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the 5tli posterior cell, except that the posterior cross vein is rather 

 broadly brown suffused. Basal third of anal and 1st axillary cells 

 nearly clear. Halteres blackish, tips of clubs whitish. 



Described from 2 (^ (^ and 2 $ $ from above Tura, Garo Hills, Assam, 

 3,500-^3,900 ft., vii-17 {Kemp). 



Pselliophora aurantia, sp. nov. 



9. Assam. Long. r2|- ram. to tip of ovipositor. 



Head bright orange yellow ; nasus with concolorous rather long 

 hair : antennal scape dark brown ; flagellum black ; palpi with 1st 

 and 2nd joints yellowish or brownish yellow ; rest dark brown. 



Thorax, scutellum and metanotum orange yellow ; pleurae lemon 

 yellow ; pteropleura more orange yellowish. 



Abdomen orange yellow ; a median black stripe on basal half of 

 2nd segment, and a black transverse band beyond middle ; a similar 

 band on base of 3rd segment, both more or less indefinite, evidently 

 variable ; tip of abdomen dark brown, extent of colour evidently vari- 

 able ; ovipositor shining dark brown. Belly orange yellow except the 

 blackish tip. 



Legs. — Femora orange yellow exc3pt extreme tips of anterior pair 

 aid a sub-apical black ring on hind pair ; tibiae dirty brownish yellow 

 with a distinct though not conspicuous narrow white ring just beyond 

 base on all thiee pairs, broadest on hind pair : tarsi black. 



Wings yellowish-grey, shining, iridescent ; stigma small, dark brown, 

 clear cut ; halteres yellow, inner side of clubs blackish. 



Described from two ? ? in Indian Museum from above Tura, 3,500— 

 3,900 ft., viii-17 {Kemp). 



Pselliophora latifascipennis, sp. nov. 



9. South India. Long. 20 mm. to tip of ovipositor. 



Head. — Occiput and frons dark blackish-grey with stiff hairs round 

 sides ; face brown, nasus brownish yellow, hairy, with short golden 

 hairs on upper side ; labella large, brownish-yellow, hairy. Palpi black- 

 ish brown, hairy, 2nd joint smooth, pale, with fine hairs ; 4th joint with 

 a knotted appearance. Antennae wholly black. 



Thorax barely shining, dark olive green, nearly blackish ; dorsum 

 with almost microscopic sparse yellow hairs in places. Marginal space 

 between dorsum and underside yellowish-brown, the colour extending 

 narrowly between the prothorax and mesothorax and carried down- 

 wards in front of the steniopleura. Mesonotum black. 



Abdo7nen practically bare, 1st segment wholly, nearly the apical half 

 of 2nd, 3rd except hind margin, 5th except at sides, 6th, 7th and 8th 

 wholly black, the remainder of the abdomen orange yellow. Belly 

 much the same as upper side. Ovipositor black, valves shining reddish- 

 brown. 



Legs (middle pair missing). — -Coxae dark olive brown, fore pair yel- 

 lowish brown in front : femora brownish -yellow, fore pair black on 

 nearly apical half, hind pair with broad black apical ring. Tibiae and 



