102 Mr. F. W. Edwards on 



longer than the joints. Proboscis about as long as head 

 and thorax together. Thorax blackish grey, slightly shining 

 in certain lights ; two dull bUick lines on the posterior half 

 of the prsescutum, interrupted at the suture, and continued, 

 across the scutum. Shoulders, wing-attachment, and most 

 of sternopleura tinged with ochreous. Abdomen blackish 

 above, ochreous below ; hypopygium brownish ochreous, 

 fleshy claspers elongate-oval, quite twice as long as the side- 

 pieces ; upper claspers small, deeply bifid, both branches 

 curved, the outer one sharp-pointed, the inner with rounded 

 tip. Legs dark brown ; coxie and trochanters ochreous. 

 Wings slightly brownish-tinged ; stigma dark brown ; very 

 small brown clouds at base of Rs and at tip of Sc. Sc2 close 

 to tip of Sci ; the usual accessory cross-vein present con- 

 necting Sc and ii ; Us nearly straight, longer than basal 

 section of Ro+s j discal cell elongate, more than twice as 

 long as broad, and somewhat longer than the veins beyond 

 it ; Cuia just before base of discal cell. Costal fringe very 

 short, shorter than the fringe of the hind margin. Halteres 

 with ochreous stem and dark brown knob. 



Length of body (excluding proboscis) 6 mm. ; wing 

 7 mm. ; proboscis 2*2 mm. 



Formosa: Ringaurin, Nanto, 18. xii. 1916 {T. Shiraki), 



This species seems most nearly allied to G. montana, Meij., 

 differing iu the short costal fringe and the two black lines 

 on the thorax. 



Libnotes limpida, Edw. 



Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xvii. p. 355 (1916). 



Formosa : Arisan, 25. iv. 1917 (T. Shiraki). Tvvo females, 

 agreeing closely with the type from the Malay States. 



Libnotes transver sails, Meij. 

 Tijd. V. Ent. lix. p. 198 (191G). 



Formosa: Arisan, 25. iv. 1917 {T. Shiraki), l^- 

 The specimen agrees closely with de Meijere^'s description. 

 Although superficially very similar to L. limpida, it is really 

 quite distinct. 



Antochini. 

 Melius [Rhamphidia] nigriceps (Edw.). 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xvii. p. 358 (1916). 

 Formosa : Arisan, 24. iv. 1917 {T. Shiraki), 1 c^ , 1 ? . 



