106 C. H. Osten- Sacken: Diptera 



row of short, strong spines on the underside. Wings tinged with brown, 

 which is slightly paler towards the posterior margin ; anterior crossvein 

 beyond the middle of the discal cell; the proximal end of the second 

 submarginal cell is but little more distal than that of the second pos- 

 terior. — One male, two females. 



NB. This species can only be compared to fumipennis Wk., 

 fusca Wk., and lugens Wk. But the former is said to have a „cu- 

 preous black" abdomen, lugens black femora, except at tbe base, and 

 fusca altogether black legs. 



Damalis vitripennis n. sp. $ $. Wings altogether hyaline; 

 hind femora spinous; small crossvein beyond the middle of the 

 discal cell; legs reddish, hind tibiae brown in the m,iddle. — 

 Length 9 — 12 mm. 



Face black, shining; its upper part, as well as the facial orbits, 

 clothed with yellowish-brown pollen; the front is likewise pollinose, ex- 

 cept the ocellar tubercle; antennae black, Thorax clothed with yellowish- 

 gray pollen; a geminate broad brown stripe on the mesonotum, and 

 more or less dinctinct lateral stripes. Abdomen clothed with brownish- 

 gray pollen, the anterior portion of the segments being more grayish, 

 the posterior more brownish; venter gray, with black, shining spots, 

 one each side, on each segment. Hypopygium of the $ yelloAsHish-fer- 

 ruginous; the last segment in the female black, shining. Halteres 

 brownish -yellow. Legs yellowish, or reddish -ferruginous; the tarsi as 

 well as the tips of the femora and tibiae are darker; hind femora 

 more or less infuscated in the middle and provided with a double row 

 of spines on the underside; hind tibiae curved. Wings pure hyaline, 

 slightly yellowish near the root; anterior crossvein far beyond the 

 middle of the discal cell; proximal end of the second submarginal cell 

 considerably beyond that of the second posterior. — Four males, three 

 females. 



Damalis nigella v. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. XV, 143 (Bei Menado). 

 I have one specimen which agrees with the description. 



Damalis sp. One specimen, with brownish-yellow wings infus- 

 cated at the tip. 



Damalina. 



This genus was introduced by Doleschall (Derde Bijdr. 19, in 

 Naturk. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. Deel XVII, 91 ; 1858) for a species from 



