COLLECTED IN BATCHIAN, KAISAA, ETC. 271 



Gen. Steatiomts, Oeoffroy. 



2. Stratiomys ^qualis, n. s. Foem. Cupreo-nigra, capite nigro 

 nitente antice rufescente, anteunis rufescentibus, thoracis lateribus 

 auratis, scutelli margine pectoreque flavis, hujus disco nigro, abdomi- 

 nis lateribus ventre pedibusque fulvis, femoribus tibiisque nigro fas- 

 ciatis, alis cinereis, costa fuscescentej halteribus pomaceis. 



Female. Cupreous black. Head black, shining, reddish in front, with 

 white tomentum about the eyes. Antennae reddish, lanceolate towards 

 the tips, shorter than half the breadth of the head. Sides of the tho- 

 rax gilded; scutellura bordered with yellow, armed with four small 

 spines ; pectus yellow, with a black disk. Abdomen black, shining, 

 tawny along each side and beneath. Legs tawny; femora and tibiae 

 with black bands. Wings cinereous, brownish along the costa ; veins 

 black ; halteres apple-green. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 7 lines. 



Geu. Clitellauta, Meigen. 



3. Clitellaria obesa, Walk. See p. 232. 



Gen. Massictta, Walk. 



4. Massicyta cerioides. Walk. See Vol. IIL p. 7B. 



Gen. Salduea, Walk. 



5. Salduba. hilaris, n. s. Mas et Foem. Nigra, gracilis, subline- 

 aris, antennis compressis subarcuatis basi fulvo variis, flagello line- 

 ar!, thorace vittis quatuor auratis, pedibus luteis, tarsis pallidiori- 

 bus, tibiis posticis nigris, alis cinereis apice obscurioribus, halteribus 

 pallidis. 



Closely allied to S, diphysoides, and apparently a local or sub-species. 



Male and Female. Black, slender, linear. Proboscis yellow, with a 

 black tip. Antennae compressed, slightly curved, nearly twice the 

 length of the breadth of the head ; scape fusiform, partly tawny ; 

 flagellum linear, acuminated, very much longer than the scape. Four 

 stripes on the thorax and border of the scutellum of gilded tomentum. 

 Legs luteous ; tarsi white or pale yellow, with black tips ; coxfc and 

 hind tibise black. Wings cinereous, darker towards the tips ; veins 

 black ; halteres white or pale yellow. Male. Smaller than the female ; 

 eyes more approximate but not contiguous. Length of the body 3-4^ 

 lines ; of the wings 5-8 lines. 



6. Salduba lugubris, n. s. Mas. Atra, gracilis, linearis, capite 

 nitente, antennis basi fulvis, flagello lineari, thorace vittis duabus 

 cinereis, tarsis albidis, alis nigricantibus. 



Male. Deep black, slender, linear. Head shining. Eyes approximate 



