COLLECTED AT SINGAPORE AND MALACCA. 
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Female. Purplish-black. Head dull black, white in front. Proboscis piceous. 
Antennae black ; arista rather shorter than the thorax. Pectus white. Ab- 
domen dark purple. Legs tawny ; tarsi and tips of the femora blackish. 
Wings blackish, nearly limpid along the hind border, and at two -thirds of 
the length with a nearly limpid band which extends from the hind border to 
the cubital vein ; veins and halteres black ; fore branch of the prsebraehial 
vein very deeply curved ; disca! transverse vein almost straight. Length 
of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines, 
Singapore. 
Earn. SYKPHIDiE, Leach. 
Gen. Ceria, Fabr. 
54. Ceria Javana, Wied. Aim. Zueifl. ii. 81. 1. 
Malacca. Inhabits also Java. 
Gen. Eristalis, Latr. 
55. Eristalis Amphicrates, Walk. Cat. Dipt. pt. 3. 623. 
Malacca. Inhabits also Hindostan, Java, and China. 
56. Eristalis niger? Wied. Aim. Ztceifl. ii. 183. 45. 
Singapore. Inhabits also Java? 
57. Eristalis singularis, n. s., faem. Ater, arista nud&, pedibus posticis 
subincrassatis, tibiis anterioribus basi testaceis, alis subcinereis apud costae 
medium nigrieantibus. 
Female. Deep black. Head shining in front. Arista bare. Legs shining ; 
hind femora rather thick ; hind tibiae slightly dilated ; anterior tibiae pale 
testaceous towards the base. Wings greyish, with a blackish tinge along 
the middle of the costa ; veins black. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 
wings 8 lines. 
Singapore. 
Gen. Helophilus, Meigen. 
58. Helophilus insignis, n. s., fcem. Nigricans, capitis lateribus anticis 
pectorisque fasciis duabus testaceis, antennis ferrugineis, thoracis vittis qua- 
tuor, scutello abdominisque fasciis tribus luteis, hujus marginibus subchaly- 
beis, tibiis fulvis apice nigrieantibus, alis subcinereis basi subluridis apud 
costae dimidium apicale fuscescentibus. 
Female. Blackish. Head pale testaceous on each side in front. Antennae 
ferruginous. Thorax with four luteous stripes. Pectus with a testaceous 
band on each side. Scutellura luteous. Abdomen with three luteous bands ; 
1st broad, interrupted ; 2nd narrower than the 1st, broader than the 3rd ; 
hind borders of the segments slightly chalybeous and shining. Tibise tawny, 
with blackish tips. Wings slightly greyish, with a lurid tinge at the base, 
and a slight brownish tinge along the costa beyond the middle ; veins black, 
tawny towards the costa. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 8 lines ; 
of the wings 14 lines. 
Singapore. 
LINN. PROC. — ZOOLOGT. 
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