115. Xiria antica, n. s., mas. Purpurea, capite nigro, antennarum articulo 3o ferrugineo, pedibus testaceis, tibiis nigris, tarsis albis anticis ferrugineis, alis sublimpidis apice nigricantibus maculis costalibus albis et nigricantibus.
Male. Purple. Head and appendages black. Third joint of the antennæ ferruginous. Legs testaceous; tibiæ black; fore tarsi ferruginous; posterior tarsi white, with brown tips. Wings nearly limpid, with two white and two blackish spots on the costa; tips blackish; veins black, testaceous along the costa. Halteres whitish. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Mount Ophir.
Subfam. Achiides, Walk.
Gen. Achias, Fabr.
116. Achias maculipennis, Westw. Oriental Entomology, 38. pl. 18. f. 4. Singapore. Inhabits also Java.
Subfam. Diopsides, Walk.
Gen. Diopsis.
117. Diopsis quinqueguttata, n. s., fœm. Nigra, proboscide pedibusque fulvis, his ex parte fuscescentibus, alis nigricantibus basi apice guttisque quinque sublimpidis. (Plate II. fig. 7.)
Female. Black, shining. Proboscis tawny. Petioles of the eyes about half the length of the thorax. Scutellum with two spines, which are more than half the length of the thorax. Legs tawny, partly shaded with brown. Wings blackish, nearly limpid at the base and at the tips, and with two interrupted nearly limpid bands, the first of two dots, the second of three dots; veins black. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 4½ lines.