256 CTENOPHORA INCUNCTANS. 



lowing segments black; anus but slightly thicker; genitals 

 ferruginous at the end , with a pair of small scaly black 

 lamellae at the bottom. Legs black , except the coxae and 

 the base of the femora , which are reddish-yellow. Halteres 

 fuscous; base of the stem rufous. Wings broad, fuscous, 

 with a clear stripe in the two upper basal cells; second 

 posterior (furcated) cell sessile. 



Q. Long. 18 mm. — In coloration agreeing with the (ƒ , 

 except that the rufous base of the femora is more extend- 

 ed , on the front femora nearly to the tip ; on the con- 

 trary the abdomen is almost entirely black , and besides 

 the above mentioned clear stripes in the wings , all the 

 cells along the posterior margin have light centres. The 

 antennae are wanting in the described specimen. 



10. Ctenophora velutina , n. sp. 



Atra velutina ; thoracis disco ferrugineo; antennis pedibus 

 halteribusque nigris'j palpis fuscis ; alis latis , nigro-fuscis. — 

 9- Long. 19 mm. 



Syn. Ct: incunctans Walk. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. IV. 

 93. 9. 9 (excl. var. /3). 



Resembles the Q of the foregoing species. Entirely 

 velvety black; only the disk of the thorax ferruginous and 

 a small rufous band on the front, behind the insertion 

 of the antennae. Antennae black , a little longer than 

 the head ; the joints , beginning with the third , round , 

 hardly dilated towards the underside. Palpi fuscous. Ovi- 

 positor shining black. Legs and halteres black. Wings 

 dark fuscous, with a small, light, longitudinal stripe 

 in the upper basal cells; the wings are broad, with the 

 costa slightly bent outwards; furcated cell sessile. 



A 9 from Celebes (v. Rosenberg). 



{To be continued.) 



Notes from the Leyden Mtiseixm, Vol. "VI. 



