MACEOCEEA. 



terminating in a pair of black claws at tip. There is a pair of 

 small inner organs, not easily visible. Whole genitalia with long 

 stifi black hairs. Legs brownish yellow, tarsi blackish ; femora 

 with a row of short hairs below ; legs minntely pubescent. Wings 

 pale yellowish grey, veins yellow ; halteres brownish. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from a single male in the Indian Museum from 

 Kaladliungi, Naini Tal district, Kumaon, 28. v. 09. 



7. Macrocera ferruginea, sp. nov. 



§ . Head wholly reddish yellow, except the brown proboscis 

 and black vertex, i'ace rather produced, with a fan-shaped row of 

 seven or eight long slender bristles just below the antenna), which 

 latter are reddish yellow, rather closely pubescent. Thorax light 

 ferruginous brown, moderately shining, shoulders more yellowish. 

 A dorsal, black, distinct but not clearly defined stripe, and traces 

 of one on each lateral margin, on which are a few bristly hairs. 

 Abdomen light brown, lightly pubescent, posterior borders of 

 segments very narrowly darker ; belly concolorous, a little lighter 

 or^darker here and there. Genitalia inconspicuous, very narrow, 

 pale yellow. Legs pale brownish yellow, tarsi a little darker. 

 Wings clear yellowish grey ; halteres reddish yellow. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from a single female in the Indian Museum from 

 Bhim Tal, Kumaon, 4500 ft., 22-27. ix. 06 {Annandale). 



Subfamily CERO PLATING. 



The principal character of this subfamily is the somewhat 

 shortened and thickened, and generally flattened nature of the 

 antenna, which are in some cases composed of rather closely 

 compressed disc-hke joints, resembling flat beads on a string. 

 The absence of the anterior cross-vein, owing to the coalescence 

 of a portion of both the 3rd and 4th longitudinal veins, is a sub- 

 family character, in which it resembles the Macrocerin^, which 

 latter, however, are very easily distinguished from it by their verv 

 long graceful slender antennae, always longer than the whole 



body. , , 



This subfamily is probably distributed throughout the world. 



Table of Genera. 



Veins in hinder part of wing less distinct 

 than those in anterior half. 



Palpi porrect Ceeoplatus, Bosc, p. 5b. 



Palpi incurved Platyura, Mg., p. 58. 



All the veins very strong and distinct . . Isoneuromyia, gen. no'^ 



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