499 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vor. Vi: 
It agrees perfectly with Mr. Verrall’s description, with the sole 
exception that the wings might be more suitably termed rather 
dark greyish than blackish. 
CONOPIDAE. 
Conops mundus, mihi, sp. nov. 
@. Orissa. Long. I2 mm. 
Head.—Pale lemon yellow; frons nearly half the width of 
the head. Vertex with a triangular subtransparent shining piece. 
Cheeks with shining silvery white reflections, when seen from 
below and in front; cheeks seen from behind, with a slight but 
distinct rufous tint. Back of head brown with a brilliant golden 
yellow stripe behind the middle of the eyes. Antennae bright 
ferruginous, apical half of 3rd joint black above; 2nd joint twice 
as long as 3rd, very minutely black spinulose on upper side. Pro- 
boscis brownish yellow, tip black, extending forwards to about 
the middle of the 2nd antennal joint. 
Thorax.—Vandyke brown, with (viewed from behind) the 
humeral calli and immediately behind them, and also towards 
hind margin of dorsum golden yellow dusted. Viewed from in 
front, the whole dorsum is seen covered with golden yellow dust, 
except a short median broad stripe from the anterior margin and 
just in front of the wing roots. Sides of thorax rather lighter 
brown, almost ferruginous, and more shining, with a silvery 
stripe from the edge of the dorsum, in front of the wings, to the 
hinder margin of the sternopleura. ‘The whole dorsum beset 
with numerous minute black bristles. Scutellum vandyke brown, 
metanotum and metapleura rich golden yellow dusted. 
Abdomen.— Bright ferruginous brown; slightly narrowed on 
2nd segment, hind margins of first two segments with a little white 
dust, more obvious towards the sides; 3rd segment gold dusted 
at sides of hind margin; 4th and 5th segments with gold dust 
on hind margins, and 6th and 7th segments and genital organs 
wholly gold dusted. Pubescence of abdomen very short and in- 
conspicuous. 
Legs.—Coxae and femora bright ferruginous brown, the former 
with silvery white reflections. ‘Tibiae lighter in colour, the basal 
part whitish, all the tibiae with a slight thickening about the 
middle followed by a slight constriction. All the tibiae in certain 
lights appear glistening yellow. ‘Tarsi concolorous, witha few black 
hairs at sides of each segment ; pulvilli pale brownish yellow. 
Wings.—-Clear, costal cell pale dirty yellow; a black, rather 
well-defined streak on anterior border extending posteriorly as far 
as the 3rd longitudinal vein, and distally to about one-third of the 
rst posterior cell. Halteres pale yellow. 
Described from one @ in the Indian Museum taken by Mr. 
Kemp at Puri, Orissa Coast, 6—13-xi-I0. 
