COLLECTED IN BATCHIAN, KAISAA, ETC. 278 



Gen. Obrapa, Walk. 



10. Obrapa perilampoides, Walk. See Vol. III. p. 82. 



11. Obrapa celyphoides, Walk. See "Vol. IV. p. 83. The descrip- 

 tion referred to here is incomplete ; and therefore the following cha- 

 racters are added : — 



F(Em. Atra, obscura, brevis, lata, capite nitente, antennis piceis basi 

 albidis, scutello et postscutello productis, abdomine impresso, tarsis 

 posterioribus luteis, alls limpidis nebula postica nigricante, halteribus 

 albis. 

 Female. Deep black, dull, short, broad, thick. Head shining, with 

 white tomentum in front. Antenna; piceous, whitish at the base. 

 Scutellum conical, very prominent ; the postscutelluui projecting be- 

 yond it, and forming a rim round its border. Abdomen shorter and 

 broader than the thorax, with impressions above, and with two deeper 

 excavations at the tip. Posterior tarsi luteous. Wings limpid ; veins 

 yellow, black for half the length from the base, with a blackish cloud 

 hindward. Halteres white. Length of the body 1^ line ; of the 

 wings 2| lines. 

 This species may be distinguished from 0. perilampoides by its narrower 

 body, b)' its dull coloui', by the very different shape of the scutellum, by 

 the cloud on the wings, and by the greater blackness of the veins. 



Gen. Chrtsomyia, Macq. 



12. Chrysomyia BiPARS, n. s, Mas. Laete cyanea, viridi varia, pro- 

 boscide pedibus halteribusque ])allide flavis, antennis abdomineque 

 pallida luteis, alis limpidis. 



Male. Bright blue, varied with green. Head a little broader than the 

 thorax. Proboscis and legs pale yellow. Antennae and abdomen pale 

 luteous, the former very small. Wings limpid; veins and halteres 

 jjale yellovA'ish. Length of the body I5 line ; of the wings 3 lines. 



Gen. Saegus, Fabr. 



13. Sargus concisus, n. s. Mas. La;te cyaneus, ore pedibusque 

 albidis, antennis rufescentibus, thoracis lateribus purpureo variis, ab- 

 domine ]nirpureo, femoribus tibiisque piceo variis, alis cinereis, hal- 

 teribus testaceis. 



Allied to S redhihens. 



Male. Bright blue. Eyes parted above by a very narrow interval. 



Mouth whitish. Antennae reddish ; 3rd joint round. Thorax varied 



with purple on each side. Abdomen bright purj)le. Legs whitish ; 



femora and tibiae ])artly piceous. Wings cinereous ; veins black ; 



halteres testaceous. Length of the body 4 3 lines; of the wings 8 



lines. 



14. Sargu.s TiniALi.s, n. s. Mas. Cupreo-purpureus, ore antennis pedi- 



