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transverse vein nearly straight and upright, parted by full one-fourth of 
its length from the border, and by about its length from the praebrachial 
transverse which is undulating and very oblique. 
111. Stetjmeta conformis, n. s., fcem. Cervina, thoracis vittis duabus, rneta* 
thorace et pectoris disco nigrieantibus, pedibus testaceis, alia limpidis fusco- 
quadrifasciatis. 
Female. Fawn-colour. Thorax with two blackish stripes. Metathorax and 
disk of the pectus blackish. Legs and halteres testaceous. Wings limpid, 
pale brown along the costa, and with four pale brown bands ; 1st and 2nd 
bands connected hindward ; veins black, testaceous towards the base. Length 
of the body 4 lines j of the wings 7 lines. 
Singapore. 
G-en, Valonia, n. g. (Plate I. Jig. 6.) 
Fcem. Corpus sat angustum, pubescens. Caput antiefc subdilatatum. An- 
tennee breviusculse j articulus 3 U * longi-conicus ; arista pubescens. Abdomen 
fusiforme, thorace paullb longius. Pedes sat robusti. Alee angustse, obscurse, 
maculis limpidis. 
Allied to Platystoma. — Female. Body rather narrow, dull, pubescent. Head 
as broad as the thorax, shghtly dilated in front ; epistoma not prominent. 
Proboscis and palpi short. Antennae rather short, not reaching the epistoma ; 
3rd joint elongate-conical ; arista pubescent. Abdomen fusiform, a little 
longer than the thorax. Legs rather stout, especially the hind pair. Wings 
narrow, dark with limpid spots j subcostal vein ending at before one-third 
of the length of the wing ; mediastinal ending at much beyond half the 
length j radial ending at a little before three-quarters of the length ; cubital 
and subanal hardly undulating, the former ending at a little in front of the 
tip of the wing ; diseal transverse vein straight and upright, parted by less 
than half its length from the border, and by a little less than its length from 
the praebrackial transverse. 
112. V alonia comflicata, n. s., fcem. Obscurfe cinerea, capite testaceo, 
thorace nigro-punetato, abdomine guttis quatuor lateralibus albis tomen- 
tosis subtiis testaceo, pedibus fulvis, femoribus posterioiibus tibiisque 
posticis nigris, alis subcinereis guttis plurimis limpidis. 
Female. Dark grey. Head and appendages testaceous. Thorax punctured 
with black ; humeral calli black, shining. Abdomen with two white tomen- 
tous dots on each side; underside testaceous. Legs tawny ; posterior femora 
black, with tawny tips ; hind tibiai blackish except at the base. Wings 
greyish, with very numerous limpid dots, blackish and without dots along 
more than half the length of the costa ; veins black. Halteres testaceous. 
Length of the body 3 Hues ; of the wings 5 lines. 
Malacca. 
Gen. Sofiiiba, n. g. ( Plate II. Jig. 1.) 
Fcem. Corpus sat angustum, pubescens. Caput thorace paullo angustius. 
Antennarum articulus 3“ 8 longiusculus, sublanceolatus ; arista plumosa. 
