the border and by
about thrice its length from the praebrachial transverse. Length of the
body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings 5 lines.

Subfam. PSILIDES, _Walk._

Gen. LISSA, _Meigen_.

158. LISSA CYLINDRICA, n. s. _Mas._ Cyanea, gracilis, cylindrica;
antennis piceis basi albidis, arista plumosa; abdomine piceo basi
apiceque cyaneis; pedibus albidis, femoribus posterioribus nigris apice
albidis, femoribus posticis subtus spinosis, tibiis posticis nigris;
alis subcinereis apice subfuscis; halteribus albidis apice nigris.

_Male._ Blue, slender, cylindrical. Head broader than the thorax;
antennae whitish, third joint piceous, arista plumose; abdomen piceous,
slightly increasing in breadth to the tip, blue at the base and at the
tip, hind borders of the first and second segments whitish; legs
whitish, posterior femora black, whitish at the base and towards the
tips, hind femora spinose beneath, hind tibiae black; wings slightly
greyish, brownish towards the tips; veins black, praebrachial and
perbrachial very near together for more than half their length, discal
transverse vein straight, parted by more than its length, and by about
four times its length from the praebrachial transverse; halteres whitish,
with black tips. Length of the body 3-1/2 lines; of the wings 5 lines.

Gen. NERIUS, _Fabr._

159. Nerius duplicatus, _Wied. Auss. Zweifl._ 11. 553. 8. Inhabits also
Java.

Subfam. OSCINIDES, _Haliday_.

Gen. OSCINIS, _Fabr._

160. OSCINIS LINEIPLENA, n. s. _Mas._ Fusca; capite subtus testaceo apud
oculos albo, vitta frontali alba; thorace pectoreque lineis sex albidis;
abdomine sordide testaceo, pedibus albidis, tibiis tarsisque apice
femoribusque anticis nigris; alis subcinereis, halteribus albidis.

_Male._ Brown. Head testaceous in front and beneath, white about the
eyes, with a white stripe on the front; thorax and pectus with six
whitish stripes on each, thorax with an indistinct middle testaceous
stripe; abdomen dull testaceous; legs whitish; tibiae and tarsi at the
tips and fore femora black; wings greyish; veins black, discal
transverse vein oblique, parted by more than its length from the border,
and by full twice its length from the praebrachial transverse; halteres
whitish. Length of the body 2 lines; of the wings 3 lines.

161. OSCINIS NOCTILUX, n. s. _Mas._ Atra; capite pallide flavo subtus
albo; antennis luteis, arista nuda; scutello, maculis duabus
pectoralibus abdominisque apice albis; tibiis tars