154 MR. WALKER ON DIPTERA COLLECTED AT MAKESSAR. 



the tip, full thrice the length of the 2ud joint, which is rather long; 

 arista bare, slender, a little longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax short. 

 Abdomen pctiolated, oval and very convex hindvvard, concave beneath, 

 very much longer than the thorax. Legs moderately long. Wings 

 rather narrow. 



187. Callantra SMiEROiDES, n. s. Fceyn. Fulva, facie nigro-bigut- 

 tata, antennis testaceis, thoracis fascia, scutello, callis duobns hume- 

 ralibus, pectoris lituris duabus, abdominis fasciis duabus lituraque 

 siibapicali flavis, alis subcinereis apud costam fuscescentibus, halteribus 

 testaceis. 



Female. Tawny ; bead testaceous about the eyes ; face with a black dot 

 on each side; antennae testaceous, extending beyond the epistoma ; 

 thorax with two yellow humeral calli, and with a yellow baud which is 

 continued on each side of the i)ectus, the latter having a yellow mark 

 on each side hindward ; scutellum yellow ; abdomen with the hind 

 borders of the 1st and 2nd segments yellow; a yellow capitate sub- 

 apical mark, which is dilated on each side ; wings slightly grey, brown- 

 ish along the costa ; veins black, tawny towards the base ; a lurid 

 tinge along the subanal vein ; discal transverse vein oblique, nearly 

 straight, parted by less than half its length from the border, and by 

 more than its length from the prsebrachial transverse ; halteres testa- 

 ceous. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 7h lines. 



Gen. Aragara, n. g. 



Foem. Corpus angustum. Caput supra planum, thorace latius ; facies 

 valde retracta. Antenncs brevissimae ; articulus 3"^ subrotundus ; arista 

 nuda. Thorax longus, subcompressus. Abdomen ovatum, thorace 

 brevius. Pedes antici raptorii, coxis longissimis, femoribus incrassatis. 

 Alee sat angustse. 



Allied to Dacus. 



Female. Body naiTow. Head flat above, broader than the thorax ; face 

 much retracted. Antennae very short ; 3rd joint nearly round, a little 

 longer th.in the 2nd ; arista bare, slender. Thorax long, slightly com- 

 pressed. Abdomen oval, shorter but hardly broader than the thorax. 

 Fore legs raptorious ; coxae very long ; femora incrassated ; tibiae 

 shorter than the femora to which they are applied. Posterior legs 

 moderately long and stout. Wings rather narrow. 



188. Aragara crassipes, n. s. Fcem. Cinereo-nigra, capite cyaneo, 

 tarsis testaceis, alis cinereis, halteribus albis. 



Female. Black, slightly covered with cinereous tomentum ; head blue, 

 shining, luteous on eacli side in front ; antennae black ; thorax cine- 

 reous on each side; tarsi testaceous, with black tips; wings grey; 

 veins black ; prtebrachial vein and subanal vein very near each other 

 from the base to the discal transverse vein, which is straight and parted 



