Gen. VALONIA, n. g. (_Plate I. fig. 6._)

_Fœm._ _Corpus_ sat angustum, pubescens. _Caput_ anticè subdilatatum.

_Antennæ_ breviusculæ; articulus 3^{us} longi-conicus; arista

pubescens. _Abdomen_ fusiforme, thorace paullò longius. _Pedes_ sat

robusti. _Alæ_ angustæ, obscuræ, maculis limpidis.

Allied to _Platystoma_.—_Female._ Body rather narrow, dull, pubescent.

Head as broad as the thorax, slightly dilated in front; epistoma not

prominent. Proboscis and palpi short. Antennæ rather short, not

reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint elongate-conical; arista pubescent.

Abdomen fusiform, a little longer than the thorax. Legs rather

stout, especially the hind pair. Wings narrow, dark with limpid

spots; subcostal vein ending at before one-third of the length of

the wing; mediastinal ending at much beyond half the length; radial

ending at a little before three-quarters of the length; cubital and

subanal hardly undulating, the former ending at a little in front of

the tip of the wing; discal transverse vein straight and upright,

parted by less than half its length from the border, and by a little

less than its length from the præbrachial transverse.

112. VALONIA COMPLICATA, n. s., fœm. Obscurè cinerea, capite testaceo,

thorace nigro-punctato, abdomine guttis quatuor lateralibus albis

tomentosis subtùs testaceo, pedibus fulvis, femoribus posterioribus

tibiisque posticis nigris, alis subcinereis guttis plurimis

limpidis.

_Female._ Dark grey. Head and appendages testaceous. Thorax punctured

with black; humeral calli black, shining. Abdomen with two white

tomentous dots on each side; underside testaceous. Legs tawny;

posterior femora black, with tawny tips; hind tibiæ blackish except

at the base. Wings greyish, with very numerous limpid dots, blackish

and without dots along more than half the length of the costa; veins

black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings

5 lines.

Malacca.

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