Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet.
69. MASICERA VICARIA, n. s., fœm. Nigra, longiuscula, capite albo,
frontalibus atris, thoracis vittis quatuor, lateribus scutello
abdominisque fasciis duabus latis interruptis canis, alis cinereis.
_Female._ Black, rather long. Head white, with short white hairs
beneath and behind; frontalia linear, deep black; facialia without
bristles; epistoma not prominent. Eyes pubescent. Antennæ extending
nearly to the epistoma; 3rd joint linear, slender, slightly rounded
at the tip, about four times the length of the 2nd; arista rather
stout for full one-third of the length from the base, very much
longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax with four hoary stripes; sides and
scutellum hoary. Abdomen elongate-obconical, much longer than the
thorax, with two broad interrupted hoary bands. Legs stout. Wings
grey; veins black; præbrachial vein forming a rather obtuse angle at
its flexure, from whence it is slightly curved inward to its tip;
discal transverse vein undulating, parted by very little less than
its length from the border and from the flexure of the præbrachial.
Alulæ whitish. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 9 lines.
Singapore.
Gen. EURIGASTER, _Macquart_.
70. EURIGASTER MUSCOÏDES, n. s., fœm. Nigra lata, capite
albido, frontalibus nigris, palpis testaceis, thorace cano
nigro-quadrivittato, scutelli apice fulvo, abdomine cano-fasciato,
alis cinereis apud costam fuscescentibus.
_Female._ Black, broad, with long bristles. Head whitish; frontalia
black, linear; facialia without bristles; epistoma not prominent.
Eyes pubescent. Palpi testaceous. Antennæ extending to the epistoma;
3rd joint linear, rounded at the tip, full four times the length of
the 2nd; arista slender, very much longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax
hoary, with four black stripes. Scutellum tawny towards the tip.
Abdomen obconical, hardly longer than the thorax, with a broad hoary
band on each segment. Legs slender, hardly setose. Wings grey,
brownish in front; veins black; præbrachial vein forming a slightly
obtuse angle at its flexure, from whence it is slightly curved
inward to its tip; discal transverse vein straight except a slight
curve by its hind end, parted by much less than its length from the
border, and by rather more than its length from the flexure of the
præbrachial. Alulæ white. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 6
lines.
Singapore.