I04 E. Brunetti : The Oriental StratiomyidcB. [Vol. I, 



wise agreeing with fiaviventris. All the other species have entirely 

 yellow antennae, so I believe them to be new, but refrain from des- 

 cribing them as such until I obtain a more extended experience 

 of the Eastern species. 



Brachycara Thorns., 1868. 



Eugenie Freg. Reise, 460. 



B. ventralis Thoms., 1868 ; I.e., 641, pi. ix, 4, 



'' Isl. Rossi." Van der Wulp infers he means an isle of this 

 name in the Andamans. Ross Island is the one on which Port 

 Blair, the seat of government in the islands, is situated. Both 

 sexes are recorded by Van der W^ulp from Seleo, Berlinhafen 

 (Papua). 



Chloromyia Dune, 1837. 



Mag. Zool. Bot. 



The only two oriental species are easily separated. 

 lyCgs blue, with shining hoary hair Long. 8 mm. sapfhirina Wlk. 

 lyCgs pale yellow, apical half of anterior 



legs black . . . . Long. 8 mm. stigmatica V. d. Wulp. 



C. stigmatica V. d. Wulp, 1898. 

 Termes. Fazet., xxi, 411. 

 2 $ ? from Friedrich Wilhelmshafen (Papua). 



C. sapphirina Wlk., 1849, 

 {Chrysomyia) List Dip. Brit. Museum, iii, 519. 

 2 East Indies. British Museum Collection. 



Sargus Fab., 1798. 



Ent. Sys. Supp., 566. 

 Tabic of species. 



A Large species 14 to 18 mm. long. 



B Abdomen rusty red, with dorsal black- 

 ish stripe ; wings nearly clear . . Long. 14 mm. rufus Dol. 



BB Abdomen metallic — no stripe, wings 

 rather deeply blackish 



1. Front piceous, legs tawny, streaked with 



pitch. Thorax blue-green, abdomen 



brilliant violet . . . . Long. 18 mm. genimifer Wlk. 



2. Front chalybeate, supra-antennal tri- 



angle pale green. Thorax blue-green, 

 abdomen metallic violet, stigma 

 testaceous . . . . Long. 15 mm. pubescens V.W. 



