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sometimes the froiis also. Eyes black, rounded, almost contiguous 

 immediately below the antennae for a short space, the face 

 broadening below. The latter, seen from above, appears silvery 

 white. Proboscis very short, half the height of the head, conical, 

 sharply pointed, yellowish, the upper part (hypopharynx) narrow, 

 hard, shining. First two antennal joints yellowish, with some 

 short bristles at the tips of each, 3rd joint dark brown, elongate 

 onion-shaped, with long brown microscopically pubescent arista. 



Thorax. — Very variable , generally brownish yellow, with 

 more or less blackish colour, either in the form of a dorsal stripe, 

 a lateral irregular and somewhat indistinct border, or the posterior 

 part of the dorsum more or less blackish. Sides generally lighter, 

 in some specimens attaining a pinkish fawn colour. 



Abdomen. — Variable; brownish yellow, more or less blackish 

 in part or wholly. Belly brownish yellow; genitalia small, con- 

 colorous. Tip of abdomen in cf stump-like ; in $ tapering, the 

 two terminal lamellae pale yellowish. 



Legs. — Yellowish or pale yellow. Front coxae narrow, cylin- 

 drical, nearly as long as the femora, the latter slightly brownish 

 at tips, and considerably incrassated, with two yellow bristles near 

 the base on the under side, and a row there also of microscopic 

 spines. Posterior coxae and femora of normal size, the former a 

 little brownish, as are also the tarsi tips. 



Wings. — Very pale grey, veins black ; halteres brownish 

 yellow. 



Described from several specimens in the Indian Museum from 

 Paresnath (4000 — 4300 ft.), Chota Nagpur, 9 — i3-iv-09 [Annan- 

 dale], including type cf (9-iv-09) ; Dawna Hills (2 — 3000 ft.), 

 2-m-o8, type 9 [Annandale]: Darjiling, 28-v-io [Brunetti]. The 

 Paresnath specimens were taken on stones where they were in 

 considerable numbers hidden in undergrowth at the edge of a 

 spring. 



Type cf and 9 , with the other examples, in the Indian 

 Museum. 



Chelipoda dorsalis, mihi, sp. nov. 



d" 9 Western Himalayas. Long. 2 mm. 



Head. — Blackish. Proboscis pale yellowish, very stout at the 

 base ; the upper piece prolonged into a long hard shining rostrum. 

 i\.ntennae wholly pale yellowish white. 



Thorax. — Brownish yellow ; dorsum black or dark brown, the 

 colour extending more or less over the sides; scutellum and meta- 

 notum concolorous with dorsum. 



Abdomen. — Brownish yellow. The dorsum of each segment 

 black, thus forming a continuous black stripe from base to tip, 

 but the hind borders of some of the segm.ents escape the black 

 colour. Belly brownish yellow. Genitalia in cf large, wholly 

 black, rather complex, comprising at least a pair of claspers which 

 are stout at the base and with flexible finger-like appendages ; 

 also a long narrow ventral style. 



