_Fœm._ _Corpus_ gracile, non setosum. _Caput_ subproductum; facies
brevis. _Antennæ_ epistoma attingentes; articulus 3^{us} clavatus;
arista pubescens, subapicalis. _Thorax_ subfusiformis. _Abdomen_
lanceolatum, thorace angustius et duplò longius. _Pedes_ postici
longi, femoribus incrassatis serratis, tarsis anticis subdilatatis.
_Alæ_ angustæ.
_Female._ Body slender, without bristles. Head slightly produced, as
broad as the thorax; face short; epistoma not prominent. Antennæ
extending to the epistoma; third joint clavate; arista minutely
pubescent, seated near the tip of the third joint. Thorax
subfusiform. Abdomen lanceolate, narrower than the thorax and about
twice its length. Anterior legs moderately long and stout; fore
tarsi slightly dilated; hind legs long; hind femora incrassated,
serrated beneath; hind tibiæ slightly curved. Wings narrow;
subcostal vein not extending to one-third of the length of the wing;
mediastinal vein not extending to half the length; radial extending
to a little beyond three-quarters of the length; cubital ending at
very little in front of the tip of the wing; discal transverse vein
straight, upright, parted by less than its length from the border,
and by about thrice its length from the præbrachial transverse.
123. TEXARA COMPRESSA, n. s., fœm. Nigra, capite nigro-cyaneo subtùs
cano, antennis piceis, aristâ albidâ, alis subcinereis, halteribus
albidis.
_Female._ Black. Head bluish-black, with hoary tomentum beneath.
Antennæ piceous; arista whitish. Wings greyish; veins black.
Halteres whitish. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Singapore.