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Wings. — Pale grey, slightly clearer here and there; veins rather 

 indistinct except the 3rd and 4th longitudinals (which however 

 become very weak at their tips), and the posterior cross- vein ; 

 these three veins being very conspicuous. A sub-apical smoky 

 band of moderate width begins just below the costa, above the 

 tip of the 2nd vein, and nearly reaches hind border of wing. 

 Auxiliary vein quite distinct throughout from ist longitudinal, 

 which ends but little beyond it, distinctly before middle of wing. 

 The 2nd vein ends towards wing tip, the 3rd at the rounded wing 

 tip, the 4th just below, these two latter veins parallel. Anterior 

 cross- vein slightly infuscated, a little before middle of wing; pos- 

 terior cross- vein erect, a little before midway between anterior 

 cross-vein and wing margin ; anal cell large, rather clearer in 

 middle. 



Described from two specimens from vSadiya, 23-xi-ii. 



AT. Z^.— Apparently only four species are at present known in 

 this genus beyond the present one, the frontalis, Mg. of Europe 

 and three from North America. 



SCIOMYZINAE. 



Sciomyza trypetoptera, Hend. {Sapromyza). 



Sapromyza histrio, Meij. 



Several specimens from Sadiy a , 27-xi- 1 1 , Dibr ugarh , 1 7- 19-xi-i i 

 and Kobe, 6-xii-ii, cannot fail to be this species, but Hendel and 

 Meijere refer it to Sapromyza. It appears to me a Sciomyza. 



Sciomyza strigata, Meij. {Lauxania). 



Five 9 $ from Rotung, 1400 ft. (25-xii-i I ). agree exactly with 

 Herr Meijere's description and wing figure of this species. Very 

 near S. qumquevittata , Meij., of which the Indian Museum pos- 

 sesses a specimen from Java named by that author, but the two 

 species are obviously distinct, and I cannot help regarding strigata 

 as a Sciomyza. 



Sciomyza ocellata, mihi, sp. nov. 

 (PI. vi, fig. 12). 



9 Assam and N.E. Frontier of India. Long. 3 mm. 



Head. — Cream yellow, with marks of a nearly uniform brown- 

 ish colour placed as follows- an oval spot on frons, from each side 

 of ocellar triangle nearly to base of antennae; a row of three 

 round spots on frons between the oval spot and the eyes (the 

 fronto-orbital bristles being set in these spots); a spot between 

 iDase of antennae and eye margin, contiguous to both ; and a row 

 of three above the mouth opening, contiguous or sub-contiguous 

 to one another, but placed clear of both mouth border and eye 

 margins. Antennae brownish yellow, 3rd joint more or less brown- 



