28 ME. walker's catalogue or dipterous insects 



half its length from the border. Alulse greyish. Length of the body 25 

 hncs ; of the wings 5 Ihics. 

 Mount Oijhir, at the height of 4000 feet. 



94. Aeicia pattjla, n. s., mas. Nigra sat lata, antennis, thoracis lateribus, 

 abdomme pedibusque fiilvis, abdominis ai^ice tarsisque nigris, ahs cinereis. 



Male. Black, rather broad. Eyes bright red. Antennae, sides of the thorax, 

 scuteUimi, abdomen and legs tawny. Abdomen hardly longer than broad, 

 black towards the tip. Tarsi black. Wings and alulae grey ; veins black, 

 tawny towards the base ; cubital and prajbrachial veins diverging for more 

 than two-thirds of then- length from the praebrachial transverse, parallel 

 from thence to then' tips ; discal transverse vem very obUque, citrved 

 inward near its liind end, parted by more than half its length fi-oni the 

 border, and by vevy httle more than its length £i*om the prsebracliial trans- 

 verse vein. Length of the body 3| lines ; of the wings 7 hues. 



Singapore. 



Subfam. Helomyzides, FalJmi. 

 Geu. Xabnuta, u. g. {FJate ^.Jig. 4.) 



Selomyza aiSnis ; mas et faem. Corpus sat latum. Antennarum articu- 

 lus 3"^ luiearis ; arista nuda. Femora antica subtus tenuiter spuiosa. AIcb 

 latiusculse. 



Alhed to Selomyza. Male and Female. Body rather broad. Tlui-d joint 

 of the antennae Uuear, rounded at the tip ; arista bare. Fore femora with 

 slender spines. Wings somewhat broad ; discal transverse vein shghtly 

 obhque, parted by much less than half its length froin the border, and by 

 about its length from the praebrachial transverse vein. 



95. Xaenuta LEUCOTELrs, n. s., mas et fcem. Ferrugineo-fidva, antennis 

 testaceis, pedibus fvdvis, ahs nigro-fuscis apice albis, margme postico sub- 

 cinereo. — Fcjem. Abdomuais apice nigro. 



Male and Female. Ferruginous tawny, with black bristles. Head rather 

 paler. Antennae testaceous ; arista black. Legs tawny ; fore femora with 

 black spines beneath. Wmgs blackish-browii, gi'eyish along the liind border 



^ for more than half the breadth and less than haK the length from the base ; 

 extreme tips white ; veins black. Alulae wliitish testaceous. 



Female. Tip of the abdomen black. Length of the body 3^ lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



Singapore. 



Geu. Helomyza, Fallen. 



96. Helomyza inteeeuns, n. s., mas. Fulva, capita metathorace pectore 

 pedibusque testaceis, abdominis maciilis transversis nigi'icantibus, tarsis 

 ferrugineis, ahs subcinereis apices versus ct apud venam transversam dis- 

 calcm fuscis. 



Male. Tawny with blacli bristles. Head, metathorax, pectus, legs and hal- 

 tercs testaceous. Abdomen with a transverse blackish mark on the disk of 

 each segment towards the tip. Tarsi somewhat ferruginous. Wuigs 

 shghtly greyisli ; ti]is brown, which hue is darkest in fi'ont ; veins tawny. 



