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j,^ P. limhipennis V. d. Wulp, 1898. 



Termes. Fuzet., xxi, 417. 

 2 t) t) Friedrich Wilhelmshafen (Papua). 



P. lativentris V. d. Wulp, 1898 ; /.c.,416. 

 I ? Seleo, Berlinhafen (Papua). 



P. alhipes mihi sp. nov. 



9 Calcutta. Head and front shining black, a brilliant white 

 streak each side of lower part of head. Antennse and proboscis 

 pale yellow. Thorax and abdomen shining black with short, sparse, 

 silvery-grey hair, which is a little thicker and mixed with gold hairs 

 on dorsum of thorax. Belly uniforml}^ black. Legs uniformly 

 dirty white, the tarsi tips faintly blackish. Wings quite clear, 

 veins on foreborder pale yellowish. Halteres white. Described from 

 4 9 9 in the Indian Museum taken in Calcutta. Long. 2 — 2^ mm. 



SuB-FAMIIvY III. — SaRGIN^. 



Eyes in male not contiguous, approximate only, leaving a 

 very narrow frontal space from vertex to antennse. 



Table of genera. 



Antennal arista apical . . . . Chrysochlora Latr. 



Antennal arista dofSal. 

 2nd antennal joint projecting over base 

 of 3rd on inner side. Species non- 

 metallic, generally more or less 

 yellowish . . . . . . Ptecticus Loew. 



2nd antennal joint not projecting over 

 3rd. Species nearly always bright 

 metallic blue or green . . . . Sargus Fab. 



Eyes in male absolutely contiguous. 



Eyes pubescent in both sexes . . Chloromyia Dune. 



Eyes quite or practically bare in both sexes. 



3rd antennal joint 6-ringed . . Brachycara Thoms. 



3rd antennal joint 4-ringed . . Microchrysa Loew. 



Salduba, hitherto placed amongst the Sargince, I relegated 

 to the Pachygastrifus immediately I saw a figure of the wings ; 

 supported by Van der Wulp's authority for its affinity with Tinda. 



Microchrysa Loew, 1855. 



Verh. Zool. Botan., v, 146. 

 Table of species. 



Abdomen honey yellow. 



Long. 5 mm. Post. fem. ringed flaviventris Wied, -b 

 3 ,, Post. fem. pale, bipars Wlk. 



