10 MR. walker's catalogue of dipterous insects 



lateribus pectoreque testaceis, pedibus posticis longiusciilis sat validis, tibiis 

 posticis subarcuatis, alis subcinereis apice obscui-ioribus. 



Female. Blackish. Thorax somewhat gibboixs ; sides and pectus testaceous. 

 Hind legs rather long and stout ; liind tibiae somewhat cui'ved. Whigs 

 greyish, rather darker at the tips j veins black. Length of the body 5 lines j 

 of the wings 12 Imes. 



Malacca. 



Subfam. Laphrites, Walk. 

 Geu. Laphria, Fabr. 



24. Lapliria Remwardtii, Wied. Auss. Zweljl. i. 503. 7. 

 Malacca. Inhabits also Java and Sumatra. 



25. Lapheia notabilis, n. s., mas et foem. Nigra, capite thoracisquc macuHs 

 quatuor transversis laterahbus auratis aut albis, abdominis la^^ibus albo- 

 maculatis, pedibus paUide flavis aut albis, femoribus tibusque apice tarsis- 

 que nigris, ahs fuscis basim versus sublimpidis. 



Male and Female. Black. Head with pale gilded or white tomentum. Face 

 convex towards the epistoma. Mystax with a few black bristles. Proboscis 

 straight, porrect, hnear. Tliird jomt of the antennce slender, hnear, about 

 twice the length of the 1st and 2nd together. Thorax with two transverse 

 marks on each side of gilded or wliite tomentum ; scutellum, sides of the 

 hind part of the thorax, and spots on the pectus of the same hue. Segments 

 of the abdomen with a wliite spot and a few black setae on each side. Legs 

 pale yeUow or white, with hairs of the same hue and with a few black setae ; 

 coxae, tarsi, and tips of the femora and of the tibiae black. Whigs dark 

 brown, ahnost hmpid towards the base which is brown. Halteres pale 

 yellow or wliitish. Length of the body 7-9 hues ; of the wings 14-18 hnes. 



Malacca and Mount Opliu'. 



26. Lapliria Vulcanus, Wied. Auss. Zweiji. i. 514. 25. 

 Malacca. Inliabits also Java. 



27. Laphi'ia alternans, Wied. Auss. ZweiJl. i. 511. 20. 

 Singapore. Inhabits also Java. 



28. Lapheia Oectjs, n. s., foem. Nigra, nigro-lursuta, scutello nigro-cyaneo, 

 abdomme pedibusque nigro-pm-purcis, ahs nigricantibus areolarum discis 

 paUidioribus, halteribus albidis. 



Female. Black, with black hah-s and bristles. Face slightly convex. Mystax 

 with numerous black bristles, extenduig over the whole sm-face. Scutellum 

 dark blue. Abdomen and legs dark pm-ple, the latter with whitish hau-s 

 on the coxae. Wings blackish ; disks of several of the areolets much paler ; 

 veins black. Halteres whitish. Length of the body 8 Ihics ; of the wings 

 14 lines. 



Malacca. 



29. Laphria aiu-ifacies, Macq. Dipt. Fxoi. Suppl. iii. 22. 33. pi. 2. f. 5. 

 Suigapore and Malacca. Inhabits also the Moluccas. 



30. Laphria elegans. Walk. Cat. Dipt. 2nd Ser. 551. 126. 

 Mount Ophir. Inliabits also llmdoslan. 



