COLLECTED AT SINGAPORE AND MALACCA. 
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black towards the tips ; transverse veins black. Discal transverse vein 
clouded with brown, parted by much less than its length from the border, 
and by much more than twice its length from the pmbrachial transverse 
vein. Al nlm wliitish. Length of the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 
Malacca. 
97. IIelomyza bxeuns, n. s., mas. Fulva, capite antico, metathorace pectore 
pedibusque testaceis, abdominis maculis transversis nigricantibus, tarsis 
ferrugineis apice fuscis, alis subeinereis macuM apicibusque fuscis. 
Very nearly allied to 77. intermns . Male. Tawny. Head in front, meta- 
tliorax, pectus, legs and halteres testaceous. Abdomen with a transverse 
blackish mark on the disk of each segment. Tarsi ferruginous, with black 
tips. Wings slightly greyish ; tips brown ; veins black, tawny at the base; 
a brown spot on the discal transverse vein, which is straight, slightly 
oblique, parted by less than its length from the border, and by about thrice 
its length from the discal transverse vein. Alulae wliitish. Length of the 
body 21 lines ; of the wings 41 lines. 
Mount Ophir. 
Subfam. Lauxanides, Walk . 
Gen. Lauxania, Latr . 
98. Lauxania eucera, n.s., mas. Nigra cinereo-tomentosa, capite atro- 
biguttato, antennis pieeis longissimis, arista alba, abdomine pedibusque 
fulvis, femoribus tibiisque nigro-fasciatis, alis subeinereis apud costam 
subluridis. 
Male. Black, with greyish tomentum. Head with a deep black spot on each 
side between the eyes. Proboscis dull tawny. Palpi black. Antennae 
piceous j 1st joint long ; 3rd slender, cylindrical, longer than the 1st and 
the 2nd together ; arista white, pubescent, longer than the 3rd joint. 
Abdomen and legs tawny ; femora and tibiae with black bands ; tarsi with 
black tips. Wings greyish, slightly lurid along the costa ; veins black ; 
discal transverse vein straight, slightly oblique, parted by less than its 
length from the border, and by more than twice its length from the prse* 
brachial transverse vein. Halteres tawny. Length of the body 2 lines ; 
of the wings 4£ lines. 
Singapore. 
99. Lauxania dEtereuns, n. s., foem. Nigra, nitens, antennis pioeis, aristd 
nigra, tarsis anticis basi tibiisque tarsisque posterioribus testaceis, alis sub- 
cinereis. 
Female. Black, shining, with black bristles. Antennae piceous ; 3rd joint 
elongate-conical, much shorter than that of L. eucera ; arista black, pu- 
bescent, full thrice' the length of the 3rd joint. Fore tarsi at the base and 
posterior tibiae and tarsi testaceous. Wings slightly greyish ; veins and 
halteres testaceous ; discal transverse vein straight, almost upright, parted 
by almost its length from the border and by nearly twice its length from the 
prsebrachial transverse vein. Length of the body 1 J line ; of the wings 
3 lines. 
Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet. 
