3i6 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. IV, 191 1.] 



Legs. — Coxae wholly and the femora more or less at the base, 

 brownish yellow : remainder of anterior legs blackish ; tibiae and 

 tarsi of hind legs brownish yellow, extreme tips of joints black. 

 Anterior femora distinctly clubbed at the tips, the hind femora 

 moderately thickened towards tips. The hind femora and tibiae 

 are each twice as long as the anterior ones, and the hind tarsi are 

 full}' as long as the hind tibiae. 



Wings absolutely clear, costa very narrowly black ; a 

 small brownish infuscation at extreme tip of wing. Venation 

 normal, agreeing with Kellogg's figure.^ Halteres black, stems 

 yellowish. 



Described from a single specimen in the Indian Museum 

 taken by Dr. Annandale at Kurseong (5,000 ft.). 4-ix-09. 



Blepharocera indica, mihi, sp. nov. 



& 9 . Western Himalayas. Long. 4 — 5 mm. 



Head. — Frons narrow,* dark grey or blackish; ocelli large and 

 conspicuous. -Face whitish. Proboscis brownish yellow, blackish 

 at the base on upper side ; elongate, pointed, about as long as the 

 height of the head. Palpi elongate, four joints of about equal 

 length, pale brownish 3^ellow, with some stiff black hairs. 



Thorax, — Dorsum blackish. Sides, scutellum and metanotum 

 brownish yellow. A very small yellowish mark behind each 

 shoulder, 



A hdomcn blackish ; the base of each segment very narrowly 

 yellowish white. Genitalia inconspicuous. 



Legs brownish or brownish yellow •. the hind femora sHghtly 

 thickened towards the tips, about one-and-a-half times as long 

 as the anterior femora. 



Wings very pale yellowish grey ; unmarked ; venation nor- 

 mal. Halteres : stem yellowish, club black. 



Described from two cf cf and a single 9 in the Indian Mu- 

 seum from Phagu (9,000 ft.), vSimla district, 12 — 15-V-09, taken 

 b}^ Dr. Annandale. 



N.B. — Both sexes are presumed to be present from the 

 appearance of the abdomens, which in the two examples I consi- 

 der males is blunted, with an exceedingly small projecting piece; 

 and in the supposed female is widened before the tip, with a 

 short pointed ovipositor-like termination. 



1 Plate ii, fig. 20, in Gen. Ins., Pasc. 56. 



2 The head in each of the examples is either damaged or shrunken in drying, 

 so that the proportionate width of the frons is not easily gauged. It is appar- 

 ently quite narrow. 



