552 LIST OF DIPTEBA. 



Blackish. Head with gilded touientura beneath. Face slightly 

 convex. Mystax with tawny bristles. Proboscis black, short, lan- 

 ceolate rather slender. Antennae tawny; third joint blackish, nearly 

 linear, slightly tapering towards the tip, about twice the length of 

 the first and second joints together. Thorax with tawny tomentum ; 

 two indistinct blackish dorsal stripes, and two broader lateral gilded 

 stripes. Pectus with a pale gilded disk. Abdomen cupreous black ; 

 first, second and third segments with tawny bands which are dilated 

 on each side. Legs tawny, hairy, spinose ; femora with black 

 stripes, which are broadest on the hind pair ; hind tibiae much 

 curved. Wings tawny ; most of the areolets with nearly limpid 

 streaks. Halteres tawny. Length of the body 13 lines; of the 

 wings 24 lines. 



a. Sumatra. From Sir Stamford Raffles' collection. 



129. Laphria aurifacies. 



Mas. Nigra ; fades aurea ; abdomen violaceum, maculis laterali- 

 bus flavidis ; aim antice hyalinm, postice fuscm. 



Laphria aurifacies, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 3, 22, 33, pi. 2, f. 5. 



Moluccas. 



130. Laphria dimidiata. 



Mas. Nigra; thorax vittatus ; aim dimidiato nigra. 



Laphria dimidiata, Macq. Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 1, 72, 23. 



Manilla. 



131. Laphria chrysotelus. 



Nigra, nigro hirta ; caput, thorax anticus et abdomen apicem ver- 

 sus aurato hirta ; alee nigricantes. 



Black, thickly clothed with black hairs and bristles. Head 

 thickly clothed with gilded tomentum and hairs, and about the 

 mouth with black hairs. Mystax of gilded hairs. Fore part of 

 the thorax with gilded hairs, which are interrupted by a brownish 

 stripe. Abdomen with gilded hairs near the tip, which is ferru- 

 ginous. Wings blackish; veins black. Length of the body 12 

 lines ; of the wings 22 lines. 



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



132. Laphria leucoprocta. 



Nigra; thorax orichaleeo pictus ; scutellum, abdominis basis ma- 

 culmque laterales niveo pilosa; pedes mellei ; aim nigrm, 

 dimidio basali jlavo. 



