PIPUKCULUS. — VKURALLIA. 1! 1 



bent outwards in a bow; anterior cross-vein almost exactly over 

 centre ot discul cell; no distinct stigma, but the costal vein is a 

 little tluckeued along the 3rd and 4th segments; 3vd and 4th 

 costal segments oF about equal length, and taken together only 

 halt' the length of the 5th segi;ient ; wings barely pain yellowish 

 at base; halteres pale livid yellow. 



Lcni/th, nearly 2 mm. 



Described from 5 c5' J ii'id 1 $ in the Indian Museum : Cal- 

 cutta, 4. ix.-2U. xi. 1907 and 22. v. 1909; Puri, Orissa Coast, 

 20. i. 190S; Benikhola, frontier of Nepal, 7. ii. 1908; Igatpuri, 

 Western Grhats, Bombav, 20. xi. 1909 {Annandale), 9.x. 1913: 

 Balasore, 16. x. 1914; Pusa, 24. iv. and 21.x. 1914. 



21 Pipimculus nitens, Bran. 



Piji/niculus 7iit('iis, ]}runetti, Kec. lud. Mus. vii, p. 492 (1912). 



S. //mc^ with irons and face shining silvery-white ; eyes con- 

 tiguous for some distance ; antennse black, 3rd joint, except at 

 the base, reddish-yellow ; back of head blackish-grey, rather well 

 puffed out, with silver shimmer at least round the edge. Thorax 

 blackish, with a slight bluish tint, moderately shining, practically 

 barn; sides dark-bluish grey, with a little whitish shimmer in 

 certain lights ; scutellum concolorous, with a few hairs ; meta- 

 iiotuni with a greyish-white shimmer. Abdomen shining bluish- 

 black, with some sliort whitish hairs ; 1st segment pale bluish- 

 grey ; genitalia rather small, clubbed, concolorous. Legs : femora 

 black, except at tips, with a little grey shimmer; rest of legs 

 yellow ; the tibite with a broad band (apparently not always com- 

 plete) occupying nearly their entire length ; tips of tarsi blackish 

 on upper side; hind femora aj)parently not shining on inner side. 

 IV/'xf/s cle;ir ; 3rd costal segment very short ; 4th very slightly 

 yellowish, ])ractically clear ; anterior cross-vein exactl}' at middle 

 of discal cell (in one specimen) or immediately before it (in the 

 2nd specimen). 



LimrjtJi, 2 mm. 



Described from two specimcMis in the Indian 3Iuseum from 

 Maddathorai, at the western base of the Western (xhats, Tra- 

 vancore State, South India, 19. xi. 1908 (Annandidr) ; Pusa, 

 22.x. 1908. 



I suspect that this and lirnj^idipennis may represent but a single 

 species, as some specimens show neither distinct greenish nor 

 bluish tinges, being modt-rately shining blackish. 



Genus VERRALLIA, Mi/,-. 

 Verru/Ua, Mik, Wieii. Eiit. Zeit. xviii, p. KJ.'! (1S99). 



Genotype, (Jephalopx ancinfi. Iln. (Kuropo); i)y original de- 

 signation. 



Characters of I'ijtniicidus : difft-ring in shajje of hack of head, 

 which is ncarlv flat.orcnen concavi-, nistead of being miidi jiuffcel 



