98. LAUXANIA EUCERA, n. s., mas. Nigra cinereo-tomentosa, capite
atrobiguttato, antennis piceis longissimis, aristâ albâ, abdomine
pedibusque fulvis, femoribus tibiisque nigro-fasciatis, alis
subcinereis apud costam subluridis.
_Male._ Black, with greyish tomentum. Head with a deep black spot on
each side between the eyes. Proboscis dull tawny. Palpi black.
Antennæ piceous; 1st joint long; 3rd slender, cylindrical, longer
than the 1st and the 2nd together; arista white, pubescent, longer
than the 3rd joint. Abdomen and legs tawny; femora and tibiæ with
black bands; tarsi with black tips. Wings greyish, slightly lurid
along the costa; veins black; discal transverse vein straight,
slightly oblique, parted by less than its length from the border,
and by more than twice its length from the præbrachial transverse
vein. Halteres tawny. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 4½
lines.
Singapore.
99. LAUXANIA DETEREUNS, n. s., fœm. Nigra, nitens, antennis piceis,
aristâ nigrâ, tarsis anticis basi tibiisque tarsisque posterioribus
testaceis, alis subcinereis.
_Female._ Black, shining, with black bristles. Antennæ piceous; 3rd
joint elongate-conical, much shorter than that of _L. eucera_;
arista black, pubescent, full thrice the length of the 3rd joint.
Fore tarsi at the base and posterior tibiæ and tarsi testaceous.
Wings slightly greyish; veins and halteres testaceous; discal
transverse vein straight, almost upright, parted by almost its
length from the border and by nearly twice its length from the
præbrachial transverse vein. Length of the body 1¼ line; of the
wings 3 lines.
Mount Ophir, at the height of 4000 feet.
Gen. CELYPHUS, _Dalman_.
100. Celyphus obtectus, _Dalman, Analecta Entomologica_, 32. 1. pl. 2.
B. f. 1–5.
Malacca. Inhabits also Hindostan and the Philippine Islands.
Subfam. ORTALIDES, _Haliday_.