340 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor,. IV, 



on each border of the femora,^ long on the outer border and short 

 on the inner border of the tibiae ; the middle femora with whitish 

 pubescence forming a scanty fringe on their lower borders, with 

 some thick black hairs at apex ; the middle tibiae with a fringe of 

 coarse black hairs on each border and white and black pubescence 

 on the dorsum ; hind femora with ver}' thick black and white pu- 

 bescence ; the hind tibiae broad, flat, with fringes of short black 

 hairs on their borders and black and white pubescence on the dor- 

 sum ; tarsi with short black pubescence ; the middle and posterior 

 tarsi are almost wholly yellow. Wings dark brown, the pale streak 

 is continuous from the round pale spot above the stigma to beyond 

 the apical cell ; the pale markings of the apex and the external 

 border are so placed that, viewed by the naked eye, a second pale 

 streak is seen divided from the first Iw a brown parallel band, 

 with a few brown markings on it, but no rosettes are apparent. 

 Length 8 mm. 



(B) Wings with no pale oblique transverse streak but with the usual 

 rosettes apparent, 

 {a) Apical band of wing double. 



Haematopota javana, cf 5 , Wiedemann. 

 (Plate xvii, fig. 25.) 



Dipt, exot., p. 100(1821); id., Auss. zweifl. Ins., i, p. 218 (1828) , 

 V. d. Wulp, Sumatra Exped. Dipt., 19, pi. i, fig. 12 (1881). 



? Haematopota nigra, Wiedemann, Dipt, exot., p. 10 1 (182 1). 



? Haematopota asiatica, Rondani, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vii, 

 p. 461 (1875). 



Black; posterior border of thorax, scutellum and segmenta- 

 tions of abdomen whitish (male) ; or grey-brownish. Abdomen 

 with a whitish stripe of spots, segmentations and femora a little 

 reddish (female) ; wings smoky grey with whitish markings. 4 lines 

 cr- 2 . From Java. 



Very similar to H. pluvialis. 



Male. Antennae ochre-brown; face greyish white, with white 

 hairs, a deep black spot on each side between the eyes and the 

 antennae ; forehead near the antennae with a black spot. Thorax 

 black and black-haired, brown at the sides, posterior border and 

 scutellum whitish haired. Abdomen at the base slightly ochre- 

 brown ; the under side almost wholly reddish ochre-brown. Wings 

 with a white median band, convex towards the apex, with pale 

 brownish spots enclosed in it ; behind the stigma with an oblique 

 lambdoidal mark, and with several whitish little lines and spots. 

 Halteres yellowish with a brown club. Legs alternately banded 

 yellow and black. 



Female. Antennae and frontal callus ochre-brown ; face grey 

 haired, with a deep black spot on each side, another behind the 

 antennae, and the usual two eye-spots on the forehead. Thorax 

 brownish grey, sides and three lineal stripes whitish. Abdomen 



