14 POECILOSTOLA FALLENS. 



tribus fuscis ; alls jlavescentihus , crebre fusco-punctulatis. — 

 cf. Loug. 12 mm. 



Head cinereous; front with a dark longitudinal line; 

 antennae twice as long as tlu^ head ; the two basal joints 

 reddish-yellow , the flagellum blackish , composed of glo- 

 bular joints, gradually decreasing in extent towards the 

 end. Thorax , scutellum and metanotum pale ferruginous ; 

 on the thorax three widely separated , fuscous stripes ; the 

 middle one slender before the suture; the outward ones 

 broader and interrupted. Abdomen flat, pale ochraceous; 

 the lateral suture brown ; the genitals small. Legs (judging 

 from the fragments present) and halteres ochraceous. Wings 

 yellowish-grey ; the root and costa reddish-yellow ; all the 

 cells with numerous darkgrey points , which are confluent, 

 forming a grey stripe in the cubital cell, in the two 

 upper basal cells and in the first posterior cell ; in the 

 costal cell these points are darker and more distinctly 

 limited, 



A cf from Java (Kuhl) with the legs damaged. 



This species must be closely related to Limnohia substi- 

 tuta Walk. (List Dipt. Brit. Mus. I. 39) , which also be- 

 longs to the genus Poecilostola ; it differs , however , by 

 the distinctly separated stripes on the thorax. 



Fam. Jthifphiilae. 



28. Rhyphus tnaculipennis , n. sp. 



Thorace Jlavo, vittis tribus nigris; antennis fiavis , fusco- 

 annulatis; pedibus Jlavis, tibiarum apice et tar sis ^ praeter 

 basin, nigro-fuscis ; femoribus posterioribus annulo medio et 

 apice nigris; alis nebidosis , fusco-maculatis. — (^. Long. 

 8 mm. 



Eyes connected in front, with very small facets: front 

 small, trigonal, cinereous; face of the same colour. An- 

 tennae yellow ; the third , fourth and fifth joints with 

 fuscous tips (the following joints broken off). Palpi 



Notes from the Leyden IMiiseiim, Vol. VII. 



