278 Records of the iiulian Mnsenm. [Vol. X~V, 



had not been such a striking one by the wing markings, and the genus 

 so hmited. 



NESOPEZA, Alex. 



Can. Eiit. XLVI, p. 157 (1<J14). 



Alexander makes Meijere's DoUchopeza gracilis the type of this genus, 



Nesopeza albitarsis, sp. nov. 

 (Plate vii, fig. 1.) 



(^ $. DarjiHng. Long, about 8 mm. 



Head. — Occiput and frons brownish-grey ; former with a few short 

 stiff hairs and traces of a median dark stripe ; remainder of head brown- 

 ish-yellow ; proboscis with some black stiff hairs above ; palpi blackish- 

 grey. 



Thorax, scutellum and metanotum uniformly brownish -yellow ; 

 pleurae paler and more greyish. Two well separated dorso-central 

 stripes of short pale hairs. 



Abdomen blackish, wit]\ inconspicuous whitish pubescence which is 

 longer and more yellowish on hinder segments. Base of abdomen and 

 posterior margins of hindei- segments shghtly paler. Genitalia in ^ of 

 moderate size, brownish-yellow, with yellowish pubescence, apparently 

 complex ; ovipositor shining yellowish-brown. 



Legs. — Femora brownish-yellow, darker at tips ; tibiae much darker, 

 pale at base, blackish at tips ; tarsi all white to extreme tips. 



Wings pale yellowish-grey ; stigma well defined, a small paler conti- 

 guous spot in front of and beyond it. Halteres yellow, knobs blackish. 



Described from a unique pair in the Indian Museum from Lord Car- 

 michaers collection ; the ^ from Lebong, Darjiling District, 6,000 — 

 6,600 ft., L3-vi-14 (Gravely), the $ from between Darjihng and Soom, 

 5,000 — -7,000 ft., 14-vi-14 (Gravely). This species apparently comes in 

 Nesopeza^ although the 2nd longitudinal vein originates more distally 

 than in gracilis, in fact only immediately before the origin of the 3rd, 



Nesopeza longicornis, sp. nov. 



^. Assam. Long. 9 mm. 



Body wholly dark dull nut-brown ; a Httle brownish-yellow about 

 nasus and underside of head. Antennae longer than whole body, 

 brown ; flagellum of ten very elongate subequal joints with very short 

 erect pubescence and two moderately long verticils on each placed respec- 

 tively just after the base and just beyond the middle ; 11th joint very 

 minute. Traces of a divided pale median stripe on dorsum of thorax. 

 Hind segments of abdomen narrowly and indistinctly black ; genitaha of 

 moderate size. Femora black, tibiae pale yellowish, becoming white at 

 tips ; tarsi wholly snow-white, longer than femora and tibiae together. 

 Wings pale yellowish-grey ; stigma black, the ground colour of the wing 

 on each side of it whitish. 2nd vein originating some distance before 3rd ; 

 2ud posterior cell truncate at base, as long as 3rd ; discal cell small. 



