Malacca. Inhabits also Java and Sumatra.
25. LAPHRIA NOTABILIS, n. s., mas et fœm. Nigra, capite thoracisque
maculis quatuor transversis lateralibus auratis aut albis, abdominis
lateribus albomaculatis, pedibus pallidè flavis aut albis, femoribus
tibiisque apice tarsisque nigris, alis fuscis basim versus
sublimpidis.
_Male and Female._ Black. Head with pale gilded or white tomentum.
Face convex towards the epistoma. Mystax with a few black bristles.
Proboscis straight, porrect, linear. Third joint of the antennæ
slender, linear, about twice the length of the 1st and 2nd together.
Thorax with two transverse marks on each side of gilded or white
tomentum; scutellum, sides of the hind part of the thorax, and spots
on the pectus of the same hue. Segments of the abdomen with a white
spot and a few black setæ on each side. Legs pale yellow or white,
with hairs of the same hue and with a few black setæ; coxæ, tarsi,
and tips of the femora and of the tibiæ black. Wings dark brown,
almost limpid towards the base which is brown. Halteres pale yellow
or whitish. Length of the body 7–9 lines; of the wings 14–18 lines.
Malacca and Mount Ophir.