270 ME. walkee's catalogue of dipteeous insects 



Gen. CcENUEaiA, Walk. 



24. CcENURGiA REMiPES, Walk, (see Vol. IV. p. 164). Fam. Lutea, 

 gracilis, nitens, capite guttis tribus nigris, antennarum articulo 3° lan- 

 ceolato arista alba, thorace vittis duabus interruptis nigris, abdomine 

 lanceolate, femoribus compressis latiusculis apice nigris, tibiis tarsisque 

 piceis, alis liuido-cinereis. 



Female. Luteous, slender, shining. Head a little broader than the 

 thorax, with a black dot on the vertex and another on each side in 

 front. Third joint of the antennae compressed, lanceolate ; arista 

 white, stout, longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax with an interrupted 

 black stripe on each side. Abdomen lanceolate, nearly twice the 

 length of the thorax ; oviduct exserted. Legs long ; femora com- 

 pressed, rather broad, with black tips ; tibial and tarsi piceous. 

 Wings lurid cinereous ; veins black ; prsebrachial vein converging 

 outward towards the cubital vein ; discal transverse vein almost 

 straight, parted by nearly its length from the border, and by a little 

 more than twice its length from the prsebrachial transverse vein. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 5^ lines. 



Fain. HIPPOBOSCID^, Leach. 

 Gen. Oenithomyia, Olfers. 



25. Oknithomyia obscurata, n. s. Nigra, nitens, pedibus obscure 

 viridibus robustis setosis, alis obscure cinereis, venis anticis nigris 

 crassis. 



Black, shining. Legs dark green, robust, setose. Wings dark cinereous ; 

 costal veins black, thick. Length of the body 2^ lines; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



Tarn. NTCTERIBID^, Leach. 

 Gen. NycTEEiBiA, Latr. 



26. Nycteribia dubia ? Westw. Zool. Soc. Trans, i. p. 289. 

 Inhabits also the Philippine Islands. 



Catalogue of tlie Dipterous Insects collected in Batchian, Kaisaa 

 and Makian, and at Tidon in Celebes, by Mr. A. E. Wallace, 

 with Descriptions of New Species. By Francis Walkee, 

 Esq., P.L.S. 



[Eead Nov. 15th, I860.] 



JBatchian. 



Fam. STRATIOMID^, Haliday. 



Gen. Ptiloceea, Wied. 



1. Ptilocera quadridentata, Fabr. See Vol. I. j). 7- 



