86 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. IV, 



Legs. Coxae, rather bluish grey dusted, reddish 3'ellow towards 

 tips, with a row of 5 or 6 bristles. Femora rather brownish or 

 blue-grey dusted, reddish yellow at base and tip ; with rows of 

 short bristly hairs. Fore femora generally curved, and with a row 

 of comparatively long bristles on outer and inner sides, the latter 

 row being the longer ; the rest of the fore femora being clothed in 

 rows of bristl}' hairs. Middle femora with rows of very short 

 bristles, and some longer ones near the base on under side, and two 

 on upper side near tip. Hind femora, sometimes somewhat curved, 

 with rows of small bristles and a row of long comparatively weak 

 ones on under side, and a strong one on outer side near tip. 



All the bristles on the legs brownish yellow. 



Tibiae brownish 3'ellow or yellowish, closely- pubescent, with 

 very short stiff hairs. Tarsi yellowish, blackish towards tips, micro- 

 scopically pubescent. Pul villi greyish white. 



Wings. Practically clear, iridescent in certain lights ; micro- 

 scopic bristles along costa to beyond end of 2nd longitudinal vein ; 

 very soft hairs on remainder of wing border. Inner cross-vein ex- 

 actly opposite end of ist longitudinal and placed above centre of 

 discal cell. Third and 4th veins converge normally towards tips. 

 Halter es and tegulae ^^ellowish grey. 



Described from about 12 specimens of each sex in the Indian 

 Museum, mostly from the Victoria Gardens, Colombo, taken b}^ 

 Mr. Paiva, 26-iv-o8. Other specimens are from Chittagong, 27-vii-o8, 

 8-ix-o8 [Lt.-Col. Hall] ; Mandalay, i2-iii-o8 [Annandale] ; Sukna 

 (500 ft.), 3-vii-o8 [Amtajtdale], where it was abundant on cattle ; 

 Calcutta, 6 — 3i-viii-09. 



N.B. — Dr. Annandale noticed that the fly rests with its wings 

 folded together, as contrasted with exigua , which when at rest, 

 extends its wings horizontally. 



Lyperosia exigua, Meijere. 



(Translation.) 



Hcsmatohia exigua, Meij., in P. Schat, '^ Verdere Mededeelingen 

 over Surra," Mededeel. Proefstation Oost-Java, 3e. Ser., No. 44 



(1903). 



HcBmaiobia exigua, Meij., Bijd. tot se Dierk. Natura Artis 

 Magistra, xviii, p. 104 (1904). 



Front in cf very narrow, with very narrow white eye margins, 

 between which a narrow black line is present. Frontal triangle 

 black. In the 9 the white eye margins separated by a black 

 frontal stripe of uniform width. Under side of head white. An- 

 tennae brownish yellow, especially the somewhat thickened 2nd 

 joint, which is thereby conspicuous ; the 3rd joint darkened at tip. 

 All the joints with whitish shimmer. Palpi as long as the pro- 

 boscis, brownish yellow. Proboscis brownish 3'ellow, darker above. 



Thorax dark grey, whitish dusted, in front with two narrow 

 blackish longitudinal stripes. The sides of the dorsum, viewed 

 sideways, broadly brownish tinged. Sides of thorax, humeral calli, 



