COLLECTED IN BATCHIAN, KAISAA, ETC. 299 



tips, and with two blackish bands ; 2nd baud very broad ; veins black ; 

 cubital and praebrachial veins slightly converging towards their tips ; 

 discal transverse vein parted by one-fourth of its length from the bor- 

 der, and by about four times its length from the praebrachial transverse 

 vein ; halteres white, with black knobs. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 6 lines. 



Subfam. Psilides, Walk. 



Gren. Micropeza, Ileig. 



99. Micropeza fragilis. Walk. See Vol. I. p. 3/. 



100. Micropeza prolixa, n. s. Masi Piceo-nigra, gracillima, ca- 

 pita antico palpisque fulvis, fronte atro guttata, antennis pedibusque 

 pallida luteis, his longissimis gracillimis, femoribus anticis, tarsis pos- 

 terioribus tibiisque piceis, tarsis anticis albis, alis nigricantibus, hal- 

 teribus piceis. 



Male ? Piceous black, very slender. Head in front, proboscis, and palpi 

 tawny ; a deep black dot on the front. Antennae pale luteous ; 3rd 

 joint conical. Thorax fusiform. Abdomen linear, longer and nar- 

 rower than the thorax. Legs pale luteous, very long and slender ; 

 fore femora, tibiae, and posterior tarsi piceous ; fore tarsi white. Wings 

 blackish, very narrow, darkest along the costa ; veins black ; cubital 

 and prgebrachial veins slightly converging tow ards the tips ; discal 

 transverse vein straight, parted by less than its length from the bor- 

 der, and by more than six times its length from the praebrachial trans- 

 verse vein ; halteres piceous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 6 lines. 



Geii. Nebiijs, Wied. 



101. Nerius duphcatus, Wied. See Vol. IIL p. 125. 



Subfam. Oscintdes, Haliday. 



Genus Cephaloconus, n. g. 



F(em. Corpus breviusculura, subconvexum. Caput thorace vixbrevius; 

 facies elongata, porrecta, conica ; peristoma minimum. Proboscis et 

 palpi brevissima. Antennae brevissimae, articulo 3° conico, arista nuda. 

 Scutellum productuni. Abdomen longiconicum, thorace paulo bre- 

 vius. Pedes breviusculi, tibiis tarsisque gracilibus. Alae mediocres. 



Female. Body rather short, slightly convex. Head nearly as long as 

 the thorax ; the face elongated, porrect, and conical ; peristoma very 

 small. Proboscis and palpi very short. Antennae very short ; 3rd 

 joint conical ; arista simple, slender, about four times the length of 

 the 3rd joint. Scutellum prominent. Abdomen elongate-conical, 



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