LIST OF DIPTERA. 



Group? 8. 

 Xenomovpha. 



, Genus 1. PTILOCERA. 



Antenna 10-articulatae, ramosae, non stylatae ; articulus 3us 

 simplex. Scutellum quadrispinosum. Abdomen crassum, sub- 

 contractum. 



Mediastinal vein ending at beyond half the length of the wing. 

 Subcostal and radial ending at about two-thirds of the length. 

 First branch of the cubital ending at a little beyond half the dis- 

 tance between the radial and the second branch which ends as far 

 in front of the tip of the wing. Three complete externo-medial 

 veins. Subanal vein joining the anal at some distance from the 

 border. Median veinlet distinct, but very short. Discal areolet 

 hexagonal. 



Ptilocera, Wied. Nov. Dipt. Gen. 7 ; Auss. Zweifi. ii. 58 ; Macq. 

 Stratiomys, p., Fabr. 



1. Ptilocera smaeagdina. 

 Ptilocera smaragdina, Cat. of Diptera, Pt. 3, 525. 

 Philippine Islands. 



2. Ptiloceea continua. 

 Ptilocera continua, Diptera Saundersiana, 2, 84. 

 Java. 



3. Ptilocera quadridentata. 



Nigra ; thorax antice utrinque viridi-aureus ; scutellum quadri- 

 spinosum ; abdomen chalybeum, albo maculatum ; ala fuscce, 

 in mare fascia dilutiore. 



Stratiomys quadridentata, Fabr. Syst. Antl. 86, 33. 

 Ptilocera quadridentata, Wied. Nov. Dipt. Gen. 7. 



Sumatra. Java. 



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