230 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescrihed Dlptera 



Trypeta tuhifera. 



Fam. — Fulva, thorace subtomentoso, abdomine ovato, oviductu 

 cylindrico longissimo apice nigro, alis vitreis, vittis tribus 

 testaceis ex parte fusco-marginatis, 2* obliqua extus costali, 

 3* angulata posteriore. 



Female. — Tawny ; thorax slightly tomentose ; abdomen oval ; 

 shorter than the thorax, excepting the oviduct, which is slender, 

 cylindrical, black at the tip and longer than the other part of the 

 abdomen ; wings vitreous, with three testaceous partly brown 

 bordered stripes, the first extending from the base in the disk and 

 ending on the costa at half its length, the second extending 

 obliquely from near the hind border to the costa, which it accom- 

 panies to the tip of the wing, the third forming an acute angle 

 behind the 2nd and nearly parallel to it. 



Length of the body with the oviduct 4^ lines ; of the wings 

 7^ lines. 



China. 



Sub-fam. 5. Sepsides. 



SYNOPSIS. 



* Pedes non longi. 



"f- Antennae epistoma superantes. 



J Abdomen non petiolatum, Omalocephala, Macq. 

 J \ Abdomen petiolatum. Conopsida, Macq. 

 •\ -f- Antennae epistoma attingentes. Mic hog aster, Macq. 

 •}•■[■ •f' Antennae epistoma non attingentes. Sepsis, Fall. 

 * * Pedes longi. 



•f Caput elongatum. 



J Arista apicalis. Lotigina, Weid. 

 X X Arista articuli 3* apicem versus inserta. Nerius, Fabr. 

 XXX Arista articuli 3' basi inserta. 



§ Caput valde elongatum. Cardiacephala, Macq, 

 § § Caput subelongatum. Toxopoda, Macq. 

 '\-\ Caput rotundatum. Setellia, Desv. 



Genus Sophira, Walk. 

 Sophira distorla. 



Mas. — Fulva, nitens, pubesceus, capite testaceo vitta fasciaquc 

 antica nigris, abdomine subfusiformi vittis duabus nigrican- 

 tibus, alis subluteis, fusco quadri- aul quinque vittatis, mar- 

 gine postico subcinereo. 



