550 LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Fore fork of the cubital vein undulating ; hind fork very slightly 

 curved, united to the first externo-medial very near the border; first 

 and second externo-medial veins nearly straight ; third forming a 

 slightly obtuse angle with the prsebrachial, joining the fourth at a 

 long distance from the border. Subanal joining the anal very near 

 the border. 



Laphria Elva, Walk. 



122. LAPHRIA SCAPULARIS. 



Fcem. Nigra ; nigra hirta ; macula humeralis alba ; abdomen 

 chalybeum ; alit nigra, 



Laphria scapularis, Wied. Auss. Zweijl. i. 516, 29. 



a. Java. From the East India Company's collection. 



This species has a remarkable resemblance to the Brazilian 

 L. bimaculata, but the following characters will sufficiently dis- 

 tinguish them : — 



Laphria bimaculata. Laphria scapularis. 



Head clothed beneath with Head clothed beneath with 

 whitish hairs. black hairs. 



Mystax with white and with a Mystax wholly composed of 

 few black bristles. black bristles. 



Legs rather thickly clothed Legs wholly and rather thinly 

 with hairs, part of which are clothed with black hairs, 

 whitish ; tarsi and fore tibiae fer- 

 ruginous beneath. 



Discal veinlet and third ex- Discal veinlet and third ex- 

 terno-medial vein apart. terno-medial vein in one line, as 



in the genus Atomosia. 



123. Laphria Taphius. 

 Laphria Taphius, Cat. of Diplera, Pt. 2, 380. 



124. Laphria spectabilis. 



Viridi nitens ; thorax antice flavo maculatus ; abdomen cyaneum ; 

 tibia antica intus sericeo Jlavida; ala infumata, basi 

 Jlavida. 



Laphria spectabilis, Guh. Voy. de la Coquille, Zool. ii. 292. 

 Laphria splendida, Guer. Voy. de la Coq. Atlas, Ins. pi. 20, f. 7. 



Amboina. 



