114 E. Brunetti : The Oriental Stratiomyidce. [Vol. I, 



thorax ; antennae very 

 short . . , . Saruga Wlk. 



Abdomen much broader but not 

 longer than thorax ; an- 

 tennae nearly as long as 

 thorax . . . . Aulana Wlk. 



Scutellum 2-spined . . . . Musama Wlk. 



Scutellum normal, abdomen shorter or 

 longer than thorax. 



1. Scutellum bare. 



Face produced into a snout . . Nemotelus Geoff. 

 Face not so produced. 



Abdomen elliptical, elon- 

 gated a little . . Lasiopa Brulle. 

 Abdomen globose, very 

 much broader, and a 

 little longer than thorax Ruha Wlk. ' 



2. Scutellum with 2 spines. 



Spines very distinct, abdomen 



short, round, very arched . . Oxycera Meig. 



Spines often small or indistinct, 

 abdomen elongated, less 

 arched . . . . Clitellaria Meig. 



3. Scutellum 4-spined . . . . Trichochceta Big. 



Negritomyia Big,, 1879. 



Ann. So. Ent. Fr. (1879), 190. 



The species are closely allied in markings, coloration and size ; 

 and a rough table for their identification is all that can be drawn 

 up in the absence of specimens of any of the species. 



1. Femora black, base pale : large brown 



spot above discal cell. lyong. 10 mm. maculipennis Macq. 



2. Legs luteous ; wings cinereous — costa 



luteous . . . . Long. 12 mm. festinans Wlk. 



3. Legs pale tawny testaceous ; wing 



brownish, base clearer . . Long. 11 mm. alhitarsis Big. 



4. Legs brown, base of femora pale, 



wing nearly clear, brown stigma, 

 diffused band near tip, reddish 

 spot on lower edge of wing Long. 9 mm. consobrina Big. 



' • N. maculipennis Macq., 1851. 



Dipt. Bxot. Supp. 4, 54. 



h 5 Manila, Ternate, Papua, near Clitellaria heminopla Wied. 

 Type in Paris Museum. In his " Enumeration " OstenSacken re- 

 cords I 'b and 4 $ 9 from Ramoi and Dorei Hum (Papua) taken 

 February 1875, and from Ternate ; also 12 'b 'b ? $ from Manila, 



