144 MTCETOPIIILID.^. 



segment sometimes dull brovAni ; belly varying from dirty brown to 

 black. Genitalia composed of a small dorsal plate, a little larger 

 ventral one, a normal, rather large pair of claspers, the 2nd joint 

 ending in a thick biKd tip, and an intermediate pair of small 

 organs. Ovipositor brownish yellow or dark brown, of considerable 

 length, ending in the two usual conspicuous lamellaj. Legs : coxae 

 and femora yellowish ; the latter often with a small distinct black 

 spot below, at the base ; tibiae brown, tarsi darker. Wiiu/s very pale 

 o-rey, yellowish at base, reaching some distance beyond the tip 

 of the abdomen, but apparently varying in length a little. The 

 1st longitudinal vein ending distinctly but not much before the 

 fork of the 4th, and barely reaching the middle of the wing ; 

 the 3rd vein somewhat close to and parallel ^\ ith the costa, thus 

 being rather more curved than in most species ; petiole of 4th 

 vein about equal iu length to the branches, which curve a little, 

 diverging slightly at their tips ; the 2nd posterior cell three to three 

 and a half times as long as broad. Halteres black, stem more 

 or less yellowish. 



LeiKjth 1|-2| millim., including ovipositor. 



Described from a type male from the valley of the Sutlej Eiver, 

 below Simla, 6. v. 10 (Annandale) ; two additional males from 

 Kurseong, 20-27. vi. 10 (Annandale), and a male from Darjiling, 

 28. V. 10 (Briinefti) ; two females taken by me at Darjiling, 25. v. 10 

 {type) and 28. v. 10, respectively, also from other females from Simla, 

 6'. v. 10 {Annandale)'; Kurseong, 4. vii. 08 {Annandale), and Tonglu, 

 Darjiling district, 10,000 ft., 22. iv. 10 (C. W. Beehe). 



Types S and § (with the other specimens mentioned) in the 

 Indian Museum. 



This species, as represented by the male and four females before 

 me, appears variable in the colour of the palpi, the colour at the 

 union of the scape and flagellum and in the corners of the dorsum 

 of the thoi-ax, and in the length of the wings, but the variations 

 exhibited appear all to fall within the range of a single species. 



107. Sciara flaviseta, sp. nov. 



5 . Head black, except the brownish yellow palpi and yellowish 

 scape. Tliorax dull black, with three rows, towards the middle, 

 of irregular brownish yellow hairs, and with similar hairs laterally. 

 Scutellum black, with four long yellow bristles and also two or 

 three shorter ones on each side. Abdomen blackish brown, 

 pubescent ; belly and ovipositor similar. Legs brownish yellow, 

 tibice and tarsi dark ; posterior femora with a small black spot 

 below at base. Wings nearly clear, iridescent ; 1st longitudinal 

 vein ending distinctly before fork of 4th, barely reaching middle 

 of wing ; petiole of 4th about as long as the branches, which gently 

 diverge. Halteres yellow. 



Length 1| millim. 



Described from one female from Simla, 10. v. 09 {Annandale)^ 

 in the Indian Museum. 



