36 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voiv. IX, 



is forked at two-thirds tlie length of the wing , the submarginal cell 

 narrowed in the middle, with the marginal cross vein just beyond 

 the cell's base, uniting it to the 2nd longitudinal vein just before its 

 tip. The 4th longitudinal vein, although wavy, is mainly in a 

 straight line, and divides the wing into nearly equal parts, ending 

 just below the wing tip. Anterior cross vein very near base of 

 wing; posterior cross vein at middle of wing, joining the upper 

 branch of the widely forked 5th vein, soon after the furcation. 

 Anal cell oblong, very short. Halteres brownish yellow. 



Described from one cf from vSimla, io-v-09, taken by Dr. Annan- 

 dale. In the Indian Museum. 



Litanomyia indica, mihi, sp. nov. 

 5 Darjiling. Long. 2 mm. 



Head. — Black. Antennae large, the ist and 2nd joints yellow- 

 ish ; 3rd black, oblongo-conical, cupshaped at bottom, and furnished 

 with a long arista. Face whitish grey, occiput and underside 

 of head dark grey, the lower part of the head projects forward 

 somewhat, in accordance with the generic character ; the proboscis 

 is short, pointed and slightly curved. 



Thorax. — Nearl}^ as long as abdomen, oblongo-ovate, blackish 

 grey, moderately shining. There are three conspicuous bristles 

 towards each side of the thorax, placed, one on the shoulder, one 

 towards the hind corner of the dorsum and one about equidistantly 

 between these two, this middle pair being rather closer to each 

 other (that is, to the middle line of the thorax) than the others 

 are; yet still a considerable distance apart. There is also one on 

 the side of the thorax, in front of the wing. Scutellum with two 

 bristles. 



Abdomen. — Dark brown, almost devoid of pubescence. 



Legs. — Wholly pale yellow ; fore femora much enlarged, fore 

 coxae and fore tibiae each very slightly longer than the fore 

 femora, the latter being spiny and bristly below. Hind tibiae 

 very slightly enlarged, at the tip only. 



Wings. — Very pale grey, a little yellowish towards base and 

 costa, unmarked. 



Described from one ? in the Indian Museum taken by me 

 at Darjiling, 29-v-io (7000 ft.), on the hillside, in mixed herbage. 



N.B. — Only two species are known of this genus, both hailing 

 from North America, but there seems little if any doubt of the 

 present species belonging here; the only discrepancy in indica 

 from the description of Litanomyia given by Melander, its author, 

 being that the antennae are distinctly large, whilst he notes them 

 as small, and that an additional pair of bristles occur on the 

 thorax (those in front of the wings, on the pleurae). The presence 

 of the three pairs of widely separated bristles, placed respectively 

 on the shoulders, mid thorax and towards the hind corners of the 

 dorsum, is in itself a convincing coincidence. The proportions of 

 the divisions of the forelegs are exactly as in Litanomyia', the 



