Malacca. Inhabits also Hindostan.
74. SARCOPHAGA RECIPROCA, n. s., fœm. Cana, capite albo, frontalibus
palpis antennis thoracis vittis pedibusque nigris, abdomine
subtessellato, alis subcinereis.
_Female._ Hoary. Head white; frontalia black, linear. Proboscis, palpi
and antennæ black. Thorax with three black stripes, and with black
lines intersecting the two intermediate hoary stripes. Abdomen
slightly tessellated. Legs black. Wings greyish; veins black;
præbrachial forming a right angle at its flexure, near which it is
much curved inward, and is thence straight to its tip; discal
transverse vein slightly undulating, parted by less than its length
from the border, and by little more than half its length from the
flexure of the præbrachial. Alulæ white. Length of the body 6 lines;
of the wings 11 lines.
Singapore. A smaller specimen from Malacca apparently belongs to this
species.
75. SARCOPHAGA ALIENA, n. s., fœm. Cana, capite albo, frontalibus
palpis antennis thoracis vittis pedibusque nigris, abdomine
tessellato, alis subcinereis.
_Female._ Hoary. Head white; frontalia black, slightly widening in
front. Proboscis, palpi and antennæ black. Thorax with three black
stripes, and with black lines intersecting the two intermediate
hoary stripes. Abdomen tessellated. Legs black. Wings slightly
greyish; veins black; præbrachial forming a very slightly acute
angle at its flexure, near which it is much curved inward, and is
thence straight to its tip; discal transverse vein hardly
undulating, parted by a little less than its length from the border,
and by much more than half its length from the flexure of the
præbrachial vein. Alulæ white. Length of the body 4 lines; of the
wings 8 lines.
Mount Ophir.
Subfam. MUSCIDES.
Gen. IDIA, _Meigen_.
76. IDIA TENEBROSA, n. s., fœm. Obscurè viridis punctata, capite
pedibus halteribusque nigris, antennis piceis, alis fusco-cinereis
apud costam nigris.
_Female._ Dull green. Head slightly tuberculated above, black and
shining in front. Frontalia dull black, hardly decreasing in breadth
to the base of the antennæ which are piceous. Thorax very minutely
punctured, with a slight hoary tinge which is interrupted by three
slender indistinct black stripes. Abdomen shining, thickly
punctured. Legs black. Wings brownish grey, black along the costa.
Alulæ grey, with black borders. Halteres black. Length of the body
4½ lines; of the wings 7 lines.
Mount Ophir. Inhabits also South Africa.
77. IDIA BICOLOR, n. s., fœm. Viridis, capite albido, facie nigrâ,
frontalibus obscurè nigris, antennis fulvis, thorace
nigro-quadrivittato, abdomine æneomarginato, vittâ dorsali nigrâ,
pedibus nigris, alis cinereis costâ apiceque nigricantibus,
halteribus albidis.
_Female._ Green. Head whitish and shining above, black and shining in
front. Frontalia dull black, linear, furcate hindward. Antennæ
tawny. Thorax with a slight hoary bloom and with four slender black
stripes. Abdomen æneous at the tip and along each side, and with a
slight black dorsal stripe. Legs black; coxæ and femora green. Wings
grey, blackish along the costa and at the tips. Alulæ dingy whitish.
Halteres whitish. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 5 lines.
Malacca.