COLLECTED AT SINGAPOEE AND MALACCA. 19 



femoribus anterioribus testaceis apice nigris, posticis basi testaceis, alis siib- 

 cinereis. 



Ma2e and Female. Chalybeous black, slender. Antennae of the male piceoiis, 

 of the female tawaay. Abdomen with three dull mterrupted testaceous 

 bands, shghtly compressed for tliree-quarters of the length m the male. 

 Legs black ; anterior femora testaceous with black tips ; liuid femora tes- 

 taceous at the base. Wings greyish ; veins and stigma black. Halteres 

 testaceous. Length of the body 6 hues ; of the wings 12 hnes. 



Singapore. 



65. STEpnus TEILIGATTJS, n. s., mas. Flavus gracilis, antennis fidvis, thoracis 

 disco chaljbeo-nigro, pcctore et metathorace nigris, abdominis fasciis qua- 

 tuor latis quatuorque angustis nigris, femoribus posticis nigro late fasciatis, 

 tibiis tarsisque posticis nigi'is, alis subcinereis. 



Male. Pale yellow, rather slender. Antenna; tawniy. Disk of the thorax 

 chalybeous black. Pectus and metathorax mostly black. Abdomen with 

 eight black bands which are alternately broad and narrow. Hind femora 

 with a broad bla<;'k band ; huid tibise and hind tarsi black. Wings gi-eyish ; 

 stigma brown ; veins black. Halteres pale testaceous. Length of the body 

 4| lines ; of the wngs 9 lines. 



Mount Ophir. 



Fain. MUSCID.E, Latr. 

 Subiam. Taciiintdes, JValk. 



Gen. EcHiNOMYiA, Dumtril. 



66. EcHiNOMTiA BEEViPEXNis, n. s., mas. Nigra, capite antice albo, fronta- 

 Mbus ferrugineis, scutello abdominisque fasciis testaceis, aHs subcinereis 

 parvis basi limpidis. 



Male. Black, stout. Head white, with white hairs beneath ; front and vertex 

 black, shining ; frontalia ferruguious, shghtly widening from the vertex to 

 the antennae ; epistoma slightly prominent. Antennae extending to two- 

 thirds of the length of the face ; 3rd joint truncated, not much longer than 

 broad, much broader and shorter than tlie 2nd ; arista stout, tapering from 

 its two mchstinct basal joints, fuU twice the length of the 3rd joint. Scu- 

 tellum testaceous. Abdomen elongate-oval, longer than the thorax. Wings 

 greyish, rather short, hmpid towards the base ; veins black, testaceous 

 towards the base ; praebrachial vcui formuig a veiy shghtly acute angle at 

 its flexure, near which it is very deeply cm'ved inward, and is thence straight 

 to its tip which joms the tip of the costal ; discal transverse veui straight, 

 parted by much less than its length from the border, and by httle more 

 than half its length from the flexure of the praebrachial. Alulae greyish, 

 with testaceous borders. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 9 hnes. 



Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet. 



Gen. Tachina, Fahr. 



67. Tachitta Ophieica, n. s., fa3m. Cmerea, latiuscula, capite argenteo, fron- 



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