156 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. VIII, 



Described from one 9 taken between Kalek and Misshing 

 (4000 ft.), i6-iii-i2. 



Dicranophragma gracilis, mihi, sp. nov. 

 (PI. vi, fig. 3). 



$ N.E. Frontier of India. Long, just over 2 mm. 



Head. — Occiput ash grey ; eyes and moutli parts black ; palpi 

 blackish (antennae missing). Thorax seen from in front, grey, seen 

 from behind, brownish ; sides of thorax dirty brown. 



Abdomen. — Dirty brown, a median stripe and a lateral one on 

 each side, the emargination of the segments obscure ; belly dirty 

 yellow. 



Legs. — All brownish yellow, very shortly pubescent, extreme 

 tips of coxae and trochanters black. 



Wings. — Pale grey. Auxiliary vein ending opposite the middle 

 of the discal cell. The ist longitudinal vein ends midway between 

 the tip of the auxiliary and the wing tip ; the praefurca takes a 

 wide curve, its upper branch approximating very closely to the ist 

 longitudinal vein just beyond the tip of the auxiliary vein; 

 marginal cross- vein just before tip of ist vein. The two sub- 

 marginal cells about equal in length, both distinctly longer than 

 the marginal cell ; base of ist roundly pointed, that of the 2nd ncarly 

 square. Anterior branch of 4th longitudinal vein forked ; petiole 

 of 2nd posterior cell shorter than the cell; 4th posterior cell about 

 as long as the discal cell; posterior cross-vein just before the 

 discal cell. A distinct cross- vein in the ist submarginal cell just 

 beyond the marginal cross-vein. Costal part of wing from tip of 

 auxiliary' vein to nearly the end of the marginal cell, brownish, 

 and most of the veins, except the basal half of the 4th and 5th and 

 all the 6th and 7th, faintly but obviously narrowly tinged with 

 pale brown here and there. 



Z)^sm6^^ from a single 9 from Yembung (iioo ft.) (i3-i-i2), 

 in jungle near plaintain trees. 



STRATIOMYIDAE. 

 Microchrysa albitarsis, mihi, sp. nov. 



9 N.E. Frontier of India. Long. 5 mm. 



Head. — Frons one- fifth the width of the head, with a slight 

 deep blue tinge, but brilliant violet immediately above the anten- 

 nae. Head below antennae bronze green with black hairs. Anten- 

 nal 1st joint black, 2nd and 3rd yellow, the latter divided by 

 two annulations into three divisions, arista long. Back of head 

 blackish. 



Thorax. — Wholly brilliantly shining metallic green, with very 

 short whitish pubescence. 



A hdoinen. — Dark green with very short sparse vvhitish pubes- 

 cence, which is a little longer around the margin and at the tip. 

 Belly darker, nearly black. 



