Gen. Amblada, n. g.

Fœm. Corpus sat robustum. Caput transversum, thorace vix angustins. Antennæ capitis latitudine breviores; articulus 3^us lanceolatus, 2° longior; arista pubescens. Abdomen brevi-ovatum, thorace multo brevius, Pedes simplices. Alæ mediocres.

Female. Body moderately stout. Head transverse, almost as broad as the thorax, somewhat flat above; proboscis and palpi very short. Antennæ shorter than the breadth of the head; 3rd joint lanceolate, longer than the 2nd; arista pubescent. Abdomen short-oval, much shorter than the thorax. Legs simple, moderately long. Wings of moderate size; veins of the usual structure.

163. Amblada atomaria, n. s. Fœm. Cinerea, capite guttis quatuor fuscis maculisque duabus atris, arista alba filiformi, thorace lineis duabus punctisque plurimis fuscis, abdomine fulvo segmentorum marginibus nigro punctatis, pedibus fulvis, tibiis albidis nigro bifasciatis, alis lurido-cinereis.

Female. Cinereous; head white about the eyes, with two brown dots on each side of the vertex, and with a deep black spot on each side in front; antennæ cinereous-brown; arista, white, filiform, seated on the base of the 3rd joint, which it much exceeds in length; thorax with two slender brown lines and with very numerous brown points; abdomen tawny, with black points on the hind borders of the segments; legs tawny; tibiæ dingy whitish, with two black bands on each; wings grey, with a lurid tinge; veins tawny, black by the costa at the base; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than its length from the border, and by full twice its length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres testaceous. Length of the body 2¹/₂ lines; of the wings 5 lines.

Gen. Sepedon, Latr.

164. Sepedon Javanensis, Desv. Essai Myod. 677. 2.

Inhabits also Java.

Subfam. Lauxanides, Walk.

Gen. Lonchœa, Fallen.

165. Lonchœa ? punctipennis. Fœm. Nigra, nitens, capite antico argenteo, antennarum articulo 3° longe-conico, arista plumosa, tarsis halteribusque piceis, alis cinereis basi nigris puncto costali nigro.

Female. Black, shining, with several stout bristles; head silvery in front; face flat; antennæ short; third joint elongate-conical, arista very plumose; abdomen oval, convex, a little shorter and narrower than the thorax; tarsi and halteres piceous; wings grey, black at the base, with a black costal point at the tip of the subcostal vein; veins yellowish, black at the base; costal vein black; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than its length from the border, and by nearly twice its length from the præbrachial transverse. Length of the body 2¹/₄ lines; of the wings 4¹/₂ lines.

166. Lonchœa? consentanea, n. s. Fœm. Nigra, nitens, arista nuda, abdomine cyanescente-nigro, alis cinereis, halteribus albis.

Female. Black, shining; antennæ black, nearly reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint linear, about thrice the length of the 2nd; arista simple; abdomen bluish black; wings grey; veins black, testaceous at the base; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than its length from the border and by more than twice its length from the præbrachial transverse; halteres white. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 3¹/₂ lines.

167. Lonchœa? atratula, n. s. Fœm. Atra, pubescens, antennis epistoma attingentibus, arista plumosa, abdomine subovato, alis nigricantibus.

Female. Deep black, pubescent, not shining; antennæ; reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint linear, rounded at the tip, about four times the length of the 2nd; arista plumose; abdomen somewhat oval, a little broader but hardly longer than the thorax; wings blackish; veins black; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than its length from the border, and by about twice its length from the præbrachial transverse. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 3¹/₂ lines.