COLLECTED AT DOEEY, NEW GUIKEA. 247 



rotundus ; arista pubescens, apice nuda. Abdomen longiconicum. Pedes 

 robusti ; tibiae posticae subarcuatae ; metatarsi postici sat crassi. Alee 

 sat amplae. 



Blale, Body moderately broad. Head as broad as the thorax, flat above. 

 Eyes bare. Epistoma not prominent. Mouth and palpi small. An- 

 tenna; very short ; 3rd joint large, round ; arista pubescent except 

 near the tip. Abdomen elongate-conical. Legs rather stout ; hind 

 tibiae shghtly curved ; hind metatarsi rather thick. Wings rather 

 ample ; subcostal and mediastinal veins united, ending at rather before 

 half the length of the wing ; radial vein ending at about four-fifths of 

 the length ; cubital and praebrachial veins parallel to each other ; discal 

 transverse vein straight, ending at about twice its length from the 

 praebrachial transverse and from the border. 



This genus seems to unite the Borborides with the Oscinides. 



59. CoTAMBA FUMiFERA, n. s. Mas. Nigra, nitcns, pubcsceus, capitc 

 antennis tarsisque rufescentibus, pedibus pubescentibus, alis nigrican- 

 tibus costa pubescente. 



Male. Black, shining; body, legs, and costa of the wings pubescent; 

 head, antennae, and tarsi reddish ; wings blackish, rather paler towards 

 the exterior border ; veins black. Length of the body 2^ lines; of 

 the wings 6 lines. , 



Subfam. Oetalides, Haliday. 

 Gen. Lampbogaster, Macg. 



60. Lamprogaster marginifera. Walk. See vol. ii. p. 111. 



61. Lamprogaster patula, n. s. Fcem. Testacea, latiuscula, ca- 

 pite nigro fasciato, oculis albido cinctis, antennis brevissimis, arista 

 subplumosa, scutello bispinoso, abdomine supi-a purpureo, alis sub- 

 lurido-cinereis. 



Female. Testaceous, rather broad ; head rather narrower than the tho- 

 rax, whitish about the eyes, with a band above the antennae and facia- 

 lia blackish ; antennae hardly more than half the length of the epi- 

 stoma ; arista minutely plumose ; scutellum with two short stout 

 spines ; abdomen purple ; base, oviduct, and underside testaceous ; 

 wings cinereous, with a slight lurid tinge ; veins testaceous ; discal 

 transverse vein hardly curved, not oblique, parted by less than half its 

 length from the border, and by more than its length from the prae- 

 brachial transverse, which is black and stout. Length of the body 7 

 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. 



62. Lamprogaster costalis, n. s. Mas et Foem, Piceo -nigra, ca- 

 pite halteribusque testaceis, oculis albido cinctis, arista nuda, thorace 

 vittis duabus cinereis, abdomine obscure rufo, ventre jjcdibusquc tes- 

 taceis, alis subcincreis fuscescente transverse trilincatis. 



Male and Female. Piceous black, shining; head testaceous, whitish 



