NO. 2103. JAVANESE 0RAXE-FLIE8— ALEXANDER. 167 
Thorax yellomsh brown, the dorsum indistinctly darker; scutellum 
darker brown. Halteres rather short, knob brown, stem yellow. 
Legs, coxae, and trochanters dull yellow, remainder of the legs brown. 
Wings nearly hyaline, veins brown; venation: (see pi. 43, fig. 13), 
Sc long, extending far beyond the fork of Bs; Sc2 near the tip of Sc^. 
Abdomen dark brown. 
Habitat. — Java. 
Holotifpe. — Male, Tjibodas, Mount Gede, Java; altitude, 4,500 feet 
/Bryant and Palmer). 
— Allotyjye. — Female, topotypic. 
Type.— Cat. No. 19016, U.S.N.M. 
L. nigricomis is allied to L. forcipata de Meijere, but the antennae 
are dark throughout and the details of venation are different. 
Tribe ANTOCHINI. 
Genus PARATROPEZA Schiner. 
Paratropeza Schiner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wieu, vol. 16, 1866, p. 932. 
— — =- PARATROPEZA ORNATIPENNIS de Meijere. 
Gnophomyia omatipennis de Meuere, Tijdschr. voor Entom., vol. 54, 1911, 
pp. 47, 48, pi. 3, fig. 34. 
Four males, Tjibodas, Mount Gede, Java, altitude 4,500 feet 
(Bryant and Palmer). This is the first species of the genus to be 
found in the Old World, the five species hitherto described being 
confined to the Neotropical region. It was described as a Gnophomyia 
but the whole habitus of the insect is Antochine and I believe that 
the insect should be referred to Paratropeza. The wing is shown on 
plate 43, fig. 14. 
Genus RHAMPHIDIA Meigen. 
Subgenus RHAMPHIDIA Meigen. 
Rhamphidia Meigen, System. Beschr., vol. 6, 1830, p. 281. 
RHAMPmDIA (RHAMPHIDIA) APICALIS, new species. 
Body-coloration brownish; wings hyaline tipped with brown. 
Male. — Length, 5-5.8 mm.; wing, 5.7-6.3 mm. 
Female. — Length about 7.4 mm ; wing, 7 mm. Rostrum moderately 
elongated, much longer than the head, dark brownish black, the 
palpi dark brown. Antennae dark brown, rather elongated, in the 
male if bent backward, extending to the base of the abdomen; 
shorter in the female, extending about to the wing-root. Head dark 
brown. 
Thoracic coloration varying from light to rather dark brown 
without distinct stripes, the pleura brighter colored, more yellowish. 
Halteres light brown. Legs, coxae brownish yellow; trochanters 
light brown; femora light brown basally passing into dark brown 
