Allied to Platystoma.—Female. Body rather narrow, dull, pubescent. Head as broad as the thorax, slightly dilated in front; epistoma not prominent. Proboscis and palpi short. Antennæ rather short, not reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint elongate-conical; arista pubescent. Abdomen fusiform, a little longer than the thorax. Legs rather stout, especially the hind pair. Wings narrow, dark with limpid spots; subcostal vein ending at before one-third of the length of the wing; mediastinal ending at much beyond half the length; radial ending at a little before three-quarters of the length; cubital and subanal hardly undulating, the former ending at a little in front of the tip of the wing; discal transverse vein straight and upright, parted by less than half its length from the border, and by a little less than its length from the præbrachial transverse.
112. Valonia complicata, n. s., fœm. Obscurè cinerea, capite testaceo, thorace nigro-punctato, abdomine guttis quatuor lateralibus albis tomentosis subtùs testaceo, pedibus fulvis, femoribus posterioribus tibiisque posticis nigris, alis subcinereis guttis plurimis limpidis.
Female. Dark grey. Head and appendages testaceous. Thorax punctured with black; humeral calli black, shining. Abdomen with two white tomentous dots on each side; underside testaceous. Legs tawny; posterior femora black, with tawny tips; hind tibiæ blackish except at the base. Wings greyish, with very numerous limpid dots, blackish and without dots along more than half the length of the costa; veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 5 lines.
Malacca.
Gen. Sophira, n. g. (Plate II. fig. 1.)
Fœm. Corpus sat angustum, pubescens. Caput thorace paullò angustius. Antennarum articulus 3us longiusculus, sublanceolatus; arista plumosa. Abdomen subfusiforme, apice attenuatum, thorace paullò longius. Pedes graciles. Alæ longiusculæ, sat angustæ, venis limbatis.
Female. Body rather narrow, dull, pubescent. Head a little less broad than the thorax; epistoma not prominent. Proboscis and palpi short. Antennæ not reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint rather long, sublanceolate; arista plumose. Abdomen subfusiform, somewhat attenuated at the tip, a little longer than the thorax. Legs slender. Wings rather long and narrow; subcostal vein ending at before one-third of the length of the wing; mediastinal ending at much beyond half the length; radial ending at about seven-eighths of the length; cubital ending at very little in front of the tip; discal transverse vein straight, hardly oblique, parted by one-fourth of its length from the border, and by very much more than its length from the præbrachial transverse.
This genus seems to be somewhat allied to the Helomyzides.
113. Sophira venusta, n. s., fœm. Testacea, thoracis fasciâ metathorace abdominisque fasciis tribus maculisque duabus subapicalibus nigris, tibiis fuscescentibus, alis limpidis venis fusco-limbatis.
Female. Testaceous. Thorax with a black band between the wings. Metathorax black. Abdomen with three black bands, and with a black subapical spot on each side. Tibiæ brownish; tarsi tawny. Wings limpid, lurid in front, striped with brown along most of the veins; veins black, tawny towards the base; cubital vein minutely setose towards the base. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines.