508 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vot,. VIE 
of the 3rd vein and the tip of the wing; the 2nd is very slightly 
curved upwards, ending some distance before the wing tip; the 
3rd is slightly curved, ending just below the wing tip; the 4th is 
curved slightly downwards. Halteres pale yellow. 
Described from a single 2 in the Indian Museum taken in the 
Museum, 18-vi-08, by Dr. Annandale. 
N.B.—Very near subfurcata, mihi, but easily distinguished 
by the very obvious forking of the 3rd longitudinal vein. 
Aphiochaeta subfurcata, mihi, sp. nov. : 
@. Bengal. Long. 14 mm. 
This species is considerably like ferruginea, yet structurally 
quite distinct. It will be sufficient to point out the points of differ- 
ence, . 
The frons and face are mouse grey, occasionally reddish 
yellow in part or wholly; the arista is nearly bare. ‘The thorax 
is mainly mouse grey, with two slightly darker but always indis- 
tinct, somewhat narrow dorsal stripes, and a large spot on each side 
exterior to them, these marks not being at all regular, there being, 
however, nearly always, some slightly darker markings. 
The abdomen is almost consistently black, the segments 
having the posterior edges pale yellowish white, the Ist seg- 
ment being sometimes considerably pale The most reliabie 
character is in the always very narrow bifurcation of the 3rd 
vein which sometimes is so slight as to leave doubt as to its 
bifurcation at all. This vein moreover always ends very distinctly 
hefore the middle of the wing, the Ist longitudinal ending close 
to it. The auxiliary! vein (which I regard as the first faint vein 
close below the costa on the distal half of the wing) is always 
more distinct than in ferruginea. Of the four discal veins, the Ist 
is less curved than in ferrugznea, it being parallel to the costa for 
the greater part of its length, the 2nd is nearly straight, the 3rd 
and 4th slightly sinuous. There are more small bristles round the 
root of the wing, and those on the palpi and fore coxae are relatively 
stronger. Lastly it is a very distinctly smaller species. 
N.B.—A small series, representing apparently only the ~ sex, 
bred in the Indian Museum simultaneously with specimens of 
ferruginea from examples of the same beetle, Cybister limbatus, F., 
emerging 20-vi1i-08. 
Aphiochaeta latifasciata, mihi, sp. nov. 
ov. Assam and Bengal. Long. 12 mim. 
Head.—Bright reddish ferruginous, including antennae and 
palpi, the latter bristly at tip. Front with 3 rows of 4 strong 
reclinate bristles each, with two anterior proclinate, rather smaller 
ones. Arista minutely pubescent, the usual post-ocular row of 
bristles, ocellar tubercle not obvious. 
| Synonymous with ‘‘ subcostal ’’ or ‘* mediastinal.’’ 
