Very nearly allied to H. intereuns. Male. Tawny. Head in front, metathorax, pectus, legs and halteres testaceous. Abdomen with a transverse blackish mark on the disk of each segment. Tarsi ferruginous, with black tips. Wings slightly greyish; tips brown; veins black, tawny at the base; a brown spot on the discal transverse vein, which is straight, slightly oblique, parted by less than its length from the border, and by about thrice its length from the discal transverse vein. Alulæ whitish. Length of the body 2¼ lines; of the wings 4½ lines.
Mount Ophir.
Subfam. Lauxanides, Walk.
Gen. Lauxania, Latr.
98. Lauxania eucera, n. s., mas. Nigra cinereo-tomentosa, capite atrobiguttato, antennis piceis longissimis, aristâ albâ, abdomine pedibusque fulvis, femoribus tibiisque nigro-fasciatis, alis subcinereis apud costam subluridis.
Male. Black, with greyish tomentum. Head with a deep black spot on each side between the eyes. Proboscis dull tawny. Palpi black. Antennæ piceous; 1st joint long; 3rd slender, cylindrical, longer than the 1st and the 2nd together; arista white, pubescent, longer than the 3rd joint. Abdomen and legs tawny; femora and tibiæ with black bands; tarsi with black tips. Wings greyish, slightly lurid along the costa; veins black; discal transverse vein straight, slightly oblique, parted by less than its length from the border, and by more than twice its length from the præbrachial transverse vein. Halteres tawny. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 4½ lines.
Singapore.
99. Lauxania detereuns, n. s., fœm. Nigra, nitens, antennis piceis, aristâ nigrâ, tarsis anticis basi tibiisque tarsisque posterioribus testaceis, alis subcinereis.
Female. Black, shining, with black bristles. Antennæ piceous; 3rd joint elongate-conical, much shorter than that of L. eucera; arista black, pubescent, full thrice the length of the 3rd joint. Fore tarsi at the base and posterior tibiæ and tarsi testaceous. Wings slightly greyish; veins and halteres testaceous; discal transverse vein straight, almost upright, parted by almost its length from the border and by nearly twice its length from the præbrachial transverse vein. Length of the body 1¼ line; of the wings 3 lines.
Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet.