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contiguous to and below the ist 



longitudinal vein .. .. Diaciilipeiinis, sy. nov. 



BB Wing tip distinctly infuscated for a 

 little distance. Thoracic stripes 

 brownish yellow ; abdomen brownish 

 yellow . . . . . . . . ochrilineata , sp. nov. 



AA Wing with only a narrow transverse 

 streak across the middle. Thoracic 

 stripes dark brown. Abdomen 

 blackish. 

 D The transverse streak on the wing ex- 

 tending over the posterior cross- 

 vein . . . . . . . . bisfyiala, sp. nov. 



DD The transverse streak not continued 



over the cross- vein . . . . bifasciata , sp. nov. 



N .B. — D. bifasciata is possibly the 9 of bistriaia. 



Dixa montana, mihi, sp. nov. 



& 2 . Western Himalayas. Long. 2-3 mm. 



Head. — Frons and 1)ack of head, lighter or darker, grey. 

 Proboscis robust at base, pointed, moderately long, pubescent, 

 brownish yellow ; palpi dark brown. Antennae: ist joint large, 

 globular, yellowdsh brown, flagellum of apparently 12 joints, 

 brownish yellow, closely pubescent, filamentous towards the tip, 

 making it difficult to discover the exact number of joints. 



Thorax. — Dorsum gre}*, sometimes a little yellowish, some- 

 times almost whitish. Three dark brown .stripes, the median one, 

 which is very narrowly divided more or less by a longitudinal pale 

 stripe, runs from the anterior margin to beyond the middle, pos- 

 terior to which it continues, much narrowed. The two outer 

 stripes which are separated from the median one by a narrow 

 space, begin some distance behind the shoulder and continue to 

 the posterior margin of the dorsum; the space between them, 

 posterior to the broad part of the median dark stripe, being light 

 grey, traversed longitudinally by the attenuated continuation of 

 the median stripe. A more or less indistinct transverse streak, or 

 darker space, on the shoulders, brown or grey of a lighter or 

 darker shade, sometimes with traces of a thin line connecting 

 them. Scutellum yellow, metanotum brownish. Sides of thorax 

 brownish or brownish grey, irregularly tinted. 



Abdomen dark brown, \\\t\\ very sparse pale haii-s. Geni- 

 taha in cf very small, yellowish, mainly concealed. The tips of 

 (presumably) a pair of small claspers are visible. Ovipositor in 9 

 small, with a reddish brown tip. 



Legs pale brownish yellow. Tips of femora and tibiae, and 

 the tarsi towards the tips, blackish ; the hind tibiae being very 

 distinctly though not greatly incrassated. 



Wings pale grey; venation in accordance with the generic 

 description. Three moderately small pale brown spots. The ist 



