38 PHILIPPINE DIPTERA, II 



frons with the broad middle stripe dark reddish brown, more 

 distinct in the male than in the female, and with a narrow 

 argenteous lateral line, which is continued below on the narrow 

 cheeks; face with whitish dust, shining black below; antennae 

 black, only a little dark reddish at base, with a dark, microsco- 

 pically pubescent arista; praelabrum shining black; proboscis 

 and palpi black, the last with narrow yellowish apical borders; 

 bristles black. 



Thorax and scutellum shining black, with faint dark gray 

 pollen and black hairs and bristles; pleurae and mesophragma 

 shining black. Squamae white; halteres yellowish. Abdomen 

 entirely shining black in the female, with the base broadly 

 orange reddish in the male; the short pubescence pale; male 

 genitalia black with yellow penis; ovipositor dull black. Legs 

 black, the tarsi entirely whitish in the male, with the last three 

 joints blackish in the female. Wings exactly as in R. fusca, 

 only second dark crossband is much broader than the two con- 

 tiguous hyaline spaces and passes below the fifth longitudinal 

 vein, ending toward the middle of the third posterior cell. 



LUZON, Laguna, Los Banos (Baker). 



179. Loxoneura decora Fabr., 1805, var. bakeri var. nov. 



About the same as small specimens of L. decora, but distin- 

 guishable as follows: 



Male. Frons slightly but distinctly narrower; third antennal 

 joint proportionally shorter and broader; antennae considerably 

 shorter than the face; mesonotum without anterior band of 

 white dust; pleurae destitute of shining white pollen. Tibiae of 

 male with no distinct tubercle above end. 



In the wing pattern there are the two following considerable 

 differences : a, the yellow patch at fore border is continuous, not 

 at all interrupted by dark and hyaline spots; b, the brown 

 pattern around the anal cell is much broader, extending as a 

 broad band along the anal vein and reaching the hind border. 



The sexual differences in wing pattern described by Hendel 

 from Javan specimens are quite absent; thus the middle of the 

 second posterior cell is wholly hyaline, without any oblique dark 

 band ; the brown border of the fifth longitudinal vein has below 

 toward its middle no dentiform projection. 14 The discoidal cell 

 is completely infuscate only in its distal eighth part. 



PALAWAN, Puerto Princesa (Baker). 



11 But in the male specimens of typical L. decora from Singapore in my 

 collection these sexual characters are also absent. 



