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Wings. — Venation in accordance with generic description. 

 Pale grey. A small pale blackish brown spot on the costa, near 

 the subcostal cross- vein ; another over the base of the 2nd vein ; 

 a large oblong stigmatic spot, ending at the marginal cross- vein, 

 proximally continued along the cross-veins narrowly but un- 

 interruptedly to the 5th longitudinal vein, along which the colour 

 runs to the hind margin of the wing. Tips of all the veins 

 (except the 3rd and 6th) and the bases of the forks of both 

 branches of the 4th longitudinal, slightly infuscated. Halteres 

 yellowish. 



Described from three cf & and two $ 9 in the Indian Museum 

 with the following data : Darjiling, 9-viii-og, type & and $ taken 

 by Mr. Paiva, and an additional & and 9 taken by Dr. Annandale 

 at Phagu, 12-V-09, and Kurseong, y-ix-og, respectively. 



Claduroides sordida, mihi, sp. nov. 



& 5 . Bast and West Himalayas. I/Ong. 4 — 5 mm. 



Head dark grey, with scattered hairs. Proboscis brownish 

 yellow ; palpi dark brown. Antennae brownish yellow : scapal ist 

 joint cylindrical, moderately long, 2nd shorter and broader as 

 usual; flagellum of thirteen oval joints, diminishing in size towards 

 the tip, the first being distinctly but not conspicuously larger than 

 the rest. 



Thorax dark grey, no obvious marks on dorsum, though the 

 impression is given that in some specimens there may be indistinct 

 stripes. Scutellum and metanotum similarly coloured ; sides of 

 thorax with a very slight brownish tinge. 



Abdomen dark brown. Genitalia in cf consisting of a pair 

 of rather large brownish yellow claspers with small, narrow horny 

 appendages towards the tips : a narrow dorsal plate. In 9 

 ovipositor as in preceding species. 



Legs brownish yellow, darker towards tarsi tips. 



Wings. — Venation in accordance with the generic description, 

 pale grey, iridescent. An elongate blackish stigma is indistinctly 

 but obviously present over the tip of the rst longitudinal vein, 

 ending rather sharply at the marginal cross- vein. Halteres 

 brownish. 



Described from two cf cf and one 9 . The type cf and 9 

 taken respectively at Simla, io-v-09, and Kurseong, 4-ix-09, by 

 Dr. Annandale; an additional a' from Simla, 12-V-09. 



Type rf- and 9 (also additional (f referred to) in the Indian 

 Museum. 



The MONGOMA group. 



It seems necessary to establish two new genera in connection 

 with the species hitherto referred to Mongoma, Westw., based on 



