220. TEXARA DIOCTRIOIDES, n. s. _Mas et Foem._ Nigra, longa, gracilis,
capite nigro-cyaneo, thorace vittis quatuor cinereis, segmentorum
abdominalium lateribus albo marginatis, pedibus fulvo fasciatis, alis
cinereis, halteribus testaceis.
_Male and Female._ Black, long, slender; head bluish-black, white
about the eyes in front; antennæ of the male piceous, of the
female tawny, 3rd joint round, arista minutely pubescent; thorax
with four cinereous stripes; abdomen about twice the length of the
thorax, cylindrical towards the base, subclavate in the male and
elongate-fusiform in the female hindward; hind borders of the segments
white on each side; fore femora, hind tibiæ and hind tarsi tawny at
the base; middle legs and hind femora tawny, the latter with a broad
black band; fore tibiæ white, black at the base; wings grey; veins
black; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by less than
its length from the border, and by almost four times its length from
the præbrachial transverse; halteres testaceous. Length of the body
4-4-1/2 lines; of the wings 6-7 lines.
Gen. GOBRYA, n. g.
_Mas. Corpus_ gracillimum. _Caput_ thorace multo latius; frons sat
angusta; facies plana. _Oculi_ magni. _Antennæ_ brevissimæ; articulus
3^{us} conicus; arista pubescens. _Thorax_ sat parvus. _Abdomen_
cylindricum, gracillimum, apice clavatum, thorace duplo longius.
_Pedes_ graciles; anteriores breves; postici longiusculi. _Alæ_
perangustæ.
_Male._ Body very slender. Head much broader than the thorax; front
rather narrow; face vertical, flat; eyes large, prominent. Antennæ
very short; 3rd joint conical, longer than the 2nd; arista pubescent.
Thorax rather small. Abdomen clavate, about twice the length of the
thorax, cylindrical and very slender till near its tip. Legs slender;
anterior legs short; hind legs rather long. Wings very narrow; discal
transverse vein straight, upright, parted by more than its length
from the border, and by more than four times its length from the
præbrachial transverse.
221. GOBRYA BACCHOIDES, n. s. _Mas._ Cyanea, nitens, antennis
pedibusque pallide flavis, abdomine nigro fasciis duabus flavis,
femoribus posterioribus tibiisque posticis nigris, tarsis posticis
basi nigris, alis vix cinerascentibus, halteribus flavis apice nigris.
_Male._ Blue, shining; proboscis, antennæ, and legs pale yellow;
abdomen black, with two pale yellow bands, the hind one very slender;
posterior femora and hind tibiæ black, the former pale yellow at both
ends; middle tibiæ and tarsi wanting; hind tarsi black towards the
base; wings hardly greyish, apical third part brown; veins black;
halteres pale yellow, with black knobs. Length of the body 2-3/4
lines; of the wings 4 lines.
Subfam. OSCINIDES, _Haliday_.