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corners of eyes. Underside of head shining black, very smooth^ 

 slightly swollen ; proboscis and paloi concealed, black. 



Thorax. — Wholly shining black (bristles mostly damaged) ; 

 three or four dorso-central, one or two supra-alar and the usual 

 basal and apical pair on the scutellum are visible Scutellum and 

 metanotum shining black. 



Abdomen. — Shining black, minutely pubescent. 



Legs. — Fore femora brownish yellow, becoming blackish on 

 apical third or half, middle femora black, broadly brownish 

 yellow at base and tip, hind femora black up to the middle or a 

 little beyond, remainder brownish yellow. Fore tibiae black on 

 basal half, the remainder whitish ; fore tarsi black. Posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi brownish yellow , hind metatarsus a little brownish 

 above. Posterior tibiae with one preapical bristle. 



Wings. — Pale yellowish, veins yellow, halteres whitish with 

 black knobs. 



Described from a single specimen from Sadiya, 25-xi-ii. 



Drepanephora multimaculata, mihi, sp. nov. 

 (PI. vi, figs. 14-15)- 



? cf N.E. Frontier of India. Long. 3 mm. 



Head and appendages entirely- very pale yellow except for a 

 little brown at the base below the head, for the black occiput, which 

 is perpendicular, and for the upper side of the antennae which is 

 narrowly dark brown, with thickly pubescent arista, the latter 

 black. The vertex is in the form of a truncated cone.^ Three 

 pairs of fronto-orbital bristles, the uppermost pair practically on the 

 vertex; a pair of vertical bristles, close together, immediately 

 behind the ocelli, which latter are brown, closely approximated, 

 each bearing a bristle. A row of rather short bristly hairs along 

 the cheeks. Tb.e 2nd joint of the antennae has the normal single 

 long bristle above, and two or three of different lengths below. 

 Proboscis well developed, perpendicular; palpi long, cylindrical, 

 with a few stifi' hairs. 



Thorax. — Pale brownish yellow, with numerous moderately 

 stiff hairs. On each side of the dorsum are four very conspicuous 

 elongate black spots, the anterior one over the shoulder, the fourth 

 ending in the wing-base, the other two intermediate and equidis 

 tant. On the pleurae each side, in a line with the coxae, are four 

 similar black elongate spots or short stripes, the t\vo posterior ones 

 bifid at the upper end. 



Abdomen.— VdXo: brownish yellow with a broad blackish brown 

 median stripe occupying one-third the width of the segments, termi- 

 nating at the end of the 4th segment. Soft hairs cover the surface 

 of the abdomen, and a row of long stiff hairs on the posterior 

 margin of each segment. Belly pale yellowish, nearly bare. 



1 As illustrated by Hendel, Gen. Ins. Fasc. 68, pi. I, fig. i. 



