PLATYURA. Gl 



hind margins of segments yellow, the colour extending to, and 

 widening at, the sides ; belly black. Genitalia of male composed 

 of a short, very broad, dorsal plate continued over the sides, a 

 pair of claspers with bilobed second joint and some other elongate 

 slender appendages ; the whole organ brownish yellow, pubescent ; 

 concealed in female, with a pair of small conical moderately thick 

 grey appendages. Legs : coxae and femora brownish yellow, the 

 former with a brown streak on the outer side ; tibia) and tarsi brown. 

 Wings pale grey ; all the veins very narrowly suffused. A broad 

 light brown stripe from end of 1st longitudinal vein, passing 

 diagonally just before the middle of the wing to the anal border; 

 this stripe a little widened in the middle ; a narrow similarly 

 coloured stripe from the middle of the 3rd vein diagonally to 

 the middle of the upper branch of the 4th. 



Length 2| millim. 



Described from a male and female in perfect condition in 

 the Indian Museum collection, taken in cop. by Lt.-Col. Hall at 

 Sylhet, 10. iv. 05. A very distinct species, also conspicuous by 

 its small size and more robust appearance compared with the 

 other Oriental species. 



11. Platyura apicipennis, sp. nov. (PI. I, fig. 8; PL III, fig. 4.) 



5 . Head rather dark brown, vertex yellowish ; ocellar protu- 

 berance blackish. Antennae with the 1st joint of scape yellow, 

 2nd brown ; flagellum black, 1st joint a little longer than the 

 others. Underside of head, and mouth-parts, yellow. Thorax 

 yellow, semi-transparent ; * viewed from a different direction the 

 dorsum appears pale blackish grey, with a tinge of whitish 

 reflections here and there. Entire surface covered with short 

 black hairs, which are longer and bristly about the side margins 

 above the wing. Scutellum concolorous, with a few hairs; sides 

 of thorax yellowish ; metanotum and metapleurae concolorous, 

 slightly dusted with grey. Abdomen moderately shining black, 

 minutely pubescent, 1st segment nearly wholly so, the others each 

 with a broad bright yello\\- posterior margin, which is widest in 

 the middle (and is probably more or less variable), extending to 

 nearly half the segment in the case of the 3rd ; belly mainly 

 yellow. Legs : coxse and femora yellow ; tibiae brownish yellow ; 

 itarsi black. Wings yellowish ; a blackish suff'usion towards tip, 

 placed just beyond the upper branch of the 3rd vein, the absolute 

 tip being, however, not quite so dark. Halteres brownish yellow. 



Length 5g millim. 



Described from a single male in the Indian Museum from 

 Naini Tal, 0000 feet, 2.vi. 09. 



The pill bearing the specimen can be seen through the thorax. 



