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Female. Purplisli-black. Head dull black, white in front. Proboscis picoous. 

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

 domen dark piu-ple. Legs tawny ; tarsi and tips of the femora blackish. 

 Wuigs blackish, nearly limpid along the hind border, and at two-tliirds of 

 the length with a nearly limpid band wliich extends from the liind border to 

 the cubital vein ; veins and halteres black ; fore brancli of the prrebracliial 

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

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



Singapore. 



Fam. STEPHID^E, Leach. 

 Gen. Ceria, Fahr. 



54. Ceria Javana, Wied. Auss. Ziieif. 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 Chma. 



56. Eristahs nigcr ? Wied. Auss. Zweijl. ii. 183. 45. 

 Singapore. Inhabits also Java? 



57. Eristalis sixauLARis, u. s., fcem. Ater, arista riuda, pedibus posticis 

 subincrassatis, tibiis anterioribus basi testaceis, ahs subcinereis apud costs© 

 medium nigricantibus. 



Female. Deep black. Head shiiung in front. Arista bare. Legs shining ; 

 hind femora rather tliick ; hmd tibiae slightly dilated ; anterior tibiae jjale 

 testaceous towards the base. Wings gi'eyish, with a blackish tinge along 

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

 wings 8 lines. 



Singapore. 



Gen. Helopiiilus, 3Ieigen. 



58. Helophilus insignis, n. s., fcem. Nigricans, capitis lateribus anticis 

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

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

 beis, tibiis fulvis apice nigricantibus, aUs subcinereis basi subku-idis apud 

 costae dimidimn apicale fuscescentibus. 



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

 ferruginous. Thorax with fom- luteous stripes. Pectus with a testaceous 

 band on each side. ScuteUum luteous. Abdomen with tlu-ee luteous bands ; 

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

 hind borders of the segments slightly chalybeous and sliining. Tibiae tawny, 

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

 and a shght brownish tinge along the costa beyond tlie 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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