o8 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi.. IX, 



l^egs. — Bright brownish yellow, wholly clothed with rather 

 copious yellow hairs. The femora broadly black to a variable 

 extent leaving sometimes only the tips pale ; the tarsi tips black 

 or blackish. 



Wings. — Clear, microscopically setulose, highly iridescent ; 

 veins yellowish or brownish. Halteres small, yellow. 



Described from several examples in the Indian Museum 

 from Mandalay, i2-iii-o8, type [Annandale]; Rangoon, 26-ii-o8 

 [Annandale]; Calcutta, 23-X-07; and Puri, Orissa coast, 24-ii-o8 

 [Paiva]. One specimen in the Pusa collection from Pusa, 26-xi-o8. 



Drapetis fascifemorata, mihi, sp. nov. 



5 Darjihng district. Long. 2 mm. 



Very near brevior, but the 3rd antennal joint is onion-shaped, 

 much shorter than in that species. The legs are wholly reddish 

 yellow, with a black streak on the upper side of the femora. 



Described from a single 9 in the Indian Museum taken 

 4-vi-o8 by Dr. Annandale at Kurseong. 



N.B. — This might have been considered provisionally the 9 

 of brevior as the likeness between the two species is so great, and 

 the difference in colour of the legs might easily be a sexual one 

 only • but the different structure of the antennae points to it being 

 specifically distinct. 



Drapetis rotundicQrnis, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf East coast of India. Long. 2^ mm. 



Very near brevior, from which it differs in the 3rd antennal 

 joint being nearly round, drawn out to a slight point at the tip, 

 from which the long arista projects. The anterior legs are all 

 reddish yellow, the hind femora have the middle part blackish on 

 the upper side. 



Described from a single cf in the Indian Museum from 

 Puri, Orissa coast, 18 — i9-i-o8, taken by Dr. Annandale. 



N.B. — In this species again I should have regarded it as a 

 mere variation of brevior but for the different structure of the 

 antennae. 



Drapetis rufipes, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf Eastern Bengal. Long. 2 mm. 



Very near brevior. The 3rd antennal joint is obconical, black 

 in colour, with apical arista. Legs entirely reddish yellow ; tarsi 

 tips brown. 



Described from a single a* in the Indian Museum taken by 

 Dr. Annandale " at light " on board a steamer at Damukdia ghat, 

 eastern Bengal, 30-vi-o8. 



]S[,B. — Although these three species are all so very near brevior 

 they have every appearance of being actually distinct, otherwise 



