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black towards the tips ; transverse veins black. Discal transverse vein 

 clouded with brown, parted by much less than its length from the border, 

 and by much more than twice its length from the prajbrachial transverse 

 vein. Alulse wliitish. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 5 Unes. 

 Malacca. 



97. Helomtza exetjns, n. s., mas. Fvdva, capite antico, metathorace pectore 

 pedibusque testaceis, abdominis macidis transversis nigricantibus, tarsis 

 ferrugineis apice fuscis, aUs subcinereis macula apicibvisque fuscis. 



Very nearly aUiod to H. hiferenm. Male. Tavray. Head in front, meta- 

 thorax, pectus, legs and halteres testaceous. Abdomen with a transverse 

 blackisli mark on the disk of each segment. Tarsi ferruginous, with black 

 tips. Wings sUghtly greyish ; tips brown ; veins black, tawaiy at the base ; 

 a brown spot on the discal transverse vein, which is straight, slightly 

 oblique, parted by less than its length from the border, and by about thrice 

 its length from the discal transverse vein. Alulse wliitish. Length of the 

 body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4-5 lines. 



Mount Ophir. 



Siibfam. Lauxanides, Walk. 

 Gen. Lauxakia, Latr. 



98. Latjxania eucera, n. s., mas. Nigra cinereo-tomentosa, capite atro- 

 biguttato, antennis piceis longissimis, arista alba, abdomine pedibusque 

 fulvis, femoribus tibiisque nigro-fasciatis, alls subcinereis apud costam 

 subluridis. 



Male. Black, with greyish tomentum. Head with a deep black spot on each 

 side between the eyes. Proboscis didl tawny. Palpi black. Antennse 

 piceous ; 1st joint long ; 3rd slender, cyluidrical, longer than the 1st and 

 the 2nd together ; arista white, pubescent, longer than the 3rd joint. 

 Abdomen and legs tawiay ; femora and tibiae with black bands ; tarsi with 

 black tips. Wings greyish, slightly lurid along the costa ; veins black ; 

 discal transverse vein straight, slightly obhque, parted by less than its 

 length from the border, and by more than twice its length from the pra;- 

 bracliial transverse vem. Halteres tawny. Length of the body 2 lines ; 

 of the wings 4^ Unes. 



Singapore. 



99. Lattxania deteeeuns, n. s., foem. Nigra, nitens, antennis piceis, arista 

 nigi-a, tarsis anticis basi tibiisque tarsisque posterioribiis testaceis, aHs sub- 

 cinereis. 



Female. Black, shinhig, with black bristles. Antennce piceous ; 3rd joint 

 elongate-conical, much shorter than that of L. eucera ; arista black, pu- 

 bescent, full thrice the length of the 3rd joint. Fore tarsi at the base and 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi testaceous. Wings slightly greyish ; veins and 

 halteres testaceous ; discal transverse vein straight, ahnost upright, parted 

 by ahnost its length from the border and by nearly twice its length from the 

 prsebrachial transverse vein. Length of the body IJ Ime ; of the wings 

 3 Unes. 



Mount Oplifr, at the height of 4000 feet. 



