from the Philij^pine Islands. 111 



Ommatius fulvidus Wied. A. Z. I, 420. Must be as common 

 in the Philippines, as in Amboina, Celebes etc. 



Ommatius; this genus is represented by six species, besides 

 O. fulvidus. I do not attempt to unravel them among the 40 species 

 of Ommatius from Austro-Malayan Arcbipelago ah-eady described. 



EmphT/somera aliena n. sp. $. Black, thorax with yellow- 

 ish-gray pollen on the sides, tibiae reddish-yellow; wings fuliginous, 

 except their axillary portion, which is hyaline. — Length 10—12 mm. 



Face and front with grayish-yellow pollen; mystax dense, yellowish- 

 white above the mouth; higher up scattered black hairs; beard yellow- 

 ish-white; antennae black. Thorax above black, subopaque; pleurae, 

 scutellum, as well as the sides of the mesonotum with yellowish-gray 

 pollen; abdomen black, subopaque, hind margins of the segments faintly 

 reddish; hypopygium of the male black, shining above, reddish bröwn 

 below; halteres reddish-yellow; all the femora, but especially the hind 

 ones, black, shining; the latter with a row of spines on the underside; 

 tibiae reddish-yellow; the hind ones infuscated at the tip; tarsi brown, 

 reddish-yellow at the base. The anterior margin of the wings slightly 

 expanded in the stigmatic region ($); the costal cell in the stigmatic 

 region is dark-brown ; the region behind it, inside of the marginal and 

 first submarginal cells is tinged with brownish; the remainder of the 

 distal half of the wing is fuliginous; axillary portion of the wing, in- 

 cluding the second basal, anal and a part of the fourth and fifth pos- 

 terior cells, hyaline. — Two male specimens. 



NB. The absence of the gibbosity on the face, the stout femora 

 and the club-shaped abdomen vindicate this species as an JEimphysom,era. 

 Dr. Schiner was however mistaken when he said that the anterior alar 

 margin of this genus is never expanded; Mr. v. d. Wulp has described 

 a species which has such an expansion, and JE. aliena is another. 

 The abdomen of the latter is narrowest in the middle and expanded 

 at both ends. 



Promachus manillensis Macq. D. E, I, 194 (Trupanea). 

 Three specimens ($ $). 



Promachus forcipatus Schin. Novara, 178. Four specimens 



Promachus. One species resembles hifasciatus Macq. but is 

 certainly different ; two or three other species are represented by very 

 badly preserved specimens. 



