AUGYUAMffiBA. 221 



Imirs ; ocellav triangle inconspicuous ; face blackish, with hairs 

 Avhich from above appear whitish grey ; aiitennDe with 1st. joint 

 black (remainder missing); proboscis withdrawn, witli mouth- 

 border reddish brown ; back of head only slightly puffed out, 

 blackish grey, with some whitish hairs. Thorax shining black, 

 with some yellowish-white hairs and stiffer bristles towards the 

 posterior corners ; sides of thorax black, with some whitish hairs ; 

 scutellum dark cinereous grey, with vestiges of some short yellow 

 bail's, and a few pale yellow bristles on posterior margin. 

 Abdomen blackish grey, with a slight brownisli fringe, covered 

 more or less sparsely with short pale yellow hairs, inost con- 

 spicuous on borders of segments ; a bunch of whitish hairs on 

 each shoulder of the 1st segment ; venter with whitish hairs. 

 Legs: co.xse yellowish grey, with whitish pubescence ; femora and 

 tibicc pale yellow, the latter with minute bristles ; tarsi blackish 

 towards tips. Winxjs nearly clear; a rather bright yellowish- 

 brown baso-costal band extends along the costa just beyond the 

 middle, thence extending posteriorly along a line comprising the 

 inner cross-vein, the base of the discal cell, and the outer side of 

 the second basal cell ; below this cell the colour immediately fades 

 away to a pale grey, which covers tlie anal and axillary cells. 

 Appendix of tlie upper fork of the 2nd vein short but distinct. 

 Halteres creamy yellow. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Described from a perfect specimen (except for the missing- 

 antennae) in the Indian Museum from Ilathikiind, (xarluval 

 District, base of Western Himalayas, 3. v. 1909. 



109. Argyramceba intermedia, sp. nov. 



(S 2 - Closely resembling Aphichantus ceyJonicus, Brun. An- 

 tenual 3rd joint short onion-shaped, prolonged into a long style, 

 with the tip bisected, bearing the normal pencil of hairs and 

 a central mieioscopic bristle ; 1st ;intennal joint flattened and 

 spread out, whitish, with white, not blaclv, bristles. 



It differs from ceylonicus as follows : — (1) In the subfamily 

 character of the comparatively long prsefurca, which in Aphcelantus 

 is relatively short ; in intermedia the 2nd and 3rd veins diverge 

 opposite half-way between base of discal cell and the anterior 

 cross-vein. (2) Frons in J of appreciable width at vertex (in 

 ceylonicus the eyes are almost contiguous there); frontal pubes- 

 cence more whitish than 3rellow. (3) General pubescence of 

 thorax, pleurse, and abdomen yellowish grey or whitish, never 

 bright yellow. (-1) xlbdomen wholly blackish grey. (5) The 

 baso-costal half of wing rather bright brown ; the line of demar- 

 cation running from tip of 1st vein to tip of anal cell, cutting the 

 discal cell at about its middle ; the outline mainly straight, but 

 not sharply defiued. (6) Basal half of anterior femora, and all 

 the hind femora (except narrowly at base and, perhaps, tip) 



