_Female._ Tawny, shining; head luteous, hardly as broad as the thorax, white about the eyes; antennæ tawny, not near reaching the epistoma; 3rd joint elongate-conical, more than twice the length of the 2nd; arista plumose; thorax with four large black spots; metathorax with two black stripes; pectus with two elongated black spots on each side; abdomen fusiform, with a long lanceolate flat oviduct, much longer than the thorax; each segment with two large lateral black spots; wings blackish, tawny towards the base, with two white bands, the exterior band curved outward in front, and not extending to the costa; veins black, tawny towards the base; discal transverse vein curved outward, parted by full one-fourth of its length from the border, and by very much more than its length from the præbrachial transverse. Length of the body 4-1/2 lines; of the wings 8 lines. Gen. PALLOPTERA, _Fallen_. 202. PALLOPTERA DETRACTA, n. s. _Mas._ Testacea, capite apud oculos cinereo, arista subpubescente, abdomine guttis duabus lateralibus subapicalibus nigris, alis cinereis. _Male._ Testaceous; head pale cinereous behind and about the eyes; antennæ short, tawny; arista very minutely pubescent; abdomen oval, not longer than the thorax, with a black dot on each side of the subapical segment; wings grey; veins black, testaceous at the base; discal transverse vein straight, upright, parted by hardly half its length from the præbrachial transverse. Length of the body 2-1/2 lines; of the wings 5 lines. Subfam. DIOPSIDES, _Walk._ Gen. DIOPSIS, _Linn._ 203. DIOPSIS SUBNOTATA, _Westw. Orient. Ent._ pl. 18. f. 2. Inhabits also the Philippine Islands. 204. DIOPSIS DETRAHENS, n. s. _Foem._ Nigra, capite ex parte ferrugineo, oculorum petiolis breviusculis, abdomine subtus lurido, coxis femoribusque fulvis, his apice nigris, alis nigricantibus macula subcostali alba. _Female._ Black; head partly ferruginous; petioles of the eyes each equal in length to the space between them; abdomen lurid beneath; coxæ and femora tawny, the latter with black tips; wings blackish, with a white subcostal spot towards the tip; veins black; halteres piceous. Length of the body 2-1/2 lines; of the wings 4 lines. Subfam. SEPSIDES, _Walk._ Gen. CALOBATA, _Fabr._ 205. CALOBATA RESOLUTA, n. s. _Mas._ Nigra, abdomine lineari longo, segmentis albido marginatis, pedibus longissimis, femoribus posterioribus testaceo trifasciatis, femoribus anticis basi coxisque anticis testaceis, tarsis anticis albis, alis cinereis apices versus obscurioribus fascia subapicali albida.