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minis segmentis 2 , 3 e,t 4 , maculaqiie trigotia in segmento 

 5 flavis ; ventre luteo, strigulis nigris in segmentorum singu- 

 lorum medio ; facie et thorace pilis lutescentibus vestitis ; pedibus 

 Jlavis , femoribus tibiarumgue annido medio nigris ; alis dilute 

 brunneseentibus. — cT. Long. 15 mm. 



Black. Face covered with yellowish hairs; the vertex and 

 the trigonal front with black hairs. Antennae black; second 

 joint hardly one fourth of the length of the first; third joint 

 as long as the foregoing together and a little broader. Thorax 

 densely clothed with rather long , greyish-yellow hairs ; scu- 

 tellum broad , its spines shining yellow. Abdomen notably 

 broader but not longer than the thorax ; the segments 2 , 

 3 and 4 with yellow lateral spots on the hind border ; those 

 of the second segment the largest and subtrigonal, those 

 of the third segment rounded on the inner side ; those of 

 the fourth segment narrow on the outside , enlarged and 

 rounded on the innerside; fifth segment with a trigonal 

 yellow spot on the hind margin ; the last segment yellow ; 

 venter pale yellow , each segment with a small black trans- 

 verse band , which is narrowed or even interrupted in the 

 middle. Legs reddish-yellow; femora black except the tip; 

 tibiae with a more or less distinct black ring at the middle. 

 Wings light brownish ; the veins towards the anterior margin 

 bordered with a fulvous tinge. 



A (ƒ from Java (Muller). 



8. Odontomyia viridana, Wied. 



Stratiomys viridana, Wied. Anal, eutom. 29. 34 ; id. Auss. 

 Zweifl. IL 66. 8 ; — Odontomyia ruficornis , Macq. Dipt, 

 ex supp. 4. 54. 3. 



A cT from Tibet (Felder). 



Although Wiedemann does not indicate the sex , his des- 

 cription evidently refers to the Q only Macquart on the 

 contrary describes exclusively the male sex. Comparing the 

 two descriptions there seems to be no doubt, that they have 

 had in view the same species. Wiedemann received his 



Notes from the Leyden. ]VIuseu.ra , "Vol. VII. 



