160 MR. WALKER ON DIPTERA COLLECTED AT MAKESSAR. 
base ; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by about half its 
length from the border, and by a little less than its length from the 
praebrachial transverse. Length of the body 3 lines j of the wings 
6 lines. 
200. Trypeta approximans, n. s. Fcem. Nigra, nitens, capite ru- 
feseente, facie cinerea, abdomine elliptico apicem versus lanceolato, 
pedibus fulvis, femoribus nigris, alis nigricantibus albo maeulatis. 
Female . Black, shining ; head reddish ; face cinereous ; abdomen ellip- 
tical, lanceolate towards the tip, much longer than the thorax ; legs 
tawny ; femora black ; wings blackish, with two white triangular spots 
on the costa, with three white dots on the disk, with three white 
streaks on the hind border, and with two white subapical streaks ; 
veins black ; discal transverse vein nearly straight and upright, parted 
by much less than its length from the border, and by a little less 
than its length from the praebrachial transverse. Length of the body 
H line ; of the wings 24 lines. 
Gen. Sophira, Walk. 
201. Sophira bistriga, n. s. Fcem. Fulva, capite luteo, arista plu- 
mosa, thorace pectoreque nigro maeulatis, metatliorace vittis duabus 
nigris, abdomine fusiformi maculis lateralibus nigris, oviductu lanceo- 
lato, alis nigricantibus albo bifasciatis basi fulvis. 
Female. Tawny, shining; head luteous, hardly as broad as the thorax, 
white about the eyes ; antennae tawny, not near reaching the epistoma ; 
3rd joiut elongate-conical, more than twice the length of the 2nd ; 
arista plumose ; thorax with four large black spots ; metathorax with 
two black stripes ; pectus with two elongated black spots on each 
side ; abdomen fusiform, with a long lanceolate flat oviduct, much 
longer than the thorax ; each segment with two large lateral black 
spots ; wings blackish, tawny tow ards the base, with two white bands, 
the exterior band curved outward in front, and not extending to the 
costa ; veius black, tawny towards the base ; discal transverse vein 
curved outward, parted by full one-fourth of its length from the border, 
and by very much more than its length from the praebrachial trans- 
verse. Length of the body 44 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 
Gen. Palloptera, Fallen. 
202. Palloptera detracta, n. s. Mas. Testacea, capite apud oculos 
cinereo, arista subpubescente, abdomine guttis duabus lateralibus sub- 
apicalibus nigris, alis cinereis. 
Male. Testaceous ; head pale cinereous behind and about the eyes ; 
antennse short, tawny ; arista very minutely pubescent ; abdomen oval, 
not longer than the thorax, with a black dot on each side of the sub- 
apical segment ; wings grev ; veins black, testaceous at the base ; 
