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Male. Ochraceous, slender. Head black. Antennae black, ocliraceous 

 at the base, nearly as long as the thorax. Thorax very short, slightly 

 attennated in front. Abdomen broader hindvvard, with a black line 

 along each side fi-om the base to the middle ; tip black. Legs brown, 

 slender ; femora dull yellowish, with black tips ; tibia; and tarsi mi- 

 nutely setulose. Wings cinereous, with black veins, which have black 

 borders ; these are very broad along the costa, and thus the surface 

 appears to be reticulated ; halteres ochraceous, with black tips. Length 

 of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Gen. G-TMNOPLisTiA, Westio. 



6. Gymnoplistia melancholica, n. s. Mas et Foem. Nigra, ca- 

 pite subochraceo, pedibus piceo-nigris, alls cinereis. Mas. Abdo- 

 mine fasciis flavis, alis apud costam nigricantibus nigro bimaculatis. 

 Fcem. Alis, costa fasciisque tribus nigricantibus. 



■Male and Female. Black. Head dull ochraceous. Antennae brownish, 

 pale at the base, very broadly pectinated in the male. Abdomen of 

 the male with yellow bands, except towards the tip. Legs piceous 

 black. Wings cinereous ; veins black. Male. Wings blackish along 

 the costa and at the tips ; two black spots extending from the costa 

 to the disk. Female. Wings with the costa, the tips, and three broad 

 bands blackish ; 1st and 2nd bands connected. Length of the body 

 &-7 lines ; of the wings 13-14 lines. 



Nearly allied to G.fulviceps and to G. jurgiosa. 



Fam. STEATIOMID^, Raliday. 



Gen. Stratiomts, Geoffr. 



7. Strutiomys restricta, n. s. Mas. Nigra, antennis parvis basi 

 flavescentibus, thorace pectoreque subaurato toraentosis, scutello 

 spinis duabus flavescentibus, abdomine flavescente maculis quatuor 

 nigris angulatis subconvexis, pedibus flavescentibus, alis albide lim- 

 pidis. 



Male. Black. Antennae yellowish towards the base, shorter than half 

 the breadth of the head. Thorax and pectus with slightly gilded to- 

 mentum. Scutellum with two yellowish spines. Abdomen yellowish 

 green (in the living state), with four black, angular, nearly connected 

 spots. Legs yellowish. Wings whitish limpid; veins pale yellow. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



Gen. Saldtjba, Walk. 



8. Salduba gradiens, n. s. Fcem. Nigra, obscura, capite nitente, 

 antennis basi rufescentibus, thorace vittis duabus cinereis, abdomine 

 suturis apiceque nitentibus, pedibus rufescentibus, tibiis apice nigris, 

 tarsis albidis apice nigris, alis nigricantibus, halteribus rufescentibus. 



