AQ4 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voy. VII, 
Legs.—Mainly black; tips of fore coxae, tips of all femora 
rather broadly, basal third and tips of tibiae, and apical part of all 
tarsi, black. Femora not shining and absolutely bare. 
Wings.—Clear. Stigma absent but the 3rd costal space 
much reduced, and the veins limiting it somewhat thickened. 
Anterior cross-vein placed slightly before one-fourth of the discal 
cell. The 4th longitudinalruns nearly straight from its junction with 
the posterior cross-vein up to the 3rd vein which it almost meets 
rather sooner than usual, thence running parallel with it to the 
border for a longer distance than in most species. Halteres pale 
brownish yellow. 
Described from a unique ? in perfect preservation in the Indian 
Museum collection, taken in Calcutta, 13-xii-07. 
N.B.—A second specimen in the same collection is probably 
this species, varying only in being larger, the back of the head 
shining black instead of greyish, and the abdomen more blackish 
and more shining. Taken at Simla, 7-v-10 [Annandale]. 
Verrallia argentisegmentata, mihi, sp. nov. 
@. Lower Burma. Long. 35 mm. 
Head.—Frons black, face grey with silvery white shimmer seen 
from above. Antennae yellow, 3rd joint rounded at tip, arista 
black; 2nd joint bristly above and below. Eyes contiguous on 
vertex, small facets, uniform in size. Mouth reddish. 
Thorax.—Blackish, moderately shining. Scutellum aenous 
black, metanotum grey. Sides of thorax dark grey. 
Abdomen.—Velvet black; posterior borders of segments with 
a band (of varying width) of shining bright silvery leaden colour. 
Genitalia large and thick, light tawny-brown, shining and extended 
below the belly for some distance, the tip being pointed and 
bisected. 
Legs.—Except the brown coxae, uniformly yellow; quite bare 
except for some minute spines on the tibiae; tarsi brown on 
upper side. 
Wings.—Pale grey, iridescent; 4th longitudinal vein, after 
quitting the posterior cross-vein, running nearly straight to the 
wing border; anterior cross-vein placed at one-third of the discal 
cell. Stigma yellowish brown; 3rd costal segment nearly twice 
the length of the 4th, but is rather difficult to judge; 3rd and 4th 
together rather longer than the 5th. Halteres pale yellow. 
Described from one @ from Mergui and one & (tye) taken by 
Dr. Annandale in jungle at the base of the Dawna Hills, 1-iii-08, 
both specimens in the Indian Museum collection in fairly good 
condition. 
N.B.—YThe blunted 3rd antennal joint and non-puffed-out 
head behind makes me place this species in Verrallia, but I do 
not perceive the distinct ocellar bristles which should also character- 
