1912.] EB. Brunetti: New Oriental Diptera. 493 
Thorax.—Dorsum blackish aenous, humeri yellowish brown; 
edge of dorsum and sides of thorax greyish; a broad stripe of 
grey with silver reflections extends across the metanotum and 
embraces the metapleura on each side. Scutellum light yellowish 
brown; the posterior part and margin with pale long pubescence. 
Abdomen.—Ash-grey ; on the 2nd segment is a large brown 
round spot in the middle; on the 3rd, 4th and 5th are back basal 
bands, very narrow in the centre, and much widened at the sides 
of the segments. On the 6th the black band is of uniform width 
and very narrow. This segment bears a long ferruginous brown 
process bent under the belly, with hairs towards its tip. The 
whole abdomen is covered with rather long (but not dense) pale 
hairs, mixed with a number of black ones, these latter having 
no relationship to the black parts in the ground colour. 
Legs.—Coxae brown, with a little silvery reflection in certain 
lights. Remainder of legs bright lemon yellow, practically bare, but 
the tibiae have several rows of almost microscopic spines towards 
the apices; tips of tarsi dark brown; claws and pulvilli much 
enlarged as is mentioned by Herr Becker in his species hepaticolor. 
Wings.—Quite clear, extreme bare, very pale yellow. Ante- 
rior cross-vein placed at two-fifths from the base of the discal 
cell; 4th longitudinal vein taking an outward curve on quitting 
the posterior cross-vein; 3rd costal segment twice as long as 4th 
and about equal in length to the 5th. Halteres pale yellow. 
Described from a perfect 2 from Margherita, Assam, in the 
Indian Museum collection. A very striking and beautiful species 
and apparently closely allied to Becker’s hepaticolor, from which I 
differentiate it as follows: there is no darkening of the stigma; the 
thoracic dorsum is blackish not greyish, the abdominal marks are 
somewhat different, the femora have no black streaks above; and 
the anterior cross-vein is placed distinctly before the centre of the 
discal cell. 
Pipunculus quartarius, mihi, sp. nov. 
9... Caleutta. Long. 12 mm. 
Head.—Frons shining black, wide, lower part with white 
shimmer seen from below. Face with white shimmer. Proboscis 
brownish yellow. Eyes with the facets contiguous to the region 
of the antennae, very much enlarged. Antennae blackish, 3rd 
joint yellowish white with long white style, arista very long, black. 
Back of head cinereous grey, with a tendency to whitish on post- 
ocular orbits, bearing a slight fringe of pale hairs. 
Thorax.—Dark cinereous grey, slightly shining. Sides of 
thorax a little lighter. Scutellum concolorous with dorsum; meta- 
notum light grey. 
Abdomen.—Blackish grey, practically bare, but microscopically 
pubescent, slightly shining, 1st segment grey, 5th segment widest. 
Ovipositor of moderate length, shining brown, a little hair at its 
base. . Belly cinereous grey, unmarked. 
