118 LEPTID.E. 



and tarsi. Wings cleai*, with three distinct broad browu band* 

 from the costa towards the hind margin : the iirst beginning at 

 the basal cross-veins, filling one-half of the basal cells and one- 

 thh'd of the anal cell, thence disappearing ; the second is rather 

 narrower and exactly in the middle of the wing, reaching froni 

 the costa almost to tlie hind border, enclosing the inner cross- 

 vein and nearl}'^ filling the basal half of the discal cell ; the third 

 is joined on the costa to the second by the stigma, extends nearly 

 to the tip of the wing, leaving a narrow clear margin, and reaches 

 the posterior border, filling the whole of the second, third, and 

 fourth posterior cells. Stigma ver}^ dark brown, tilling all the 

 cell as far inwards to just above the origin of the third longi- • 

 tudinal vein ; halteres i-ather long and prominent, pale yellow ; 

 clubs black, elongated. 



Lenr/ih, 5 nun. 



Described from a perfect unique specimen in the Indian Museum 

 from the Dawna Hills, 2000-;iU00 ft., 2-3. iii. 1908 (Atmandale). 



A very distinct species, with the appearance of a C'/iri/sojyilns. 



79. Atrichops cincta. Bran. (PL II, fig. 9.) 



Atherix cincta, Biunetti, Ilec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 421, pi. .\ii, fio. 1 

 (1909). 



$ . Head with frons dull black, bare, the part immediately 

 above autennte with ash-grey retlections and a few hairs : vertex 

 blackish, only slightly indented; ocelli dull red-brown, eyes brown,, 

 with a bronze reflection, facets of uniform size ; occiput grey, 

 with a fringe of short black hairs on upper half, which are 

 replaced by longer scattered white hairs on lower half ; antenn;© 

 dark brown, normal, first joint hairy above only, second joint 

 hairy above and belo\^' ; face below antennae ash-grey ; palpi and 

 proboscis cinereous grey, w-ith scattered hairs, the former with 

 some strong black hairs at tip. Thorax blackisii, with traces of 

 close cinereous grey pubescence, which in perfect examples pro- 

 bably covers all the dorsum and sides ; with also some scattered 

 longer hairs over the whole thorax. Scutellum blackish, with 

 scattered yellowish grey hairs and reddish-brown posterior border 

 carrying a fringe of black and grey hairs. Abdomen shining dark 

 blackish brown, slioulders prominent, forming tawny-brown calli 

 with grey hair : underside of 1st segment continued in front as a 

 j^ellow scaly process extending downwards till it reaches the hind 

 coxfe; 1st and 2nd segments occupied by a pale bluish-grey 

 transverse band, narrowly interrupted in the middle, extending 

 over the sides to a considerable extent, and clothed with pale 

 concolorous hair which is continued along the lower sides of the 

 whole abdomen to the tip ; dorsum clothed with short black 

 pubescence which, beginning with the 3rd segment, extends round 

 the sides until it meets the line of grey side-hairs ; a very narrow 

 bluish-grey border to 4th and 5th segments, the extreme edge of 

 5th and 6th segments being orange-brown. Legs blackish brown. 



