COLLECTED AT SINGAPOEE AND MALACCA. 7 



Fam. STEATIOMIDiE, Haliday. 

 Gen. Ptilocera, Wied. 



9. Ptilocera quadridentata, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 86. 33. (Stratiomys.) 

 Malacca and Singapore. Inhabits also Java, Sumatra, and the Pliilippinc 



Islands. 



Geu. Stratiomys, Geoffroy. 



10. Stratiomys Lutatius, Walk. Cat. Dipt. pt. 3. 532. 

 Malacca. 



Geu. Clitellaria, Meigen. 



11. ClitcUaria bivittata, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 79. 5. (Stratiomys.) 

 Singapore. Inhabits also Java and Sumatra. 



12. CUteUaria varia, Walk. Cat. Dipt. 2nd Ser. pt. 1. 63. 

 Malacca. Inhabits also Java. 



13. Clitellaria flaviceps, n. s., fcem. Nigra, capite flavo, thorace cuiereo 

 trivittato, scutello bispmoso, abdomine pm-pm-co-cyanco, aUs cinereis apud 

 costam nigricantibus. 



Female. Black. Head pale yellow. Antenna; a httle shorter than the thorax. 

 Thorax a httle narrower in front, with three grey stripes. Scutellum with 

 two stout spines. Abdomen pm-phsh blue ; disk beneath hoary. Wings 

 dark grey, blackish along the costa ; veins black. Halteres whitish. 

 Var. /3. Smaller. Spines of the scutellum and tarsi whitish, with black 

 tips. Length of the body 2^3^ lines ; of the wmgs 5-7 hnes. 



Singapore. 



Gen. Cyclouaster, Macguart. 



14. Cyclogastee eadians, n. s., foem. Nigra, capite nitido, nntennis fulvis 

 arista albida, thorace cinereo radiis quinque nigris, abdomine subrotundo, 

 tarsis albidis, aUs cinereis. 



Female. Black, rather broad. Head shining. Antennee tawny, with a 

 pubescent white arista which is as long as the preceding part. Thorax 

 cinereous, with five black rays, three in front and one on each side. Scutel- 

 lum obconical, prominent. Abdomen nearly round, cinereous, with tlirco 

 rows of black spots. Knees and the adjoinmg part tawny; tarsi wliitisli. 

 Wuigs hmpid ; veins testaceous. Halteres wliitish. Length of the body 

 3 Imes ; of the wings 5 hnes. 



Singapore. 



Gen. Phyllophora, Macquart. 



15. Phyllophoea angtjsta, n. s., mas. Nigra, angusta, sublinearis, antennis 

 setaceis basi fulvis, thorace producto cinereo-bivittato, pedibus testaceis, 

 femoribus posterioribus supra piceis, alls cinereis, venis halteribusque 

 fuscis. 



Male. Black, narrow, nearly hnear. Antennte setaceous, tawny towards the 

 base, a Mttlc longer than the head. Thorax elongated, with two cinereous 

 stripes. Scutellum with four very minute spines. Abdomen hardly broader 



