Male. Black. Head white in front. Antennæ testaceous, black towards the base. Humeral calli testaceous. Thorax with two hoary stripes; sides and pectus hoary. Abdomen testaceous, with a black dorsal stripe and a black band on the hind border of each segment. Femora testaceous, with black tips; hind femora black for more than half the length from the tips. Wings nearly limpid, pale brown towards the tips, and with a darker brown band which tapers irregularly from the costa to the hind border and crosses the base of the discal areolet; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 4½ lines; of the wings 9 lines.
Malacca.
Fam. BOMBYLIDÆ, Leach.
Gen. Anthrax, Fabr.
48. Anthrax degenera, n. s., mas et fœm. Nigra, pectore albido, abdominis lateribus ferrugineis, ventre testaceo, alis subcinereis, pedibus basi testaceis. Mas. Alis basi et apud costam nigro-fuscis. Fœm. Alis plus dimidio basali nigro-fuscis.
Male and Female. Dull black. Head not broader than long. Antennæ small; 3rd joint short-conical; arista somewhat longer than the 3rd joint. Pectus whitish. Abdomen blackish-brown, ferruginous on each side, testaceous beneath. Legs long, slender. Wings greyish; veins black; radial vein curved towards its tip; fore fork of the cubital undulating, parallel to the radial, forming near its base an obtuse angle which emits the stump of a vein; hind fork straight; three nearly straight externo-medial veins; 2nd connected with the 3rd by an undulating and very oblique veinlet; subanal vein near the anal on the border. Halteres testaceous.—Male. Hind femora testaceous towards the base; anterior femora dark testaceous. Wings blackish-brown at the base and along the costa.—Female. Hind femora testaceous with black tips; anterior femora paler testaceous. Wings blackish-brown for much more than half the length from the base. Length of the body 3½ lines; of the wings 10 lines.
Singapore.
Fam. DOLICHOPIDÆ, Leach.
Gen. Psilopus, Meigen.
49. Psilopus clarus, n. s., mas. Viridis, capite cyaneo, facie pectoreque albis, antennis nigris, abdominis segmentis nigro-fascistis, pedibus testaceis, tibiis posticis apice tarsisque nigris, alis limpidis.