492 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor.-Visy 
out being bent outwards in a bow. Anterior cross-vein almost 
exactly over centre of discal cell, no distinct stigma, but the 
costal vein is a little thickened along the 3rd and 4th segments; 
3rd and 4th costal segments of about equal length, and taken 
together are only half the length of the 5th segment; wings barely 
pale yellowish at base. Halteres pale livid yellow. 
Described from 5 @ @ andi @ in good condition in the Indian 
Museum collection. 
Localities.—Caleutta, 4-1x to 20-xi-o7 and 22-v-09; Puri 
(Orissa Coast, 20-1-08; Benikhola (Ind. frontier of Nepal), 7-ii-08 ; 
Igatpuri, Western Ghats, Bombay, 20-xi-o9g [Annandale], 
Pipunculus nitens, mihi, sp. nov. 
@”. South India. Long. 2 mm. 
Head.—Frons and face shining silvery white; eyes contiguous 
for some distance. Antennae black, 3rd joint, except at the base, 
reddish vellow. Back of head blackish grey, with silver shimmer 
at least round the edge. 
Thovrax.—Blackish, with a slight bluish tint, moderately 
shining. Sides dark bluish grey with a little whitish shimmer in 
certain lights. Thorax practically bare. Scutellum concolorous, 
with a few hairs; metanotum with a greyish white shimmer. 
Abdomen.—Shining bluish black, with some short whitish 
hairs ; Ist segment pale bluish grey. Genitalia rather small, 
clubbed, concolorous. 
Legs.—Femora black except at tips, with a little grey shimmer. 
Rest of legs yellow; the tibiae with a broad band (apparently not 
always complete) occupying nearly their entire length ; tarsi tips 
blackish on upper side. 
Wings.—Clear, 3rd costal segment very short, 4th very slightly 
yellowish, practically clear. Anterior cross-vein exactly at middle 
of discal cell (in one specimen) or immediately before it (in the 2nd 
specimen). 
Described from two specimens in the Indian Museum in good 
condition from Maddathoray, at the western base of the Western 
Ghats, Travancore State, South India, 19-xi-08, taken by Dr. 
Annandale. 
N.B.—1 suspect this and limpidipennis may represent but a 
single species, as some specimens show neither distinct greenish or 
bluish tinges, being moderately shining blackish. 
Pipunculus mirabilis, mihi, sp. nov. 
9. Assam. Long. 4 mm. (without ovipositor). 
Head. —Front rather narrower at vertex, which is black. 
Frons greyish white, face below antennae similar, and with a 
silvery white sheen seen from above; mouth light brown; eyes 
light brown; the facets in the vicinity of the antennae much larger. 
Autennae (missing). 
