154- MB. WALKER ON DIPTERA COLLECTED AT MAKESSAR, 
the tip, full thrice the length of the 2nd joint, which is rather long ; 
arista bare, slender, a little longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax short. 
Abdomen peti dated, oval and very convex hind ward, concave beneath, 
very much longer than the thorax. Legs moderately long. Wings 
rather narrow. 
187. Callantra smieroides, n. s. Fam . Fulva, facie nigro-bigut- 
tata, antenuis testaceis, thoracis fascia, scutello, callis duobus huine- 
ralibus, pectoris lituris duabus, abdominis fasciis duabus lituraque 
subapicali flavis, alis subeinereis apud costam fuscescentibus, halteribus 
testaceis. 
Female . Tawny ; head testaceous about the eyes ; face with a black dot 
on each side; antennae testaceous, extending beyond the epistoma ; 
thorax with two yellow humeral ealli, and with a yellow band which is 
continued on each side of the pectus, the latter having a yellow mark 
on each side hindward ; scutellum yellow ; abdomen with the hind 
borders of the 1st and 2nd segments yellow; a yellow capitate sub- 
apical mark, which is dilated on each side ; wings slightly grey, brown- 
ish along the costa ; veins black, tawny towards the base ; a lurid 
tinge along the subanal vein ; discal transverse vein oblique, nearly 
straight, parted by less than half its length from the border, and by 
more than its length from the prEebrachial transverse ; halteres testa- 
ceous. Length of the body 4£ lines ; of the wings 7 k lines. 
Gen. Aragara, n. g. 
Faun. Corpus nngustum. Caput supra planum, thorace latius; facies 
valde retracta. Antenna brevissimse ; articulus 3 U ® subrotundus ; arista 
nuda. Thorax longus, subcorapressus. Abdomen ovation, thorace 
brevius. Pedes antici raptorii, coxis longissimis, femoribus incrassatis. 
Alee sat angustae. 
Allied to Dacus. 
Female. Body narrow. Head flat above, broader than the thorax ; face 
much retracted. Antennae very short ; 3rd joint nearly round, a little 
longer than the 2nd ; arista bare, slender. Thorax long, slightly com- 
pressed. Abdomen oval, shorter but hardly broader than the thorax. 
Fore legs raptorious ; coxae very long ; femora incrassated ; tibiae 
shorter than the femora to which they are applied. Posterior legs 
moderately long and stout. Wings rather narrow. 
188. Aragara crassipes, n. s. Foem . Cinereo-nigra, capite cyaneo, 
tarsis testaceis, alis cinereis, halteribus albis. 
Female. Black, slightly covered with cinereous tomentum ; head blue, 
shining, luteous on each side in front ; antenna: black ; thorax cine- 
reous on each side ; tarsi testaceous, with black tips ; wings grey ; 
veins black ; prtebracliial vein and subanal vein very near each other 
from the base to the discal transverse vein, which is straight and parted 
