SCATOPSE. 



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tip, springing from 1st ver}' near base of wing ; 4th quits the 8rd 

 immediately beyotul the angle of tlie latter,' forking at half its 

 length, the upper branch ending at wing-tip, the lower in a 

 straight line with the petiole, ending at some distance below the 

 wing-tip; 5th vein nearly straight, not reaching margin; Glh 

 much curved at half its length, complete ; a short very curved 7th 

 vein apparently present. 



Length 2 millim. 



Described from one specimen from Peradeniya, Ceylon, 9. viii. 10 

 (Gi'aveli/). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



135. Scatopse nigronitida, Brun. 



Scatopse niyronitida, Brunetti, Rec, Ind. ]\Jus. iv, p. :?81 (1911). 



S 2 • Wholly shining black with minute black pubescence. 

 Leys: femora with a tinge of dark brown ui certain lights. 



Fig. 21. — Scatopse niyronitida, Bruu. : a, wing; b, antenna; 

 c, hind leg. 



Wings clear; 1st longitudinal vein ending just before middle o£ 

 wing, 3rd ending just after the middle; 4tl) ouits the 3rd a short 

 distance after the basal angle of the latter, forking very soon 

 afterwards, the branches widely divergent, the upper one ending 

 at wing-tip, the lower one at some distance below wing-tip ; 5th 

 vein approximately parallel to petiole and lower branch of 4th ; 

 Cth vein curved ; anal angle distinct. Halteres thick, brown. 



Length 2-2| millim. 



Described from two pairs taken in coj)., and an additional male 

 and two females, all in the Indian Museum, from Dharampur, 

 5000 ft., Simla hills, 14. v. 08, "on trunks of trees" (Annandale). 



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