Die Alten der Platystominen. ^"^ 



styliform at the tip, not longer than tlie thorax, with tAvo l)lack bands, 

 of which the second is apical. Tarsi white towards the base. Whigs 

 cinereous, with foiir black bands; Ist band incomplete hindward, bent 

 inward an dilated in front, where it is accompanied by some little trans- 

 verse black streaks; 2nd and 3rd bands transversely streaked with yel- 

 lowish in front: 4th band angular in front, and extending along the costa 

 to the tip of the wing; veinsblack; discal transverse vein nearly straight, 

 parted by one-fourth of its length from the border, and by much morc 

 than its length from the praebrachial transverse vein; halteres pale 

 yellowish. Length of the body G lines; of the wings 12 lines." 



29. Euprosojyia hasalis Walker. 

 Platystoma basale Walker. Proc. Linn. Soc. LoncL, Vol. IV, p. 148, 175 (1860). 



9, Celebes, Makessar. 



„Cinereous; head white about the eyes and beneath, and with 

 3 whitish lines on the front; epistoma not prominent; proboscis large; 

 antennae black towards the base, not near reaching the epistoma; 3nd 

 Joint elongate-conical, about twice the length of the 2nd; arista plumose; 

 thorax with indistinct brown stripes, and on each side with black shining 

 testaceous-bordered spots; scutellum black, shining, with a cinereous 

 stripe: abdomen cinereous-black. oval, tawny on each side at the base, 

 a little shorter and narrower than tlie thorax: bind borders of the Seg- 

 ments whitish; legs black; tibiae an fore femora with a whitish band 

 on each; wings slightly greyish, with several irregulär transverse blackish 

 marks near the base, with a broad exterior blackish band, which is 

 dilated and contains a wiiitish streak towards the costa and with an 

 irregulär subapical blackish band; veins black; discale transverse vein 

 nearly straight and upright, parted by more than half its length from 

 the border, and by nearly twice its length from the praebrachial trans- 

 verse; halteres white. Length of the body 2^, lines; of the wings 

 41/2 lines." 



30. Ettprosojna producta W^alker. 

 Platystoma productum Walker, Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond., Vol. V, p. 293 (1861). 



9, Batchian, Molukken-Insel. 



„Cinereous black, stout, elongate. Head luteous, brighter above 

 than in front, white beliind and about the eyes; a ferruginous point on 

 each side of the vertex; face with a black stripe between the white groo- 

 ves for the antennae. Antennae tawny, a little more than half the length 

 of the face; 3rd Joint linear, slender, füll six times the length of the 

 2nd; arista simple, füll twice the length of the 3rd Joint. Thorax with 

 four slender cinereous stripes; sides and pectus also cinereous: humeral 

 calli tawny. Abdomen a little shorter and narrower than the thorax, 

 reddish on each side and beneath: oviduct black short. Posterior femora 



