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brown lateral stripe on a level with and passing across the bases of 

 the coxae. 



Abdomen brownish j^ellow, a little darker towards the sides. 

 Ovipositor small, inconspicuous, pale yellow. 



Legs. — Coxae and femora pale brownish yellow, femora a 

 little lighter near the tips, the tips themselves blackish brown 

 ringed. Tibiae and tarsi brownish. 



Wings. — Venation normal. Very pale grey, costal cell wholly 

 unmarked. Tip of wing very pale blackish from beyond the fork 

 of the 2nd vein, the shade extending posteriorly as far as the 2nd 

 posterior cell, filling it. A dark brown streak from the ist longi- 

 tudinal vein, passing over the origin of the 3rd vein, the anterior 

 cross-vein, then in diminished intensity to the hind margin of the 

 wing by way of the posterior cross-vein and the last section of the 

 5th longitudinal vein. A very pale blackish spot in the ist basal 

 cell, near its tip, an elongate one in the basal part of the 2nd 

 l)asal cell, turning down at its proximal end into the anal cell. 

 Wings a little yellowish at the base. Halteres pale yellow. 



Described from 2 from Kurseong, 9-ix-og [Annandale]. 



Type in Indian Museum. 



Dixa bistriata, mihi, sp. no v. 

 cf . Uarjihng. Long. 2 J mm. 



Head. — Proboscis and palpi brownish yellow, the former brown 

 at the tip. Antennae : ist scapal joint very wide and short, 

 saucer-like, 2nd normal, subglobular ; fiagellum of not less than 

 12 joints, closely pubescent: the whole antennae dark brown, 

 except the pale 3'^ellow extreme base of the ist flagellar joint. 



Thorax pale ^^ellowish. Three dark chocolate-brown stripes 

 of normal pattern, the median one extended somewhat linearly in 

 front just below the shoulders. The shoulders themselves with a 

 very pale blackish streak. 



Scutellum and metanotum dark brown, a narrow yellowish 

 stripe in the middle of the former. vSides of thorax j^ellowish, 

 with brown marks. 



Abdomen blackish, with a little pale yellow pubescence. 

 Genitalia of moderate size, consisting of a pair of dark brown 

 claspers, of which the second joint is cylindrical, much thinner, 

 yellow ; apparently a small dorsal plate is present in addition to 

 the moderately large ventral one. 



Legs pale brownish yellow, tips of femora and tibiae nar- 

 rowly black ringed ; tarsi darker. 



Wings practicalls^ clear, a blackish narrow irregular streak 

 in the middle from the ist longitudinal vein, over the cross-veins, 

 continued in an attenuated form along the posterior cross-vein and 

 the terminal section of the 5th longitudinal vein. A very pale 

 blackish streak in the basal part of the anal cell. Halteres yellow. 



Described from a single cf taken by myself at Darjiling, 2g-v-io. 



Type in Indian Museum. 



