Female. Very nearly allied to M. refixa. Purple, shining. Head and appendages and legs black. Wings limpid; veins black; præbrachial vein forming a gentle curve at its flexure which is very near the border, straight from thence to its tip; discal transverse vein almost straight, parted by about half its length from the border, and by a little more than its length from the flexure of the præbrachial vein. Alulæ whitish. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Mount Ophir.
91. Musca affixa, n. s. (genus Morellia, Desv.), mas. Obscurè nigra, capite antico albo, thoracis vittis tribus latis albidis, abdomine subtessellato, alis subcinereis.
Male. Dull black. Head white in front. Thorax with three broad whitish stripes. Abdomen slightly tessellated. Wings greyish; veins black; præbrachial vein forming a gentle curve at its flexure which is very near the border, nearly straight from its flexure to its tip; discal transverse vein hardly undulating, parted by less than half its length from the border, and by little less than its length from the flexure of the præbrachial vein. Alulæ grey. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 7 lines.
Mount Ophir.
Subfam. Anthomyides, Walk.
Gen. Aricia, Macq.
92. Aricia argentata, n. s., mas. Cana, capite argenteo, palpis antennis pedibusque nigris, thoracis vittis duabus nigricantibus, scutelli apice testaceo, abdominis maculis quatuor nigris dorsalibus basi testaceo, femoribus testaceis, alis subcinereis.
Male. Hoary. Head silvery-white. Proboscis, palpi, antennæ and legs black. Thorax with two blackish stripes. Scutellum towards the tip and femora testaceous. Abdomen with four black dorsal spots, testaceous towards the base. Wings and alulæ slightly greyish; veins black, testaceous towards the base; cubital and præbrachial veins slightly diverging for about two-thirds of their length from the præbrachial transverse vein, very slightly converging from thence to the border; discal transverse vein oblique, slightly curved inward along its hind half, parted by a little more than its length from the præbrachial transverse, and by much less than its length from the border. Length of the body 3½ lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Malacca.