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Described from a single specimen, apparentl}^ a cf , in 

 good condition, from Peradeniya, Ceylon, taken 17-vi-io by 

 Mr. E. E. Green. In the Indian Museum. 



Psychoda transversa, mihi, sp. nov. 



? 5 . Darjiling, Long, i mm. 



Body covered with brownish grey or brownish yellow bristly 

 hairs. Antennae as in nigripennis. Legs blackish with the tarsi 

 showing a lighter shade in certain lights, the tips of the joints 

 with small pale scales. 



Wings densely covered with blackish hairs situated over the 

 entire surface of the wings as well as on the veins. 



No hair-spots nor scale-spots at the tips of any of the veins, 

 but two narrow transverse bands composed of elongated, thick- 

 ened (almost scale-Hke) greyish white hairs, the first placed just 

 before the middle of the wing, the second just beyond three- 

 fourths of the wing ; both bands extending from the costa to the 

 hind margin. 



Described from a single specimen, which is apparently a 9 

 (the genital organ not being clearly visible), in the Indian Mus- 

 eum, from Kurseong (4,700—5,000 ft.), 20-vi-io, taken by Dr. 

 Annandale. 



N.B. — The two conspicuous transverse bands of grey stiff 

 hairs on the wings immediately distinguish this species from all 

 other Oriental ones. 



Psychoda hirtipennis, mihi, sp. no\'. 



$. DarjiHng district; S. India; Bengal. Long, about 

 i^ mm. 



Body brownish yellow, with 3-ellowish brown or brownish grey 

 hair var3dng both in shade and intensit3^ Antennae practically 

 as in P. nigripennis. Legs with light brown scales, tarsi not 

 obviously lighter, except when viewed in certain directions. 



Wings lanceolate, the brown hairs covering the surface of the 

 wing and placed mainly longitudinally, no regularly divaricate 

 rows of hairs on the veins. Some erect bristly hairs on the basal 

 fourth of the wing. 



Described from several specimens in the Indian Museum 

 presenting the following data : Kurseong, 5-ix-09 ; Bangalore, 

 15-X-10; Maddathorai, i8-xi-o8; Trivandrum, 12 — i3-xi-o8 (the last 

 three places in South India, taken by Dr. Annandale) ; Calcutta, 

 27-xi-io. 



ISI .B. — One example of the above series (from Maddathorai), 

 varies more than the others by having browner legs, brighter 

 brown hair on the thorax, and a tendency to patches of darker 

 hairs on the wing, with light greyish reflections here and there. 

 The specimen seems to come within the probable specific range 

 of hirtipennis, which is certainly of variable nature. 



