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Occurrence .—Described from a series one male taken in my bungalow 
Kuala Lumpur and other males and one female sent me by Dr. Finlayson 
of Singapore. 
Remarks .—This species is easily distinguished from the other mem¬ 
bers of the genus, and is apparently much more rare. 
[CONOPOMYIA AUREA. N. SP." 
Head golden-brown with golden-yellow spatulate, and dark brown 
upright scales. Proboscis clad with deep golden-yellow scales with a few 
scattered black scales on its upper surface which at the apex form a narrow 
band and include some dark brown narrow-curved scales. Scutellum 
brown with black narrow-curved scales. Wings with broad cordate lateral 
scales. Abdomen purple and gold. Legs banded. 
Female Head. —Golden-brown, entirely covered with square ended spatu¬ 
late scales deepgolden-yellow r in most lights (but shewing interruption colours ) 
and darker brown upright scales confined to the nape. Basal joint of 
antenna pyramidal in shape golden-brown in colour with dark brown scales 
on the inner side, second joint of an extraordinary length as long as 
any three succeeding joints dark brown with small dark brown scales, 
remaining joints dark brown -with dark brown verticillate hairs. Clypeus 
deep golden-yellow. Palpi longer than usual fully one-third the length of a 
rather long proboscis composed of only two joints (there may be a small 
basal joint but I do not think there is) the ultimate joint very long clad with 
deep golden-yellow scales and a patch of purple scales on the upper surface 
at its base, penultimate joint with golden-yellow scales. Proboscis very 
long, curved, clad with deep golden-yellow scales except the apical sixth 
which is clad with purple scales on its upper surface. 
Thorax .—Prothoracic lobes golden-brown with bristles only. Mesono- 
tum dark brown with lighter patches at the sides in front. Shoulders clad 
with deep golden-yellow ligulate scales, dorsum with dark brown and 
blackish-brown narrow-curved scales. Scutellum deep brown clad with 
black narrow-curved scales and six bristles on the central lobe. Pleurae 
golden-brown with a few golden bristles and scales. Wings with small 
triangular median scales and a few elliptical lateral scales on the fork cells 
only. The scales on the third vein consist of a single median row of very 
dark brown scales of a triangular shape with concave free ends; fork cells 
short, of about equal length, the base of the first nearer the apex of the 
wing than the second, its stem about one and half times as long as the cell; 
supernumerary and median veins forming one straight line, posterior cross¬ 
vein bent on itself in the middle and placed very obliquely and distant from 
the median exactly the length of one wing scale. Coxae golden-brown with 
dark shading, fore coxae with dark brown and golden-brown spatulate scales, 
hind with a double row of golden-brown scales on their whole length ; 
femora purple above golden-brown beneath ; tibiae clad with bright purple 
scales and a ring of deep golden scales at the apex of each; in the 
fore and mid legs there is a well-marked creamy band at base and apex 
of metatarsus and at the base of the two first tarsal joints ; in the hind leg 
there is a broad golden-yellow band at every articulation involving both 
sides of the joint while the whole of the last tarsal joint is creamy-yellow. 
