1907*] Records of the I ndia7i Museum. 125 



Stratiomyia Geoff., 1764. 



(Stratiomys) Hist. d. Ins., ii, 475. 



Tabic of species. 



Antennae unusually long — ist joint six times 



length of 2nd . . I^ong. 10-14 mm. apicalis Wlk. 



Antennae of moderate length. 

 lyCgs principally black. 



Abdomen tawny, with broad black 

 dilated dorsal band, ist two 



antennal joints red . . I^ong. 12 mm. parallela Wlk. 



Abdomen black — no dorsal band ; 

 pale marks on posterior borders of 

 segments — near sides. Antennae 



black .. .. I^ong. 10-12 mm. ^wc« Wlk. 



lyCgs principally yellow. 



Abdomen tawny. Thorax 2-striped, 



antennae pale . . I^ong. 8 mm. inanimis Wlk. 



Abdomen black. 



Thorax 4 gold striped, base of 



antennae pale . . lyong. 8 mm. confertissima Wlk. 

 Thorax unstriped, densely pu- 

 bescent. A n t e n n ae 

 black. Ivong. 15 mm, flavoscutellata V. d. Wulp. 



9 Shanghai. 



'b Papua. 



5. apicalis Wlk., 1854. 

 List. Dip. Brit. Mus.,v, 53. 



5. parallela Wlk., 1865. 

 Pr. lyinn. So., viii, 107. 



S. barca Wlk., 1849. 

 List. Dip. Brit. Mus., iii, 530, 



'b China. I took a h each at Hankow, 22nd April 1906, and 

 Shanghai, 9th May 1906. 



5. inanimis Wlk., 1856. 



Tr. Kntom. So. (new ser.), iv, 121. 



China. 



5. confertissima Wlk., 1859. 



Pr. lyinn. So., iii, 79. 



9 Aru Isles. 

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