Inhabits also the Philippine Islands.
44. LAPHRIA REQUISITA, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Viridis, capite
aurato, antennarum articulo 3° longi-fusiformi, femoribus
posticis incrassatis, alis nigricantibus basi et apud costam
cinereis, halteribus testaceis. _Mas._ Femoribus anterioribus
incrassatis, halteribus ex parte nigricantibus. _Foem._ Abdomine
purpurascenti-cyaneo basi viridi.
_Male and Female._ Green; head gilded in frost, with whitish hairs
beneath; mystax with a few black bristles; third joint of the antennæ
elongate-fusiform; hind femora incrassated. Wings blackish, cinereous
near the base and along nearly half the length of the costa; veins
black; halteres testaceous. _Male._ Anterior femora incrassated;
halteres partly blackish. _Female._ Abdomen purplish blue, green
towards the base. Length of the body 7-9 lines; of the wings 14-16
lines.
45. LAPHRIA PARTITA, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, capite aurato, antennarum
articulo 3° sublineari, thorace lineis tribus cinereis, lateribus
ochraceopilosis, maculis duabus humeralibus testaceis, abdomine
apice cyanescenti-nigro dimidio basali ochraceo-piloso, pedibus
aurato-pilosis, femoribus incrassatis, alis nigricantibus dimidio
basali fere sublimpido, halteribus testaceis. _Foem._ Antennarum
articulo 3° longi-fusiformi, maculis duabus humeralibus albidis,
abdomine nigricanti-cupreo, dimidio basali cinereo piloso.
_Male._ Black; head brightly gilded above, clothed with luteous
hairs beneath; mystax with some black bristles; 3rd joint of the
antennæ nearly linear, conical at the tip, a little longer than
the 1st and the 2nd together; thorax with three slender cinereous
lines; sides with ochraceous hairs; two humeral testaceous spots;
abdomen bluish-black towards the tip; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd segments with
ochraceous hairs; legs with gilded hairs and with black bristles;
femora incrassated, especially the hind pair; wings blackish, almost
limpid for nearly half the length from the base, which is partly
blackish; the blackish part emitting some streaks into the limpid
part; veins black; halteres testaceous. _Female._ Third joint of
the antennæ elongate fusiform; two humeral whitish spots; 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd abdominal segments with cinereous hairs; following segments
blackish cupreous. Length of the body 7-9 lines; of the wings 14-16
lines.
46. LAPHRIA COMPLENS, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, capite argenteo, antennarum
articulo 3° fusiformi, thorace strigis duabus anticis obliquis
maculisque duabus pectoralibus argenteis, abdomine purpureo maculis
duabus argenteis, pedibus purpurascenti-nigris, femoribus non
incrassatis, alis nigricantibus, halteribus apice testaceis.
_Female._ Black; head silvery, with black hairs beneath; mystax with
several black bristles; third joint of the antennæ fusiform; thorax
with an oblique silvery streak on each side in front; pectus with a
silvery spot on each side; abdomen purple, with a silvery spot on each
side of the 4th segment; legs purplish-black; femora not incrassated;
wings blackish; veins black; discal veinlet and third externo-medial
vein nearly forming one straight line; halteres with testaceous knobs.
Length of the body 7 lines; of the wings 12 lines.
47. LAPHRIA DIOCTRIOIDES, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, tenuis, linearis,
facie pectoreque argenteis, antennis linearibus, abdomine maculis
lateralibus pedibusque fulvis, femoribus posticis nigro fasciatis,
tibiis tarsisque posticis nigris, alis cinereis, halteribus pallide
flavis.
_Female._ Black, slender, linear; face silvery; mystax with four black
bristles; antennæ slender, linear, nearly as long as the breadth of
the head; pectus silvery; abdomen with tawny dots along each side;
legs tawny; a black ring on each hind trochanter; hind femora with a
black band; hind tibiæ and hind tarsi black, the latter tawny beneath;
wings cinereous; veins black; halteres pale yellow. Length of the body
2-1/2 lines; of the wings 5 lines.