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and not longer than the thorax. Legs testaceous ; posterior femora piceous 
above. Wings cinereous ; veins and halteres brown. Length of the body 
2$ lines ; of the wings 44 lines. 
Singapore. 
Gen. Eudmeta, Wied. 
16. Eudmeta margmata, Fair. Syst. Anti. 63. 3. (Hennetia.) 
Singapore. Inhabits also Java, Sumatra, and Hindostan. 
Gen. Massicyta, n. g. (Plate I . Jig . I.) 
Corpus longiusculum, sat angustum. Caput transversum, breve, thorace vix 
latius. Antenna gracilea, thorace paulld breviores ; articulus 1 UI linearis ; 
2 BS longi-fusiformis, 1° vix longior ; 3“* aeuminatus, minimus. Thorax 
longi-ellipticus. Abdomen obclavatum, subpetiolatum, thorace plus dupld 
longius. Pedes graciles. Alee elongate?, sat august®. 
Body rather long and narrow. Head transverse, short, very little broader 
than the thorax. Antennae slender, a little shorter than the thorax ; 
1st joint linear ; 2nd elongate fusiform, very little longer than the 1st ; 
3rd acuminated, very minute. Thorax elongate elliptical. Abdomen ob- 
clavafe, subpetiolated, a little more than twice the length of the thorax. 
Legs slender. Wings rather long and narrow; mediastinal, subcostal, 
radial and cubital veins, and median veinlet of the usual structure ; 1st, 
2nd and 4th externo-medial veins complete; 3rd abbreviated; subanal 
joining the anal at some distance from the border ; discal areolet irregularly 
hexagonal, elongated, narrower towards the tip of the wing. 
17. Massicyta bicolor, n. s., feem. Nigra, antennis basi testaceis apice 
albis, pectore scutelloque flavis, illo nigro biinaculato, abdomine testaceo 
fasciato, pedibus flavis, femoribus anterioribus tibiisque poatieis fuseo 
fasciatis, femoribus posticis nigris, alis cinereis, apud costam subluridis. 
Female. Black, shining, with testaceous pubescence. Mouth testaceous. An- 
tenna testaceous towards the base, white at the tips. Pectus and scutellum 
yellow, the former with a large black spot on each side. Abdomen with 
testaceous bands. Legs yellow ; hind femora black ; anterior femora and 
liind tibiae with brown bands. Wings grey, with a slight lurid tinge along 
the costa ; veins black. Halteres pale yellow. Length of the body 6-7 lines ; 
of the wings 10-12 lines. 
Singapore. 
Geii. Sargus, Fair. 
18. Sargus longipeimis, Wied. Atm. Zvoeifl. ii. 34. 11. 
Malacca. Inhabits also Java. 
19. Sargus lueidus, n, s., mas, Ferrugincus, capite pectoreque testaceis, 
antennis fulvis, abdominis segmentis testaceo-faseiatis, apice nigro, pedibus 
testaceis, tibiis posticis apice nigris, tarsis posticis nigris apice albidis, alis 
luridis apice fuscis. 
Male. Ferruginous. Head and pectus testaceous. Antenn® tawny. Ab- 
domen black towards the tip ; a testaceous band on the hind border of each 
