ixii, D, 3 Bezzi: Studies in Philippine Diptera, II 159 



pendages; in middle there are two long pale yellowish cerci 

 with short black hairs; the last abdominal sternite is in the 

 shape of a prominent, obtuse pale yellowish point, directed for- 

 ward. Ovipositor as long as the abdomen, strongly compressed, 

 with the first segment yellow, the second black. 



Legs long, the four anterior tarsi longer than their tibiae ; hind 

 legs distinctly stronger than the others, with rather thickened 

 femora; the four front pairs and their coxse entirely pale yel- 

 lowish, with the last three tarsal joints blackish ; coxse with some 

 short and pale yellowish hairs. Hind legs with swollen reddish 

 brown coxse ; femora yellowish, with a more or less broad brown 

 ring near the middle; tibiae and tarsi black, the tibiae with a 

 broad whitish ring below the middle. In the male the hind 

 femora have on the inner side near the base a conspicuous brush 

 formed by some rows of rather long black hairs, the ends of 

 M'hich are curved below. 



Wings dark grayish hyaline, strongly iridescent with black 

 veins. Venation normal; the first posterior cell rather broad, 

 the bend of the fourth longitudinal vein being rounded but 

 strong. 



Luzon, Laguna, Mount Maquiling (Baker). 



199. Hippobosca equina Linn. 1758. 



Luzon, Rizal, Alabang (Mitzmain). This is the first time 

 that this common insect is recorded from the extreme Orient ; it 

 has been imported into Australia and into some of the Polynesian 

 Islands. Probably a recent introduction in the Philippines. 



200. Hippobosca maculata Leach. 1817. 



Luzon, Rizal, Alabang (Mitzmain) . This species is common 

 in India and Ceylon and is probably spread over the entire 

 Oriental Region. 



