Gen. RIOXA, n. g. (_Plate II. fig. 3._)

_Fœm._ _Corpus_ angustum, pubescens. _Caput_ sat parvum, thorace multò

angustius. _Antennarum_ articulus 3^{us} sublinearis; arista rarò

plumosa. _Thorax_ longiovatus. _Abdomen_ fusiforme, thorace multò

angustius, vix longius. _Pedes_ graciles, antici breves. _Alæ_

longæ, mediocriter latæ, obscuræ, guttis albis.

_Female._ Body narrow, dull, pubescent. Head rather small, much less

broad than the thorax; epistoma not prominent. Proboscis and palpi

short. Antennæ not reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint almost linear,

moderately long; arista thinly plumose. Thorax elongate-oval.

Abdomen fusiform, much narrower, but hardly longer than the thorax.

Legs slender; fore legs short. Wings long, moderately broad, dark

with white dots; radial vein ending at rather in front of the tip of

the wing; discal transverse vein almost straight, very oblique,

parted by about one-fourth of its length from the border, and by

somewhat less than its length from the præbrachial transverse.

114. RIOXA LANCEOLATA, n. s., fœm. Cervina, thorace

nigro-quadrivittato, abdomine nigro vittâ dorsali cervinâ, pedibus

testaceis, alis nigricantibus strigâ discali guttisque quinque

albis.

_Female._ Fawn-colour. Proboscis, legs and halteres testaceous. Thorax

with two blackish stripes on each side, the outer pair shortened

hindward. Abdomen black, with a fawn-coloured dorsal stripe which is

attenuated hindward, and does not extend to the tip. Wings blackish,

almost limpid along the hind border for more than half the length

from the base, with a white discal streak and with five white dots;

1st dot in a line with the streak; 2nd very minute, behind the 1st;

3rd on the costa near the tip; 4th larger, apical, near the 5th,

which is on the hind border. Length of the body 5 lines; of the

wings 10 lines.

Singapore.

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