34 ME. walkee's catalogue of dipteeous insects 



transverse vein nearly straight and upright, parted by fidl one-foiu'th of 

 its length from the border, and by abovit its length from the prcebrachial 

 transverse which is midulating and very obUque. 



111. Stetjmeta confoemis, n. s., fcem. Cervina, thoracis vittis duabus, meta- 

 thorace et pectoris disco nigricantibus, pedibus testaceis, alis limpidis fiisco- 

 quadrifaseiatis. 



Female. Fawn-colour. Thorax with two blackish stripes. Metathorax and 

 disk of the pectxis blackish. Legs and halteres testaceous. Wmgs limpid, 

 pale brown along the costa, and with four pale brown bands ; 1st and 2nd 

 bands connected hindward; veins black, testaceous towards the base. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 



Singapore. 



Gen. Valonia, n. g. {Plate I. fig. 6.) 



Fcem. Corpus sat angustimi, pubescens. Caput antice subdilatatum. An- 

 tenncB breviusculse ; artieulus 3"^ longi-conicus ; arista pubescens. Abdomen 

 fusiforme, thorace paullo longius. Pedes sat robusti. Alee angustse, obscure, 

 maculis Umpidis. 



.Alhed to Platystoma. — Female. Body rather narrow, dull, pubescent. Head 

 as broad as the thorax, slightly dilated ia front ; epistoma not prominent. 

 Proboscis and palpi short. Antennae rather short, not reaching the epistoma ; 

 3rd joint elongate-conical ; arista pubescent. Abdomen fasifonn, a little 

 longer than the thorax. Legs rather stout, especially the huid pan-. Wings 

 narrow, dark with limpid spots ; subcostal vein ending at before one-third 

 of the length of the wing ; mediastinal ending at much beyond half the 

 length ; radial ending at a httle before thi-ee-quarters of the length ; cubital 

 and subanal hardly imdulating, the former ending at a Uttle in ffont of the 

 tip of the whig ; discal transverse vein straight and upright, parted by less 

 than half its length from the border, and by a httle less than its length from 

 the prsebrachial transverse. 



112. Valonia complicata, n. s., foem. Obsciu-e cinerea, capite testaceo, 

 thorace nigi'o-pimctato, abdomine guttis quatuor laterahbus albis tomen- 

 tosis subtus testaceo, pedibus frdvis, fomoribus posterioribus tibiisque 

 posticis uigris, aUs subciuereis guttis pluruuis limpidis. 



Female. Dark grey. Head and appendages testaceous. Thorax pmictm-ed 

 with black ; hmneral calli black, shining. Abdomen with two wliite tomen- 

 tous dots on each side ; underside testaceous. Legs tawny ; posterior femora 

 black, with tawny tips ; lund tibiee blackish except at the base. Wuigs 

 greyish, with vei'y nimierous Kmpid dots, blackish and without dots along 

 more than half the length of the costa ; veins black. Halteres testaceous. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Malacca. 



Gen. SoPHiEA, n. g. {Plate II. fig. 1.) 



Foem. Corpus sat angustum, pubescens. Caput thorace paull6 angustius. 

 Antennarum articidus 3"" longiuaculus, sublanceolatus ; arista plumosa. 



