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MR, walker’s CATALOGUE OF DIPTEROUS INSECTS 
lateribus pectoreque testaceis, pedibus posticis longiusculis sat validis, tibiis 
posticis subarcuatis, alis subcinerei9 apice obscurioribus. 
Female. Blackish. Thorax somewhat gibbous ; sides and pectus testaceous. 
Hind legs rather long and stout j hind tibiae somewhat curved. Wings 
greyish, rather darker at the tips ; veins black. Length of the body 5 lines ; 
of the wings 12 lines. 
Malacca. 
Subfam. Laphrites, Walk. 
G-en. Laphria, Fair. 
24. Laphria Reinwardtii, Wiecl. Auss. Zweijl. i. 503. 7. 
Malacca. Inhabits also Java and Sumatra. 
25. Laphria notabilis, n. s., mas et foem. Nigra, capite thoracisque macuhs 
quatuor transversis lateralibus auratis aut albis, abdominis lateribus albo- 
maculatis, pedibus pallidfe flavis aut albis, femoribus tibiisque apice tarsis- 
que nigris, alis fuscis basim versus sublimpidis. 
Male and Female. Black. Head with pale gilded or white tomentum. Face 
convex towards the epistoma. Mystax with a few black bristles. Proboscis 
straight, porrect, linear. Third joint of the antennae slender, linear, about 
twice the length of the 1st and 2nd together. Thorax with two transverse 
marks on each side of gilded or white tomentum ; scutellum, sides of the 
hind part of the thorax, and spots on the pectus of the same hue. Segments 
of the abdomen with a white spot and a few black setae on each side. Legs 
pale yellow' or white, with hairs of the same hue and with a few black setae ; 
coxae, tarsi, and tips of the femora and of the tibiae black. Wings dark 
brown, almost limpid towards the base which is brown. Halteres pale 
yellow or whitish. Length of the body 7-9 lines ; of the wings 14-18 lines. 
Malacca and Mount Ophir. 
26. Laphria Vulcanus, Wied. Auss. Zweijl. i. 514. 25. 
Malacca. Inhabits also Java. 
27. Laphria alternans, Wied. Auss. Zweijl. i. 511. 20. 
Singapore. Inhabits also Java. 
28. Laphria Oecus, n. s., fcem. Nigra, nigro-hirsuta, scutello nigro-cyaneo, 
abdoraine pedibusque nigro-purpureis, alis nigiicantibus areolarum discis 
pallidioribus, halteribus albidis. 
Female, Black, with black hairs and bristles. Face slightly convex. Mystax 
with numerous black bristles, extending over the whole surface. Scutelliun 
dark blue. Abdomen and legs dark purple, the latter with whitish hairs 
on the coxae. Wings blackish ; disks of several of the areolets much paler ; 
veins black. Halteres whitish. Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 
14 lines. 
Malacca. 
29. Laphria aurifacies, Macq. Dipt. Fxot. Suppl. iii, 22. 33. pi. 2. f. 5. 
Singapore and Malacca. Inhabits also the Moluccas. 
30. Laphria elegans, Walk. Cat. Dipt. 2nd Ser. 551, 126. 
Mount Ophir. Inhabits also Hindostan. 
