_Female._ Black, dull. Head bluish, shining; facialia deep black. Proboscis and antennæ piceous. Legs testaceous; fore femora black, testaceous towards the base; fore tibiæ black; fore tarsi white; posterior femora with four black bands; posterior tibiæ; dull testaceous, black towards the base; posterior tarsi brownish. Wings slightly greyish, with two brownish bands, the first slightly connected on the hind border with the second which is apical; veins black. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 10 lines. Malacca. Subfam. PSILIDES, _Walk._ Gen. MICROPEZA, _Macq._ 121. MICROPEZA FRAGILIS, n. s. Fulva, femoribus tibiisque anticis fuscis, tibiis posterioribus basi apiceque fuscis, tarsis anticis posticisque albidis, alis subcinereis guttis tribus apiceque limpidis. Tawny. Fore femora and fore tibiæ brown; posterior tibiæ brownish at the base and at the tips, fore tarsi and hind tarsi whitish. Wings very slightly greyish, with three limpid spots forming a curved band near the tips which are also limpid; veins black. Length of the body 3½–4 lines; of the wings 5–6 lines. Singapore and Mount Ophir. Gen. NERIUS, _Wied._ 122. Nerius fuscipennis, _Macq. Dipt. Exot._ ii. 3. 241. 1. pl. 325. f. 5. Singapore and Mount Ophir. Inhabits also Java and the Philippine Islands. Gen. TEXARA, n. g. (_Plate II. fig. 5._) _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.