12G LioPTiD.i:. 



of tlie abdoineu. Legs tawuy yellow, fore tibliu yellowi.sh white; 

 liiiid tibuc ratlier brownish, paler towards tip ; tarsi tawny brown 

 (middle pair wanting). Wings pale grey ; a moderately dark 

 brown apical spot begins oa the costa in a straight Hue with tlie 

 fork of the third longitudinal vein, extends thenoe to the tip of 

 the wing, and posteriorly until it tills half the first posterior cell, 

 also the whole of the second posterior cell, and tlien, by bending 

 slightly outwards, the greater part of the third posterior cell ; a 

 brown streak also begins at the iiuier cross-vein, passes over the 

 basal part of the discal cell, ])asses longitudinally through the 

 fourth posterior cell, nearly filling it, and spreading over part of 

 the fifth posterior cell also, and on attaining the border extends 

 each way, meeting on one side the hind part of the apical spot, 

 and extending on the inner side to\\'ards the anal lobe of the 

 wing; no distinct stigma ; halteres tawny yellow. 



Length, G ram. 



Described from one $ in the Indian Museum from Margherita, 

 Assam. 



SG. Leptis discoidalis, Brun. 



Leptis di»coidulis, Brunetti, Rec. iiid. Mas. vii, p. 403 (1912). 



$ . Head blackish, vertex black, frons dusted with blue-grey ; 

 antennse and proboscis moderately dark brown, palpi black ; occi- 

 ]nit bluish grey. Thorax and scutellum clear shining brown ; 

 humeri, sides, and metanotum a little lighter. Ahdowen darker 

 brown, with short pale pubescence ; posterior margin of segments 

 with a not very distinct blackish band : genitaha small short- 

 cylindrical, with two small terminal lamellns. Legs pale brownish 

 yellow, microscopically pubescent. Wings pale brown : discal 

 cell, 2ud b:isalcell, 5th posterior cell, and all the wing posterior 

 to these cells nearly clear ; no distinct stigma, but the region 

 along both sides of the 1st longitudinal veins blackish ; halteres 

 dark brown. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Described from two $ 5 in the Indian Mnseum, Kurseong, 

 5000 ft., 7. vii. 1008 {tgpe), and Darjiling, TOOO ft., T.viii. 1909 

 (C. Paiva). 



87. Leptis unicolor, Bnm. 



Leptis iinicolo)-, Bmuetti, Rec. lud. Mas. vii, p. -104 (IDIl^. 



(S . Head with eves contiguous for half the distance from vertex 

 to antennae; frons dark blackish grey, ocellar triangle small, ocelli 

 distinct, the vertex grooved on each side of the middle, near the 

 eye; occiput grey, posterior ocular orbit with a fringe of delicate 

 pale yellow hairs. Antenn.ie yellow, tip of 3rd joint, with its 

 arista, black ; 1st and 2nd joints short. 3rd subconical. Proboscis 

 relatively small, and much more slender than in most species, 



