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Legs. — Very pale yellow. Fore femora with a row of very 

 short microscopic spines, fore tibiae possessing two such rows. 

 The fore femora also have a row of long stiff bristly hairs on the 

 under side, and two still longer ones below near the base. 



Wings. — Clear, veins brown ; hal teres pale brownish yellow. 



Described from three specimens in the Indian Museum, taken 

 by Dr. Annandale at the edge of a small stream at Barogh, in the 

 Simla Hills (5000 ft.), lo-v-io. 



Clinocera obscura, mihi, sp. nov. 

 & Western Himalayas. Long. 2 mm. 



Head. — Blackish grey, some stiff hairs on occiput and frons, 

 which latter is very broad. Proboscis short, half the height of the 

 head, shining black, with a much swollen apical part (this latter 

 in one specimen partl}^ brownish yellow). Palpi very small, 

 brownish yellow. Antennal 3rd joint elongate oval, with long 

 black arista. 



Thorax. — Brownish grey, including scutellum. Sides and 

 metanotum bluish ash grey. Some dorso-central and lateral bristly 

 hairs. 



Abdomen. — Dark brown, softly pubescent ; genitalia extremely 

 long and conspicuous, blackish, with a few pale hairs, egg-shaped, 

 convex, bent under the belly, the narrower end pointing towards 

 the base of the abdomen. Posteriorly [i.e. from the broader end) 

 project some yellowish filamentous appendages. 



Legs. — Brownish 3^ellow ; coxae ash grey, especially the 

 posterior pairs ; tarsi a little darker. Fore femora with a few soft 

 pale longer hairs ; remainder of legs microscopically pubescent. 



Wings. — Ver}^ pale gre\', wholly unmarked, highly iridescent ; 

 halteres brownish yellow. 



Described from two cf cf taken by Dr. Annandale at Simla, 

 10-V-09. 



Clinocera (s. str.) fluviatilis, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf Western Himalayas. Long. 3 mm. , wing 4 mm. 



Head. — -Brownish grey, with isolated black bristles on the 

 occiput, and a few on the frons; frontal tubercle bearing two 

 divergent bristles. Antennae black, ist and 2nd joints subequal, 

 3rd onion-shaped, with moderately long, nearly bare arista. Pro- 

 boscis and palpi blackish, both short. 



Thorax. — Very dark brownish grey, nearly black, a whitish 

 grey stripe on the sides from just below the shoulder to as far as 

 below the ends of the transverse suture. Ventral part of thorax 

 also whitish grey. Dorsum bearing several isolated bristles (many 

 of these are broken off), of which one is present on the shoulder, 

 and one towards but not at. the hinder corner. The scutellum 

 bears two long bristles. 



Abdomen. — Dark grey, normally pubescent; genitalia large, 

 consisting of a ventral dark grey plate, a large concave lower piece 



