. Antennae tawny, with a 

 pubescent white arista which is as long as the preceding part. Thorax 

 cinereous, with five black rays, three in front and one on each side. Scutel- 

 lum obconical, prominent. Abdomen nearly round, cinereous, with three 

 rows of black spots. Knees and the adjoining part tawny ; tarsi whitish. 

 Wings limpid ; veins testaceous. Halteres whitish. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Singapore. 



Gen. Phyllophora, Macquart. 



15. Phyllophora angtosta, n. s., mas. Nigra, angusta, sublinearis, antennis 

 setaceis basi fulvis, thorace producto cinereo -bivittato, pedibus testaceis, 

 femoribus posterioribus supra piceis, alis cinereis, venis halteribusque 

 fuscis. * 



Male. Black, narrow, nearly linear. Antennae setaceous, tawny towards the 

 base, a little longer than the head. Thorax elongated, with two cinereous 

 stripes. Scutellum with four very minute spines. Abdomen hardly broader 



