for more than one-third
of the length; veins and halteres black. Length of the body 4-1/2--5
lines; of the wings 8-9 lines.

The straight and not oblique third externo-medial vein distinguishes
this species from all the preceding _Laphriae_.

32. LAPHRIA GERMANA, n. s. _Foem._ Cyanea, facie aurata, antennarum
articulo tertio longissime subfusiformi, abdominis maculis lateralibus
pectoreque argenteis, alis cinereis, basi subcinereis, halteribus albis.

_Female._ Blue. Head gilded in front, vertex and hind part silvery;
mystax with six black bristles; third joint of the antennae very long,
subfusiform; pectus silvery; abdomen purplish blue, shorter than in the
preceding species, with silvery spots along each side; wings grey,
slightly grey towards the base; halteres white. Length of the body 3-1/2
lines; of the wings 7 lines.

33. LAPHRIA FLAGRANTISSIMA, n. s. _Mas._ Rufescente-cervina, capite
aurato, antennis pedibusque rufescentibus, thorace vittis tribus
latissimis (lateralibus abbreviatis) pectoreque nigricantibus, alis
lutescentibus, plaga postica interiore fasciaque latissima exteriore
nigricantibus.

_Male._ Reddish fawn colour. Head gilded; mystax with numerous gilded
bristles; mouth lanceolate, very stout; antennae reddish, third joint
long, lanceolate, abruptly acuminated at the tip; thorax with three very
broad blackish stripes; disk of the pectus black; abdomen with the
segments darker towards the base, underside black towards the tip; legs
reddish, stout; tarsi with black bands beneath; wings somewhat luteous,
with a large blackish patch on the hind border near the base, and with a
very broad blackish band near the tip; halteres testaceous. Length of
the body 11 lines; of the wings 22 lines.

34. LAPHRIA JUSTA, n. s. _Mas._ Lutea, capite aurato, ore, antennis
apice, thoracis maculis duabus posticis, pectore, abdominis fasciis
latis femoribusque nigris, alis cinereis, apud costam luridis.

_Male._ Luteous. Head gilded; mystax with numerous gilded bristles;
mouth short, black; antennae reddish tawny, third joint lanceolate, black
except at the base; thorax with the disk somewhat darker, two large
black spots hindward; pectus black; abdomen linear, with a broad black
band on the fore border of each segment; femora black above except at
the tips, hind femora black also beneath; wings greyish, slightly
clouded with dark grey, lurid along the costa for three-fourths of the
length; halteres testaceous. Lengt