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Voll. This latter species is considered a synonym of fastuosa Gerst. 

 by Van der Wulp in his recent Cat. Dip. S. Asia, and as he prob- 

 ably had material on which to form a definite opinion, I follow 

 him both in the synonymy and also in admitting amethystina 

 Sn. V. Voll. as a distinct species, but with an impression that the 

 latter form is but fastuosa Gerst. 



Tinda Wlk., i860. 



Pr. Linn. So,, iv, loi. 



Table of species. 



Antennal style 3 times as long as rest of 



3rd joint . . . . . . lyong. 6 mm. indicaWW^. 



Antennal style twice as long as rest of 3rd 

 joint. 



Scutellum with yellow posterior border Long. 6 mm. acanthi- 



noides Jaen. 

 Scutellum black, legs reddish, posterior 



femora black marked . . Long. 6 mm. recedens Wlk. 



T. indica Wlk., 185 1. 



{Biastes indicus Saunds. Dip., II, 81, pi. iii, i and la.) 



( 5 Tinda modifera, Wlk., Pr. Linn So., iv, loi.) 



{Phyllophora bispinosa, Thoms., Eugen Reise, 454.) 



h . Locality not given by Walker. Celebes, Manila. This, 

 the first species described of those now included in Tinda, was des- 

 cribed under Biastes, created b}^ Walker for it, but Biastes being 

 preoccupied in Hymenoptera, Tinda must stand. Osten Sacken in 

 his " Enumeration, etc." speaks of 4 'b 'b from Kandari (Celebes) 

 taken in April 1874 and remarks that the scutellum {" even in the 

 type specimen ") has 4 and not 6 spines as Walker sa3^s ; but 

 Walker queried his assertion as to the number of spines in his 

 genus Tinda. Regarding Biastes Walker plainly says, " armed with 

 4 short tawny teeth," and his excellent figure shews but 4. Osten 

 Sacken, whilst not sinking the genus Phyllophora Mcq., suspects 

 that Walker's P. angusta from Singapore may be a Tinda. I find 

 2 'b "b in the Indian Museum Collection from Calcutta and Marghe- 

 rita (Assam). 



T. acanthinoides Jaen., 1868. 



{Elasma) Neue Exot. Dipt., 15, pi. i, 3. 



? Java. The author placed this genus {Elasma) between 

 Acanthina and Phyllophora. Type in the Heyden Collection which, 

 I believe, is now in the Frankfort Museum. 



T. recedens Wlk., 1861. 

 Pr. Linn. So., v 233. 

 b Dorey (Papua). 



