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two blackish-brown bands ; the 1st broad, basal, not extending beyond half 

 the breadth from the costa ; the 2nd narrow, entire, near the 1st ; veins 

 black ; discal transverse vein straight and upright, parted by one-tliu'd of 

 its length from the border, and by very much more than its length from the 

 prffibrachial transverse vein. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 

 2i hues ; of the wings 5 lines. 

 Singapore. 



Gen. Xakgeliista, n. g. {Plate l-fg- 3.) 



Feem. Corpus latiuscidimi, parce setosiun. Caput antice siibcLilatatum ; facies 

 magna. Antennm breves ; articulus 3"^ longi-conicus ; arista longa, gracihs, 

 plumata. Ahdomen brevi-ovatum, thorace non longius. Pedes breviuscidi. 

 AlcB mediocriter latse ; vente rectte. 



Female. Body rather broad, with a few bristles. Head somewhat dilated in 

 front ; face large. Antennae short ; 3rd joint elongate-conical ; arista long, 

 slender, plumose. Abdomen short-oval, not longer than the thorax. Legs 

 rather short. Wings moderately broad ; subcostal vein extending to about 

 one-foiu-th of the length of the wing ; mediastinal extending a httle beyond 

 the subcostal ; radial ending at about seven-eighths of the length ; cubital 

 ending at the tip ; cubital and prsebrachial almost parallel beyond the discal 

 transverse vein, which is straight and upright, and parted by very much 

 more than its length from the praebracliial transverse, and by much less 

 than its length from the border. 



107. Xangelina basigutta, n. s., fcem. Testacea, scuteUo fusco, abdomine 

 fiilvo, ahs subcinereis gutta costaU nigra venis transversis nigro-sublim- 

 batis. 



Female. Testaceous. Proboscis partly brownisli. Scutclliun bro\^^^. Abdo- 

 men tawny. Wings slightly gi-eyish ; vems black ; a black dot at the tij) 

 of the subcostal vein ; transverse veins slightly clouded with black. 

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 4 lines. 



Malacca. 



Gen. Plattstoma. 



108. Plattstoma eigida, n. s., mas. Ferragineo-fusca, capite subtus albo, 

 anteunis piceis, pectore albido, pcdibus nigris, ahs nigricantibus albo con- 

 fertim at interrupte guttatis. 



Male. Ferniginous-brown, tomentose. Head white behind and beneath, fer- 

 ruginous and sinning in front. Antennse ]>iceous ; arista shghtly phunose. 

 Pectus whitish. Legs black. Wings blackish, thickly studded with white 

 dots, which disappear at the base and on an undidating band beyond the 

 middle ; veins black. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 hues. 



Singapore. 



109. Plattstoma stellata, n. s., mas. Cincreo-nigra, capite subtus albido, 

 antennis fulvis, facie abdominis apice pcchbusque nigris nitentibus, alls 

 obscure cinereis guttis confertis at interruptis limpidis. 



Male. Cinereous-black, tomentose. Head sliimng black in front, whitish 

 behind and beneath. Antennae tawny. Abdomen shining black at the 



