LIST OF DIPTERA. 551 



125. Laphria lateropunctata. 



Foem. Nigra; thorax cenescens, lateribus albo macula tis ; aim 

 fuscancc. 



Laphria lateropunctata, Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 66, 9. 



China. 



126. Laphria elegans. 



/Eneo-viridis ; caput, pectus thoracis macula humerales abdominis- 

 que macula: laterales albo tomentosa ; antenna et proboscis 

 nigra; pedes purpurei ; ala cinerea, venis fusco limbatis. 



Bright green, here and there with an aeneous tinge. Head, 

 pectus, two humeral spots, and spots along the sides of the abdomen, 

 with shining white tomentum. Antenna? and proboscis black. Legs 

 purple; femora partly green or blue; tarsi black; fore tibiae fringed 

 with whitish hairs. Wings gray, brownish about the veins. Length 

 of the body 8 lines; of the wings 16 lines. 



a. East Indies. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



127. Laphria horrida. 



Nigra ; caput aureo tomentosum ; thorax vitlis duabus lateralibus 

 auratis ; abdomen cupreo nigrum; tibia; anteriores subtus ru- 

 fescenles ; alee ferruginece. 



Black, hairy. Head with gilded tomentum, clothed with gilded 

 hairs above and with brownish hairs beneath. Face very convex. 

 Mystax with gilded bristles and with a few black lower bristles. 

 Proboscis long, lanceolate compressed. Thorax with two gilded 

 stripes. Pectus with a gilded spot on each side. Abdomen cupreous 

 black. Legs with very long hairs ; hind tibiae curved with reddish 

 hairs at the tips ; anterior tibia? reddish beneath and clothed with 

 reddish hairs. Wings and balteres ferruginous, the latter with 

 piceous lips. Length of the body 15 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 



o. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 



128. Laphria dira. 

 Nigricans; caput aureo tomentosum ; antenna basi fulvce ; thorax 

 fulvo tomentosus, vittis duabus auratis duabusque nigricanti- 

 bus ; abdomen cupreo-nigrum, segmentis \o 3um fulvo fascia- 

 ls ; pedes fulvi, femoribus nigro vitta tis ; ala fulva, areolarum 

 discis sublimpidis. 



