igii.] E- Brunetti : New Oriental Neniocera. 283 



tip, the latter with the last joint distinctly the largest. Antennae 

 more or less reddish brown (in the type & , the scape and two 

 basal flagellar joints reddish,' in one 5 wholly red, in the other 

 only slightly so at the base, in all cases with whitish pubescence 

 over the whole flagellum). A row of whitish hairs l^ehind the eyes 

 encircling the back of the head. 



Thorax wholly rather dull but obvioush* reddish brown on 

 dorsum, covered with bright golden yellow hairs, sides of thorax 

 wholly blackish grey. vScutellum reddish brown, metanotum dark 

 grev. 



Abdomen blackish, the posterior margins of the segments very 

 narrowly whitish , dorsum with a few pale scattered hairs. 



Legs. — Apparently normally the coxae and femora dull reddish 

 brown or brownish yellow, the tibiae and tarsi blackish, but the 

 brownish colour extends at least to the hind femora in one of the 

 female specimens. Hind metatarsus much enlarged in both sexes, 

 especially so in the cf , in both sexes as long as or slightly' longer 

 than the rest of the tarsus and about two-thirds as long as the 

 tibia. 



Wings clear, venation normal. Halteres brownish or blackish. 



Described from one & from Kanara, Bombay' , viii-07, and two 

 $ $ from Karwar, Bombay, viii-07. Two 9 $ in the Indian 

 Museum are from Kurseong, to— 26-ix-09 [Lynch], and j-ix-og 

 (type 9 ) [Annandale]. 



Type cf in the Pusa collection, type 9 in the Indian Museum. 



Simulium grisescens, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf . Darjiling district. Long. i|- mm. 



Head set very close on the thorax. E3^es with conspicuously 

 large facets on upper side ; a moderately narrow face below the 

 antennae, light grey. Antennae black, with rather thick short 

 grey pubescence, scape brownish yellow. Proboscis blackish, 

 yellowish at tip ; palp l)lack. 



Thorax deep velvet-black, evidently originally covered with 

 the short bright yellow hairs common to most of the Oriental 

 species, shoulders broadly and squarel}^ pale blue greyish dusted, 

 the inner corner of the spot nearly rectangular ; also a broad 

 similarly coloured band on the posterior margin. This rather 

 gives the appearance of the dorsum being of blue-gre\^ ground- 

 colour with a broad deep black transverse band occupying the 

 major portion of the surface with a contiguous perpendicular 

 broad stripe reaching to the anterior margin. Sides ot thorax 

 conspicuouslv blue-grey dusted; scutellum blackish, metanotum 

 black. 



Abdomen black, apparently with a little brownish yellow 

 pubescence; ist segment with blue-grey shimmer, the fan-shaped 

 side hairs brownish yellow. Belly black. 



' Under a strong light, the microscope reveals the whole antenna as dull red- 

 dish brown, though tlie flagellum appears mainly black to the naked eye. 



