382 A NATVBALIST'S WANDEEINGS 



men a:id on the four termiDal segments, both above and below : thorax 

 and abdomen with strong steel-blue reflexions, especially on the basal 



DIELI3 LABATESSis. (With the permission of the council of tho 



Zoological Society.) 



half of tho abdomen above ; wings deep violet-brown, second recurrent 

 nervurc incomplete, diverging from the first at the base and on the left 

 wing ; the nervule connecting the recurrent nervures above the middle 

 is also obsolete. (1957, Larat.) 



Much resembles the Australian Trielis antliracina, Burm,, in appear- 

 ance. 



Chrtsidid^. 



Chrvsis melanops, Kirby, loc. sup. cit. 



Long. Corp. 5 lin. 



Male, Bright green, with a coppery reflection on the head and thorax 

 (very bright coppery red wherever abraded) ; punctures large, close 

 together, but not confluent ; ocelli black, the space betvveen and immedi- 

 ately around also blackish ; apex of abdomen (and summit, when viewed 

 sideways) with a strong blue reflection; under surface of antennse, the 

 greater part of the hind legs, and the tips and under surface of the 

 middle tibiae and middle tarsi brown; abdomen sexdentate, with equal 

 Rud rather pointed teeth of moderate size; wings brown. (2049, 

 Maru.) 



Probably allied to C. paraUela, Brulle, from Timor; but that species 

 is varied with blue on the head and thorax, instead of with copper. 



D I P T E R A. 



The only Diptera in the collection were Plecia fidvicollis, Wied., and 

 Laphria gloriosa, Walk., both of which are common species in the Eastern 

 Archipelago, and a Tahanus, possibly new, but in too bad condition to 



describe. 



A^III. — List of tJi€ Crustacea collected in iJie Timor-Iaut Islands ly 

 Me. IL 0. Forbes- Determined by E. J. Miers^ F,Z.S. 



Pilumnus Teapertilio, Fabr. ad. ij . 

 Neptunus ptlagicus, Linn. 

 Tiialamita crenata, Ruppell, aJ. $ , 



