288 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. VI, 



Wings. — Venation in accordance with the generic description. 

 Ver}^ pale 3-ellowish, unmarked, veins yellow. 



Halteres yellowish, knobs a little dusky. 



Described from a single specimen of each sex taken by me at 

 Darjiling, 28 and 29-v-io. 



Geographicai, Distribution. — Darjiling. 



Types in the Indian Museum. 



Paracladura elegans, mihi sp. nov. 



? . Darjiling. Long. 2 — 3 mm. 



Head rather bright yellow. Frons fully one-third the width 

 of the head. Face above antennae gibbous. On the vertex a 

 blackish streak joining the upper angle of the eyes. Proboscis yel- 

 lowish ; palpi blackish, pubescent, basal half of ist joint yellow- 

 ish. Antennal scapal joints very short, pale yellowish, with a few 

 hairs, flagellum blackish brown, closely and shortly pubescent. 



Thorax almost wholly brownish yellow; a trace of a dusky 

 median stripe, vScutellum, metanotum and sides of thorax con- 

 colorous. 



Abdomen brown, hind margin of the distinctly emarginated 

 segments very pale yellow ; pale hairs at the sides. Belty similar. 

 Ovipositor of moderate size, resembling that of P. gracilis. 



Legs pale brownish yellow. 



Winsis. — Venation in accordance with the generic description, 

 the 7th longitudinal vein being only one-third as long as the 

 6th. Colour pale yellow, veins yellow, apical part of wing with 

 slight pubescence. 



A narrow blackish infuscation runs from the costa, beginning 

 just beyond the tip of the auxiliary vein and passing over the 

 marginal vein, the fork of the 2nd, the base of the 3rd and the 

 anterior cross-vein. The infuscation, here shortly interrupted, is 

 resumed on the posterior cross-vein and along the last section of 

 the 5th longitudinal vein to the wing-margin. Halteres yellowish, 

 clubs dusky. 



Described from two 9 5 taken by me at Darjiling, 26 and 

 29-v-io. 



Geographical Distribution. — Darjiling. 



Type (and second specimen) in the Indian Museum. 



Notes. — Whilst portraying all the generic characters, this 

 species is easily distinguished from the previous one by the light but 

 very distinct infuscation running across the middle of the wing. 



CLADUROIDES, mihi, gen. nov. 



Allied to Cladura, Os. Sac, and Paracladura, mihi. Type 

 C. fascipennis, mihi, sp. nov. 



Two submarginal cells, five posterior cells, discal cell open. 



Antennae practically normal in the scape, which consists of 

 the usual elongate cylindrical ist joint and a shorter broader 



