38 ME. walker's CATALOaUE Or DIPTER0TJ8 INSECTS, 



base and at tlie tips ; fore tarsi and liind tarsi whitish. Wings very slightly 

 greyish, with three limpid spots forming a cm-ved band near the tips which 

 are also limpid ; veins black. Length of the body 3^-4 lines ; of the wings 

 5-6 Hnes. 

 Singapore and Mount Ophir. 



Gen. Nerifs, Wied. 



123. Nerius fuscipennis, Macq. Dipt. JExot. ii. 3. 241. 1. pi. 325. f. 5. 

 Singapore and Mount Ophir. Inhabits also Java and the Philippine Islands. 



Gen. Texara, n. g. {Plate II. Jiff. 5.) 



Fmm. Corj;?« gracile, non setosum. Cap^i^subproductmn; faciesbrevis. Antennm 

 epistoma attiugcntes ; articulus 3"' clavatus ; arista pubescens, subapicaUs. 

 Thorax subfiisiformis. Abdomen lanceolatum, thorace angustius et dupl6 

 longius. Pedes postici longi, femoribus incrassatis serratis, tarsis anticis sub- 

 dilatatis. Alee angustse. 



Female. Body slender, without bristles. Head slightly produced, as broad as 

 the thorax ; face short ; epistoma not prominent. Antennse extending to the 

 epistoma ; third joint clavate ; arista miniitely pvibescent, seated near the tip 

 of the third joint. Thorax siibfusiform. Abdomen lanceolate, narrower than 

 the thorax and about twice its length. Anterior legs moderately long and 

 stout ; fore tarsi shghtly dilated ; hmd legs long ; hind femora incrassated, 

 serrated beneath ; hind tibise shghtly curved. Wings narrow ; subcostal vein 

 not extending to one-thu'd of the length of the wing ; mediastinal vein not 

 extending to half the length ; i-adial extending to a httle beyond three-quarters 

 of the length ; cubital ending at very httle in front of the tip of the wing ; 

 discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than its length from the 

 border, and by abovit thrice its length from the prsebrachial transverse. 



123. Texaea compeessa, n. s., fcem. Nigi'a, capite nigro-cyaneo subtiis cano, 

 antennis piceis, ai'ista albida, ahs subcinereis, halteribus albidis. 



Female. Black. Head bluish-black, with hoary tomentum beneath. Antennee 

 piceous ; arista whitish. Wuigs greyish ; veins black. Halteres whitish. 

 Length of the body 5 hnes ; of the wings 6 hnes. 



Singapore. 



Description or Plates I. and II. 



Ohs. All the figiires are more or less magnified, and the outhne-details comprise 

 the side and front views of the head, antennae, and base of the wings. 



Plate I. 



Fiff.l. 3Iassici/ta hicolor ; la, head seen sideways; lb, the head seen in 

 fi'ont ; 1 (?, antenna. 



Fig. 2. Zamhesa Ocypterdides ; 2 a, head sideways ; 25, ditto m front ; 2 c, an- 

 tenna. 



Fig. 3. Xangelina hasiguUa ; 3«, head sideways ; 36, ditto in front ; 3(?, an- 

 tenna ; 3(?, base of the wing. 



Fig. 4. Xarmda leucotehts ; 4a', head sideways; 4J, ditto in front; 4(7, an- 

 tenna; 4 c?, base of wing. 



