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the hind margin ; with one long and several short spurs. Fore metatarsi three- 

 fourths as long as the tibia and almost as thick near the base, one fourth as 

 thick as long; second tarsal joint twice as long as broad and nearly as long 

 as the metatarsus; following joints also distinctly thickened, wings long and 

 slender, especially toward apex; costal vein extending to the middle of the 

 wing, its bristles short and closely placed ; first costal division one half longer 

 than the second ; third one-third as long as the second, the furcation of the 

 third vein acute ; fourth vein curved near base, and straight beyond ; fifth 

 and sixth sinuate, nearly straight ; seventh distinct, nearly straight. Halteres 

 dull, light yellow, infuscated on the apex of the knob. 



Two males, Depok, Java, October, 1909, and Samarang, Java, 

 June, 1909 (Jacobson). 



This species could not be confused with any others having the 

 fore metatarsi enlarged as it has the hind tibiae biseriate and neither 

 the antennae nor palpi are enlarged. 



Aphiochgeta canaliculata new species. PI. XIII, fig. 6. 



Male. — Length 2 mm. Piceous black, incisures of the legs, front tibia 

 and tarsi, and middle tibiae at apex, light yellow ; tip of hind tibias and the 

 middle and hind tarsi deeper yellow ; palpi dull yellow ; hypopygial lamella 

 yellow. Wings tinged with brownish, veins piceous. Front slightly broader 

 than high, its surface slightly pollinose but shining. Frontal bristles very 

 long and well developed ; ocellar tubercle and median frontal groove present ; 

 four post-antenna! bristles of nearly uniform size, the lower ones two-thirds 

 as far from the median line as the upper ; inner bristle of next row on a level 

 with the lower post-antennal bristle, outer one level with the upper post-an- 

 antennal ; four equidistant bristles in next row, forming a line curving down- 

 ward medially. Postocular cilia large and stout ; cheeks with two or three 

 stout bristles followed by a series of smaller ones extending to the base of the 

 antennas. Antennje slightly enlarged, the arista distinctly pubescent, slightly 

 over twice as long as the height of the front. Palpi stout, slightly swollen, 

 with very strong bristles near the apex. Mesonotum shining, its lateral bristles 

 weak, about five in number ; no dorsocentral bristles although there is a strong 

 bristle at each posterior angle and a row of six bristly hairs near the base of 

 the scutellum. Scutellum almost semicircular, with two long marginal bristles. 

 Propleura shining, bare, except for five or six rather strong upwardly directed 

 bristles near the spiracle and three strong downwardly directed ones just 

 above the insertion of the coxa ; mesopeura above with a patch of about eight 

 coarse, bristly hairs. Abdomen with the second and sixth segments very slightly 

 elongated ; upper surface sparsely clothed with short, stiff hairs, more abun- 

 dant at the sides. Hypopygium small, not inflexed, the lamella broad. Legs 

 moderately long and slender, densely hairy ; front tibiae with long hairs ex- 

 ternally, but no setulse, their tarsi slender ; middle tibiae with about six fine 

 setulse inside the hind edge and an equal number of smaller ones on the basal 

 half outside the edge, one long spur ; hind tibiae with a single row of about a 



