98 STRATIO.MilU,*. 



65. Xylomyia flavipes, Dol. 



Snbula Jlavipes, Doleschall, Nat. Tijd. Ned. lud. xvii, p. 85 (1858). 

 Xylomyia Jlavipes, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. xMus. i, ]>. 87 (1907). 



Head with h'ons one-sixth width of head, barely w ider on lower 

 ])art than at vertex, black, with a little bright yellow pubescence 

 and some whitish pubescence just above antennae ; face blacli, 

 with a little whitish pubescence, more conspicuous near eye- 

 margius ; occiput blacK', practically bare ; anteunce and palpi 

 wholly orange-yellow. Thorax black, dorsum and pleura) with 

 A'ery short yellow pubescence, minutely punctulate ; humeri aud a 

 ridge thence to wing-base, also the sciitellum bright yellow. 

 Abdomen yello\\', punctulate like thorax ; a large darlc blackish- 

 brown spot on each segment, leaving only the sides and hind 

 margin of each narrowly pale ; genitalia very small ; venter much 

 as dorsum, but the yellow of greater extent. Legs yellow, extreme 

 tip of underside of hind femora very dark brown. Winus nearly 

 clear; venation normal, veins brown ; halteres yellow. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Described from several specimens in the Pusa collection from 

 Chapra, Bengal (Macle/tzie). 



06. Xylomyia calopodata, 3ig. 



Subula calopudatu, Bigot, Ann. tSoc. I'lnt. France, (o) ix, p. 195 



(1879). 

 Xylomyia cnlopodcda, Brunetti, l!ec. Ind. Mus. i, ]j. 87 (1907). 



Heady with frons above autenute one-fourth A\idth of head, a 

 little narrower at vertex, black, with grey or yellowish grey 

 pubescence ; ocellar triangle shghtly elevated, rather large, black ; 

 ocelU yellowish ; face apparently dark, with a little whitish 

 pubescence ; labella very large, dark reddish brown ; palpi very 

 large and prominent, sharply upturned, hiding all the face, bright 

 yellow ; occiput dark, grey-dusted, with a fringe of m hitish 

 pubescence, which dies away on upper margi)i and is longest on 

 lower part ; antenna) dark brown, underside, especially on basal 

 half, yellowish. Thorax black, slightly shining, closely punctulate, 

 with minute black bristles and \'ery short yellowish-grey pubes- 

 ceuce, which also covers the greater part of the pleurae ; humeri 

 prominent, bright yellow, with a ridge thence to \\ing-base ; 

 scutellum yellowish ; metanotum black. Abdomen black, slightly 

 shining : closely punctulate, with minute black bristles and soft 

 short yellow pubescence ; hind margin of each segment except Lst 

 narrowlv but distinctly yellow, bare and shining ; venter similar ; 

 genitalia rather small. Legs bright yellow, with microscopic pale 

 pubescence, ti])8 of femora (and for a rather greater distance on 

 underside) aho very narrowly at base, lips of hind tibise broadly, 

 anterior tarsi on apical half, aud hind tarsi entirely black. Wings 



