NEURIA INDECORA. 85 



41. Neuria indecora , n. sp. 



Nigra , Jlavo-pilosa ; alis immaculatis , hasi et cellula costali 

 testaceisj cellulis submarginalihus tribus. — cf . Long. 10,5 mm. 



Shape oblong. Front trigonal, black; eyes coherent in 

 the upper part ; face almost entirely occupied by the strongly 

 raised oral margin, which reaches near to the antennae. 

 The antennae are black; in the unique specimen however 

 they are in too bad a condition to be described ; their base 

 is surrounded by a dense black pile. Thorax and abdomen 

 black, the sides of the latter parallel; the pilosity on the 

 front portion of the thorax, on the pleurae and on the 

 sides of the abdomen brownish-yellow; that on the tho- 

 racic dorsum, the scutellum and the last abdominal seg- 

 ments darker. Legs black. Halteres reddish-yellow. Wings 

 brownish-grey ; the extreme base and the costal cell testa- 

 ceous ; three submarginal cells; middle crossvein a little 

 beyond the middle of the discal cell , which is oblong ; 

 first posterior cell narrowed at its end. 



A (ƒ from Poeloe Gamoe (Macklot). 



42. Bombylius pulchelhcs , v. d. Wulp. 



Tijdschr. v. Ent. XXIII. 164. 15. pi. 10 f. 8. 



This Javanese species belongs to the genus Comastes 0. 

 Sack. (Western Dipt. p. 256) , which as yet contained only 

 a single species inhabiting North-America. 



43. Anastoechus longirostris , n. sp. 



Parvus , niger ; pilositate capitis corporisque alho , in f route 

 fusco; abdomine setulis nonnullis nig ris ^ rostro capite tho- 

 raceque longiori ; pedibus luteis j alis cinereis , basi et costa 

 fiavescentibus. — Q. Long. 5,5 mm. 



Agrees in all generic characters with the American A. 

 barbatus 0. Sack. (West. Dipt. p. 252). The thorax and 



Notes from the Ley den IMuseuixi, "Vol. VII. 



