16 PIPUNCULID^. 



Antennae bright yellow ; 3rd joint very elongate, pointed, and the 

 tip bearing a long straight black bristle ; arista thickened consider- 

 ably at the yellow base, thence black and long, thus giving the 

 appearance of the antennae bearing two aristas, one pointing up- 

 wards and one downwards. Pacets of eyes immediately iu front 

 very greatly enlarged ; back of head vei-y slightly puffed out, 

 grey, with a narrow fringe of pale hairs. Thorax dark reneous- 

 black, moderately shining, with microscopic pale pubescence ; 

 humeral calli yellowish grey-dusted, rather more prominent than 

 usual ill this genus ; sides dirty yellowish ; scutellum livid yelloxs', 

 microscopically grey-dusted ; metanotum dark grey. Abdomen 

 ])ale yellow, microscopically pale-haired, with a black, rather wide, 

 dorsal stripe on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments, which has a 

 tendency to form a narrow transverse line at the bases of these 

 seo-ments ; 5th and 6th segments wholly black, posterior corners 

 of former slightly yellowish ; venter dirty yellow, blackish towards 

 tip. Genitalia large, blackish, globular, shining, with a long 

 shining brown ovipositor bent under the venter. Legs practically 

 entirely yellow ; coxae brownish on basal half ; tibiae and tarsi 

 microscopically beset with black bristles, on the former longitudi- 

 nally, on the latter transversely ; claws long, pale yellow, black- 

 tipped ; pulvilli apparently large, strong and reddish-yellow ; no 

 ciliation behind middle femora ; inner sides of hind femora not 

 shining black. (The apical parts of most of the legs are damaged.) 

 Winqs clear ; stigma pale yellow, stigmatic segment barely longer 

 than 4th costal segment ; anterior cross-vein at two-fifths of the 

 discal cell ; 4th longitudinal well curved. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Described from one specimen in the Indian Museum from 

 Kurseong, 5000 ft., 5. vii. 1908 {Annandale). 



A striking and abnormal species, the yellow abdomen and fili- 

 form 3rd antennal joint characterizing it sufficiently to ensure 

 immediate recognition. The feet seem to be peculiarly con- 

 structed, but are too damaged to define accurately, the specimen 

 being otherwise in good condition. 



14. Fipunculus cinereo-seneus, Bnm. 



Pi2mnculus cincreo-csneiis, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vii, p. 490 (1912). 



5 . Head with front narrowed towards vertex until the eyes 

 nearly touch ; frons and face silver-grey when seen from above ; 

 antennse bright yellow ; eye-facets distinctly larger in the vicinity 

 of the facial groove ; (back of head too damaged to describe).. 

 Thorax (somewhat damaged) blafiJdsh-grey ; sides light ash-grey, 

 with concolorous jileurae and metanotum ; scutellum aeneous-brown, 

 with some pale hairs on posterior border. Abdomen blackish- 

 grey ; the posterior borders of the segments rather narrowly ash- 

 "•rev ; the colour widened at the sides and carried over to the 

 under side ; 6th segment bearing a large conical ash-grey process, 



