2 74 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol.. VI, 



facing hindwards, and appears to be attached to the root of the 

 hypopygium immediately above the ventral V-shaped plate.' 



Ovipositor in the 9 apparently normal but somewhat large, 

 especiall}^ the basal portion. 



Legs brownish yellow, tips of femora darker. 



Wings pale grey, venation practically normal ; auxiliary vein 

 ending nearly half-way between the beginning of the 2nd vein and 

 the tip of the auxiliary vein. Discal cell nearly square, about as 

 long as the 2nd and 3rd posterior cells, its inner side in a direct 

 line with the posterior cross- vein. vStigma distinct but ill defined, 

 blackish, a faint small infuscation at the base of the 2nd vein. 

 Halteres : stem yellow, clubs blackish. 



Described from a single male and female taken by Dr. Annan- 

 dale in Calcutta, the & (8-ix-io) in a spider's web, the 9 (20-viii-09) 

 in the house, at night. 



GERANOMYIA, Hai. 



sorbillans, W., $ {Limnohia). Sumatra. Types in Dr. 

 Trentepohl's and the Wiedemann collection, at Vienna. 



Four new species are described by Meijere * from Java: nitida 



9 ; argentifera & 9 ; montana & 2 ; and notata 9 . The types 



of these are in the Amsterdam Museum. Mr. Edwards adds one 



from Ceylon,^ G. fietchcri, 9 , from Madulsima, 19-V-08 (type), and 



2i-xii-07 [T. B. Fletcher]. 



In addition to the three herein described, I have descriptions 

 in manuscript of six others from various parts of the Indian 

 Empire. 



Geranomyia vinaceobrunnea, mihi, sp. nov. 



9 . Western Himalayas. I/Ong. 6 mm. 



Head dark grey: frons narrow, narrower on vertex, whitish 

 grey. Proboscis black, a little longer than head and thorax to- 

 gether. Antennae: scape yellowish except tip of second joint 

 which is, with the flagellum, dark brown. 



Thorax mainly brownish yellow, with three dorsal claret- 

 brown stripes, the outer ones short and quite united with the me- 

 dian one, which is moderately wide, attaining the anterior margin, 

 and continuing narrowly on the brownish yellow neck. Dorsum 

 behind suture claret-brown. Scutellum yellow ; metanotum grey. 

 Sides of thorax yellowish, with light claret-coloured reflection just 

 below the dorsum. 



Abdomen dark brown, with a little pale hair; posterior 

 margins of segments pale yellowish. Belly 3'ellowish ; ovipositor 

 brownish yellow. 



Legs. — Coxae brownish yellow, with a trace of claret-coloured 

 reflections; remainder of legs yellowish, femora tips barely darker. 



1 This so-called ventral plate appears to be the sternum of the eighth segment. 



2 Tijd. V. Ent., liv (1911). 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), viii, 60. 



