‘Challenger’ Diptera. 459 
LAPHRIIN”, 
7. Laphria consobrina. 
Laphria consobrina, Walk. Journ, Linn. Soc., Zool. iv. p, 84 (1860). 
Aru. 
Muscide Calyptere. 
T'acurninZ. 
8. Echinomyia Micado. 
Length 6 inches. 
Male.—Superficially resembles H. fera, Linn. Head dull 
yellow ; eyes and ocelli red, the latter on a black prominence 
near the occiput, bounded by the branches of a reddish Y- 
shaped depression, between which and each eye is a long 
black oval stripe ; antenne red, club black, spatulate; thorax 
blue-black above and dull black below; the shoulders and a 
narrow space at the base of the wings reddish; scutellum 
more distinctly red. Abdomen reddish, with yellowish shades 
towards the sides; a blue-black stripe, narrowing behind, on 
the middle of each segment, but ceasing about the middle of 
the fourth segment; abdomen beneath dull black in the 
middle, with each segment edged behind with a yellowish 
line. Wings dull hyaline, tinged with yellow at the base, 
the veins yellow except towards the tip, where they are 
blackish; alule ivory-white. Legs reddish; femora black 
nearly to the tip, especially above; all the bristles black, 
except the hair on the cheeks, which is partly yellowish; 
proboscis reddish, partly black in the middle. 
Kobé, Japan. 
9. Gonia (?) guttata. 
Gonia (?) guttata, Walk. Entomologist, v. p. 341 (1871). 
St. Vincent, Cape Verdes, July 1873. 
Originally described from ‘Tajora (Straits of Bab-el-Man- 
deb!). The specimen from St. Vincent does not appear to 
differ from the type. 
10. Masicera prominens (?). 
? Masicera prominens, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. v. p, 155 (1861). 
Aru. 
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