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grey, which covers the anal and axillary cells. Appendiculation 

 of the upper fork of the second vein short but distinct. Halteres 

 creamy yellow. 



Described from a perfect specimen (except the missing antennae) 

 in the Indian ^Museum from Hathikund, Garhwal district, base of 

 Western Himala^^as, 3-V-09. 



N .B. — The species falls in the central one of my groups in 

 this genus. 



Argyramoeba claripennis, mihi, sp. nov. 

 9 . Punjab. lyong. 7 mm. 



Head. — Frons one-fourth width of head at vertex, broadening 

 at level of antennae to one-third; dark gre}', with 3'ellowish hair, 

 which on the face becomes gre3'ish or nearly white. Ocellar triangle 

 inconspicuous. Antennae black, with the upper sides of the 

 joints gre3nsh ; basal joints with rather thick hair ; bisection of 

 st^de obvious, pencil of hairs small. Proboscis dark, withdrawn. 

 Back of head dark grey, with thick yellowish gre}' hair in the 

 middle. 



Thorax. — Dorsum blackish grej-, with short yellow hair, of 

 which a bunch of paler colour is placed on each shoulder ; a long 

 and a shorter 3'ellow spine in front of each wing, and five or six 

 long 3-ellow bristles towards each posterior corner, also some 

 5'ellow bristles towards posterior margin of dorsum. Scutellum 

 dark grey, with short ^^ellovv hair, and some 3'ellow bristles on 

 posterior margin. Sides of thorax ash-gre^-, white dusted, with a 

 bunch of greyish white hair below each shoulder, and whitish 

 hairs below this again. 



Abdomen blackish, hardly shining, posterior margins of seg- 

 ments with rather wide, light brown bands. Whole dorsal surface 

 apparently covered with short, soft, bright yellow hairs which 

 become longest towards the sides on the posterior margin of the 

 anal segments ; where the brown segmental margins are also 

 widened. 



Belly blackish grey, with minute elongated whitish scales; 

 belly becomes reddish 3'ellow towards tip. There are two long 

 pendent bristles towards the posterior margin, about the middle of 

 each ventral segment. Genitalia not conspicuous but withdrawn 



Legs uniformly pale yellow except blackish towards the tarsi 

 tips. The coxse and femora are rather thickly, the tibiae slightly, 

 covered with minute whitish woolly scales, the tibiae bearing 

 moderately short black bristles in addition, as do also the hind 

 femora near the tip. There is a row of microscopic bristles on the 

 hinder side of the hind tibiae. 



Wings quite clear ; subma-ginal cell brownish yellow ; ap- 

 pendiculation not obvious ; upper branch of second vein forming a 

 very distinct downward loop towards its end. Halteres 3'ellow. 



Described from a single perfect example in the Indian Museum 

 collection from Lahore, 8-V-08. 



