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Thorax.—Shining black, with microscopic grey hair, with 
which on the dorsum is intermixed (or possibly wholly replaced 
by ?) yellow hairs, all microscopic. Scutelluin shining black, with 
microscopic whitish and a few yellow hairs. 
Abdomen.—Shining black, with microscopic snow-white hairs. 
Belly similar, genitalia very minute. 
Legs.—Basal half of coxae and a broad band occupying nearly 
all the femora except base and tips, black or blackish brown, 
remainder of coxae and femora yellowish; tibiae and tarsi white. 
Wings.—Very pale grey, highly iridescent ; stigma yellow ; 
basal half of costa and 1st longitudinal vein much blacker than 
the remainder of the veins. Halteres, stem yellowish, clubs milk 
white, rather large. 
Described from a perfect » in the Indian Museum, captured 
by Dr. Annandale at Kurseong (4700 ft.), I5-iv-II, on a window 
in a bedroom. 
Pachygaster nigrofemorata, mihi, sp. nov. 
9. Madras. Long. 3 mm. 
Head.—Frons shining black, with very sparse short white hairs 
on the upper part; ocellar triangle roughened ; two small round 
white hair spots contiguous to the eyes (one on each side), placed 
just above the level of the antennae. From these spots, along 
the inner margins of the eyes, a very thin line of snow-white 
hairs. Underside of head shining black ; proboscis dark brownish 
yellow. Antennae brownish yellow, 3rd joint divided by five 
annulations into six apparent parts, of which the two basal ones 
are the broadest; style black, as long as the 3rd joint itself, com- 
posed of at least two segments, of which the Ist is very minute, 
the tip of the 2nd being curved. Back of head shining black, 
bare. 
Thorax.—Shining black, with a moderate amount of very 
short golden yellow hairs ; pleurae similar, but the hairs whitish. 
Scutellum shining black with golden yellow hairs. 
Abdomen.—Shining black , with short sparse whitish hairs ; 
belly shining black, bare. 
Legs.—Yellow, except the femora, which are wholly black but 
for the very narrowly yellow tips. Extreme tips of tarsi a little 
brown. Femora with soft hairs, tibiae and tarsi minutely pubes- 
CENT. 
Wings.—Clear, stigma and veins on anterior part of wing 
yellowish ; halteres milk white. 
Described from a unique @ taken by Dr. Annandale at the 
south end of Lake Chilka, N. E. Madras, 4-iii-to. Type in Indian 
Museum. 
Acanthina auricollis, mihi, sp. nov. 
ao” @. Assam. Long. 9 mm. 
Head.—Eyes in ” not absolutely contiguous, the intervening 
space extremely narrow, black ; vertex dull brownish yellow with 
