12 Mli. walker's catalogue of DIPTEBOUS INSECTS 



very few black bristles. Proboscis linear, more slender than that of i. radi- 

 calls. Third joint of the antennse hnear, a little longer than the 1st and 

 the 2nd, more slender than that of Z,. radicalis. Thorax with dull tawny 

 tomentmn ; pectus more cinereous. Abdomen more slightly tawny. Legs 

 with cinereous hairs and black bristles. Wings blackish, ahnost limpid 

 towards the base ; reins black. Halteres tawny. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 of the wings 9 hues. 

 Singapore. 



35. Lapheia fusifeea, n. s., foem. Nigra, cinereo-tomentosa, capite albido, 

 mystace nigro, antennarum articido 3° fusiformi, thoracis vittis duabus 

 pectoreque canis, abdomine apicem versus rufo, aUs subcinereis apud costse 

 dimidium apicale fuscescentibus. 



Allied to L. crassipes, Fabr. Fetnale. Blaek, with greyish tomentum. Head 

 whitish in fi'ont, with white hairs beneath ; face very convex towards the 

 epistoma. Mystax with a few black bristles. Proboscis obUque, ascending, 

 stout, straight, lanceolate. Tliird joint of the antennse fusiform. Thorax 

 with two hoary stripes ; sutures and pectus hoary. Abdomen pale red 

 towards' the tip which is compressed. Legs with whitish hairs and black 

 bristles. Wings greyish, brownish for half the breadth along the apical 

 half of the costa ; veins black. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the mngs 

 12 lines. 



Singapore. 



36. Lapheia sobeia, u. s., foem. Nigra, fidvo-tomentosa, caijite albo, 

 mystace nigro, abdominis apice glabro, tibiis ferrugineis, alis cmereis basi 

 subhmpidis. 



Female. Black. Face flat, with shuiing white tomentum. Mystax with a 

 few black bristles. Proboscis straight, slender, Hnear. Thorax and abdomen 

 with taMTiy tomentum, the latter bare and sliuiing towards the tip. Pectus 

 more cinereous. Tibise somewhat ferruginoiis. Wings dark cmereous, 

 almost hmpid towards the base ; veuis black. Halteres testaceous. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Singapore. 



37. Lapheia plais'a, n. s., mas. Nigra, ciucrco-tomentosa, capite albido, 

 mystace nigi-o, autemiarum articido 3" eUiptico, pedibus fidvis, alis cinereis, 

 halteribus albidis. 



Male. Black, with cinereous tomentum. Face whitish, flat. Mystax with 

 very few black bristles. Proboscis straight, porrect, shghtly lanceolate, 

 somewhat short. Tliird joint of the antennre elliptical, a httle shorter than 

 the 1st. Pectus hoaiy. Legs tawny. "Wings grey ; vems black. Halteres 

 whitish. Length of the body 4 hues ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Singapore. 



38. Lapheia imbellis, n. s., foem. Nigra, cinereo-tomentosa, capite albido, 

 mystace albo, antennis fulvis, thoracis strigis transversis quatuor lateralibus 

 vittisque tribus iutermetUis cauis, abdominis segmcntis maculis lateralibus 

 albidis, pedibus fusco-fulvis, ahs Hmpidis apice fuscis, halteribus albidis. 



Female. Black, with cmereous tomentum. Head with wliite hau-s beneath. 

 Face whitish, shghtly convex towards the epistoma. Mystax with a fev»L 



