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97. Paralimna nitens sp. nov. 



Near P. javana Wulp., but distinguished by the color of the 

 head and of the thorax ; P. chinensis Wied. seems to be another 

 allied species, while P. sinensis Schiner is very different. 



Male and female. — Length of body, 3.5 mm. Head black, 

 shining on the occiput; face, cheeks, and prselabrum light gray; 

 frons dull, shining along a middle broad longitudinal stripe, with 

 2 small white dots on each side near the eyes, velvety black in 

 front; cheeks velvety black above, with a white spot; antennse 

 short, black, the second joint with a white spot above; arista 

 with 9 or 10 rays; palpi and proboscis black. Thorax on the 

 pleurae of as light a gray color as that of the face, shining black 

 on the dorsum, dark gray on the sides and along the suture^ 

 Scutellum gray on the basal half, dull black on the apical. Hal- 

 teres yellowish. Abdomen dull black and black pilose; second" 

 segment almost entirely whitish gray; third, fourth, and fifth 

 with a broad apical band of the same color, which is broadly 

 interrupted in the middle. Legs black, gray pollinose, the first 

 joint of the front tarsi and the first 2 joints of the others are yel- 

 low. Wings grayish hyaline, with yellowish veins, 



98. Discomyza maculipennis Wied. 1830. 



Widely spread over the Australian and Oriental Regions. D. 

 obsciirata Walk, is very probably the same species. 



99. Ochthera innotata Walk. 1860. 



Our specimens agree with this species in the entirely black 

 legs. Originally described from Macassar and Ceram. The 

 front is shining black, showing only a narrow yellowish streak 

 on each side near the eye. Antennse very short; arista with 3 

 rays. Thorax and scutellum coarsely punctate, with bluish re- 

 flections toward the middle. Abdomen with grayish spots on 

 the sides of the segments, only those of the last segment being 

 visible from above and forming an interrupted cross band. Mid- 

 dle tarsi sometimes yellowish. Scutellum with 2 distinct but 

 small apical tubercles; no apical bristles (perhaps broken in 

 these specimens) . 



100. Chalcidomyia apicalis Meij. 1911. 



This Javanese species is very distinct. The antennse, which 

 were broken in the specimen described by Meij ere, are, in our 

 specimens, of the same shape as in the other species. The 

 sternopleura has no j'^ellow spot on the upper hind corner. 



