Milica N We Ge NUS OF PSYCHODPED DIE: 
THRASE ROM THE HIMALAYAS AND 
TRAY AN CORE. 
By N. ANNANDALE, D.Sc., F.A.S.B., Superintendent, Indian 
Museum. 
The genus described below is represented in the collection of 
the Indian Museum by specimens of two species. One of these 
species I attributed in a former paper to the fossil genus Diflonema, 
which it resembles as regards the structure of the antenne and 
the male genitalia. The venation of the wings is, however, so 
distinct that it seems necessary to recognize it as representing a 
new genus, which I have named Brunettia in honour of Mr. E. 
Brunetti, who has done so much to increase our knowledge of the 
Indian Diptera. 
BRUNETTIA, gen. nov. 
Diplonema, Annandale (nec Loew), Rec. Ind. Mus., vol. iv, p. 39 
(1910). 
Heavy moth-like Psychodide with broad, thickly-scaled 
wings, which are held in a horizontal position during repose ; 
second longitudinal vein with three branches, which originate close 
together near the base of the wing ; fourth longitudinal vein with 
two forks. Mouth parts not forming a proboscis; palpi long, with 
4 joints. Antennz with 15 joints, of which two form the scape ; 
each of the first 12 joints of the flagellum bearing a couple of 
stout S-shaped cheete as well as fine hairs. Eyes strongly emar- 
ginate. Male genitalia of complicated structure; the inferior 
appendages bearing numerous racket-shaped spinules ; a chitinous 
intromittent organ present. 
Habitat. Darjiling district (E. Himalayas) and Travancore 
(S. India). 
Brunettia differs from Diplonema, Loew,' not only in its much 
broader and heavier wings but also in having three branches 
instead of two to the second longitudinal vein. The palpi also 
appear to be longer. In respect to venation the wing is to some 
extent intermediate between that of the Phlebotomine and that 
of the Psychodine. The lowest branch of the second longitudinal 
vein is, however, less distinct from the other two than is the case 
in the genera of the latter family. The male genitalia, moreover, 
1 ‘Zu der Offentlichen Priifung der Schiiler des Ko6niglichen Friedrich- 
Wilhelms-Gymnasium zu Posen,’’ Dipt. Beitr., i, 7 (1845). 
