114 ME. walkeb's catalogue of dipterous insects 



3Iale and Female, Body covered with gilded tomentum. Mystax com- 

 posed of several slender black bristles. Antennse and legs black. Thii'd 

 joint of the antennse nearly linear, slightly aciimmated, hardly longer than 

 the 1st and the 2nd together. Abdomen bare, shining and blackish-purple 

 towards the tip. Legs rather stout ; tibiae luteous ; hind tibiae black 

 towards the tips. Wings blackish, shghtly greyish on nearly half tht 

 length from the base ; veins black, tawny at the base. Halteres tawny, 

 with brown knobs. 



Male. Face with white tomentum. 



Female. Face mth pale gilded tomentum. 



Length of the body 4|— 5 lines ; of the wings 8-9 Imes. 



53. Lapheia eudis, n. s., foem. Nigra, capite postico pectoreque cano- 

 tomentosis, facie fulva, thorace vittis duabus canis ; abdomine cyaneo- 

 nigro maculis laterahbus canis, ahs nigricantibus basi late subcinereis, 

 halteribus fulvescentibus. 



Male. Black. Head with hoai*y tomentum behind, tliickly clothed beneath 

 with testaceous hairs. Face tawny. Mystax composed of many black 

 bristles. Thorax with two hoary stripes. Pectus hoary. Abdomen bluish- 

 black, with hoary spots along each side. Legs stout, clothed with hoary 

 and pale testaceous hairs, and with black bristles. Wings blackish, shghtly 

 greyish for more than one-third of the length from the base ; veins black. 

 Halteres somewhat tawny. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 

 11 hues. 



54. Lapheia peoducta, n. s., mas. Atra vix pUosa, facie aureo-tomentosa, 

 pectore cano, abdomine longiusculo pimctis laterahbus canis, pedibus 

 crassis, aUs nigricantibus dimidio fere basali subcinereo, halteribus tes- 

 taceis. 



Male. Deep black, hardly pilose. Face with pale gilded tomentum. Mystax 

 with very few black bristles. Pectus with hoaiy tomentum. Abdomen 

 somewhat long, with minute hoary dots along each side. Legs tliick, 

 rather short. Wings blackish, greyish for nearly half the length from the 

 base ; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 4J lines ; of 

 the wings 7 hues 



55. Lapheia lepida, n. s., mas. Nigra aureo-pUosa, facie am-eo-tomentosa, 

 tliorace bivittato et bifasciato, abdomme aureo-rufo, pedibus crassis pilosis, 

 ahs nigricantibus triente basaU subcmereo, halteribus testaceis. 



Male. Black, clothed with gilded hairs. Face with gUded tomentiim. 

 Mystax with many gilded and with a few black bristles. Third jomt of 

 the antennse linear, conical at the tip, longer than the 1st and the 2nd 

 together. Thorax with two stripes and two bands of gUded tomentum. 

 Pectus gilded. Abdomen with golden-red tomentxim. Legs pilose ; femora 

 incrassated. Wings blackish, shghtly cinereous for faU one-tliird of the 

 length from the base ; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the 

 body 6 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



56. Lapheia completa, n. s., foem. Nigra fulvo-pilosa, facie pectoreque 

 aureo-tomentosis, abdominis apice glabro nigro-pm'pureo, pedibus robustis, 

 alls fuscis triente basali pallidiore, halteribus testaceis. 



