1918.] E. Brunetti: Oriental Tijmlidae. 317 



forked, posterior branch simple ; 3 posterior cells ; anal cell distinctly- 

 open. Halteres blackish. 



Described from a unique pair in the Indian Museum from Castle Rock, 

 N. Kanara District, 11— 26-X-16 {Kemp). 



It seems necessary to erect a new genus for this species on the cha- 

 racter of the unforked 2nd longitudinal vein, all the species of the three 

 allied genera having it forked. 



The absence of a discal cell is not necessarily a generic distinction 

 from Paramongoma. 



Lechria bengalensis, Brun. 



The thorax seems to darken with age in this species, as a specimen 

 from Calcutta, 30-v-r2 {Gravely) has it wholly shining dark brown, as is 

 now the case in the type 9, though the latter was described as having it 

 yellowish. 



leucopeza, Meij., Tijd. v. Ent. LVI, Supp. 1913, 3 ?, pi. i, 2, 

 wing (Mar. 1914). Semarang, Java. 



Lechria nepalensis, sp. no v. 



$. Nepal. Long. 21 mm. 



Head. — Frons ash-grey with a few stiff hairs ; proboscis and palpi 

 brownish-yellow, joints in distal half of former considerably elongate ; 

 antennal joints in apical half of flagellum long and thin. 



Thorax brownish-yellow, a little whitish shimmer below shoulders 

 and on lower part of pleurae ; transverse suture deep, hind part of 

 dorsum with a rather deep longitudinal suture ; scutellum blackish. 



Ahdomen dark brown, posterior margins of segments and ovipositor 

 brownish-yellow. Belly yellowish. 



Legs pale yellowish. 



Wings yellowish-grey, base of 3rd vein a little before midway between 

 tip of auxiliary vein and fork of 2nd vein, and in a line with and about 

 as long as anterior cross vein, so that the 2nd submarginal cell and 1st 

 posterior cell are about equal in length and shape. Anterior cross vein 

 at base of, and posterior cross vein at middle of discal cell, which is 

 wholly beyond middle of wing, with truncate base and three short outer 

 sides. 1st longitudinal vein turning down into 2nd as in bengalensis. 

 Halteres yellowish with dark clubs. 



Described from a unique $ in the Indian Museum from Katmandu, 

 Nepal. 



This species differs radically from bengalensis by its venation, but as 

 it presents the unusual generic character of the 1st vein ending in the 

 2nd it is retained under Lechria. If a second species with similar vena- 

 tion to nepalensis and similar antennae occurs a new genus may be 

 erected. 



The venational differences from bengalensis are the angular base of 

 the 3rd vein, its junction thereat with the anterior cross vein instead 

 of the latter joining the praefurca, this cross vein being at the base 

 instead of at the middle of the discal cell, and the position of this cell 

 beyond the middle of the wing as well as its shape and shortness. 



