1917-] C. H. T. TowNSEND : Indian Rhiniinae. 201 



male hypopygium not large, claws not long; macrochaetae bristle- 

 like, long, suberect, marginal on last three segments, irregularly 

 discal on anal segment ; front tarsi of female widened, those of 

 male not so; palpi club-shaped, not much flattened and not very 

 stout ; female with two proclinate and one reclinate fronto-orbitals 

 male with none of either. 



PoIIcnia rudis, F. 



Two males, one between Yanghissar and Sinkol (Yarkand 

 Exped.); the other Sty ria. 



This species has been demonstrated by Keilin to be parasitic 

 in earthworms in France. It has recently been reared by the U.S. 

 Bureau of Entomology from earthworms in America. 



Dexopollenia, gen. nov. 



Genotype, DexopoUenia testacea, sp. n. 



Facial carina strong, wide and depressed, merged widely into 

 epistoma ; vibrissae but little above oral margin, the epistoma 

 P ollenia-\\k& , narrow; arista moderately plumose; apical cell nar- 

 rowly open, the fourth vein curved much like that of Pyrellia ; 

 male eyes practically contiguous, the parafrontalia reduced to a 

 line; male hypopygium rather large; macrochaetae bristle-like, 

 erect, marginal on last three segments, lateral discals on all; front 

 tarsi not widened in either sex; palpi subcylindrical ; thorax with 

 yellowish crinkled pile; parafacialia wide and bare. 



DcxopoIIenia testacea, sp. nov. 



Length of body, 5-5 mm. ; of wing, 6 mm. One male and one 

 female, Assam-Bhutan Frontier, Mangaldai District, N.E., Jany. 

 1-2, 1911 (5. W. Kemp). 



Fulvotestaceous, shaded to brown. Head with pale brown 

 shading over face and cheeks ; the parafrontalia dark brown, thinly 

 silvery pollinose, leaving three main darker areas on vertex, mid- 

 dle, and opposite base of antennae, the vertical area not showing 

 in male. Thorax and scutellum mostl}^ brown ; the scutum black- 

 ish, but showing some silvery pollen. Abdomen with hind bor- 

 ders of segments brown, the third and anal brown on posterior 

 half, or anal wholly brown. Legs testaceous, tinged with brown; 

 tarsi blackish. Wings clear. Tegulae smok3^ 



Holotype in Ind. Mus., female; allotype, male. 



PoIIeniopsis, gen. nov. 



Genotype, PoIIeniopsis pilosa, sp. n. 



Facial carina broad, flattened, rounded, reaching nearly to 

 epistoma, the latter Pollenia-like, narrow and short ; arista thickly 

 plumose ; apical cell moderately open, the fourth vein bent sud- 



