Gen. Texara, n. g. (Plate II. fig. 5.)
Fœm. Corpus gracile, non setosum. Caput subproductum; facies brevis. Antennæ epistoma attingentes; articulus 3us clavatus; arista pubescens, subapicalis. Thorax subfusiformis. Abdomen lanceolatum, thorace angustius et duplò longius. Pedes postici longi, femoribus incrassatis serratis, tarsis anticis subdilatatis. Alæ angustæ.
Female. Body slender, without bristles. Head slightly produced, as broad as the thorax; face short; epistoma not prominent. Antennæ extending to the epistoma; third joint clavate; arista minutely pubescent, seated near the tip of the third joint. Thorax subfusiform. Abdomen lanceolate, narrower than the thorax and about twice its length. Anterior legs moderately long and stout; fore tarsi slightly dilated; hind legs long; hind femora incrassated, serrated beneath; hind tibiæ slightly curved. Wings narrow; subcostal vein not extending to one-third of the length of the wing; mediastinal vein not extending to half the length; radial extending to a little beyond three-quarters of the length; cubital ending at very little in front of the tip of the wing; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than its length from the border, and by about thrice its length from the præbrachial transverse.
123. Texara compressa, n. s., fœm. Nigra, capite nigro-cyaneo subtùs cano, antennis piceis, aristâ albidâ, alis subcinereis, halteribus albidis.
Female. Black. Head bluish-black, with hoary tomentum beneath. Antennæ piceous; arista whitish. Wings greyish; veins black. Halteres whitish. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Singapore.
Description of Plates I. and II.
Obs. All the figures are more or less magnified, and the outline-details comprise the side and front views of the head, antennæ, and base of the wings.
Plate I.
Fig. 1. Massicyta bicolor; 1a, head seen sideways; 1b, the head seen in front; 1c, antenna.