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scence; front brownish-pollinose, vertex black. Thorax reddish- 

 brown above, yellowish sericeous on the sides. Abdomen : the 

 first four segments brownish-red, more or less mixed with red : 

 the remainder black; the black portion of the abdomen expan- 

 ded in breadth ( $ ). Halteres yellowish, with a brownish knob. 

 Legs brownish ; four front tarsi paler yellowish. Wings tinged 

 with brownish, except the apex, which is subhyaline ; more or 

 less distinct subhyaline streaks in some of the cells ; proximal 

 end of the second submarginai nearly on a level with the pro- 

 ximal end of the second posterior; fourth posterior cell long, 

 its proximal end being very near the posterior transverse vein ; 

 discal cell long and narrow. 



Hah. Kandari, Celebes, April 1874 (Beccari). Two females. 



Leptogaster sp. One specim., Kandari, Celebes (Beccari). 



Leptogaster sp. One specim., Kandari, Celebes (Beccari). 



Section HJasy-pog-onina. 



Dasypogon (sensu latissimo) spec. One 9, Ansus, N. Guinea, 

 1875 (Beccari). 



Belongs in the group provided with a strong hook at the 

 end of the front tibiae and is closely related to Dasyp. inopinus 

 Walk. J. Pr. Lin. Soc. Ill, 83! (Aru Isl.), although different. 

 The antennae, are, unfortunately, broken. 



Section Laplirina. 



Alomosia conspicua v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. 1872, Tab. 

 XI, f. 3. (Waigiou). 



One specim.; Ramoi, N. Guinea, Febr. 1875 (Beccari). 



This is the same species as Laphria placens , Walk. J. Pr. 

 Lin. Soc. YIII, 110 (New Guinea); but there is an earlier 

 L. placens Wk. 1. c. Ill, 128! In the Brit. Mus. the name is 

 changed to L. amoena, which name also occurs in M."^ Walker's 



