_Fœm._ _Corpus_ sat angustum, pubescens. _Caput_ thorace paullò
angustius. _Antennarum_ articulus 3^{us} longiusculus,
sublanceolatus; arista plumosa. _Abdomen_ subfusiforme, apice
attenuatum, thorace paullò longius. _Pedes_ graciles. _Alæ_
longiusculæ, sat angustæ, venis limbatis.
_Female._ Body rather narrow, dull, pubescent. Head a little less
broad than the thorax; epistoma not prominent. Proboscis and palpi
short. Antennæ not reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint rather long,
sublanceolate; arista plumose. Abdomen subfusiform, somewhat
attenuated at the tip, a little longer than the thorax. Legs
slender. Wings rather long and narrow; subcostal vein ending at
before one-third of the length of the wing; mediastinal ending at
much beyond half the length; radial ending at about seven-eighths of
the length; cubital ending at very little in front of the tip;
discal transverse vein straight, hardly oblique, parted by
one-fourth of its length from the border, and by very much more than
its length from the præbrachial transverse.
This genus seems to be somewhat allied to the _Helomyzides_.
113. SOPHIRA VENUSTA, n. s., fœm. Testacea, thoracis fasciâ
metathorace abdominisque fasciis tribus maculisque duabus
subapicalibus nigris, tibiis fuscescentibus, alis limpidis venis
fusco-limbatis.
_Female._ Testaceous. Thorax with a black band between the wings.
Metathorax black. Abdomen with three black bands, and with a black
subapical spot on each side. Tibiæ brownish; tarsi tawny. Wings
limpid, lurid in front, striped with brown along most of the veins;
veins black, tawny towards the base; cubital vein minutely setose
towards the base. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines.
Singapore.