DOLICHOPEZA. 355 



piece, with a long terminal apparently chitinous filament ; another 

 pair short, round-tipped, pale yellow, pubescent ; the third pair 

 in the shape of flattened spoons, black, small, short, close to the 

 underside o£ the whole genitalia. Ovipositor in female normal, 

 rather small, brownish yellow or reddish brown. Lerjs pale 

 yellowish, femora brownish yellow at the base, becoming blackish 

 at the slightly enlarged tips : tibite brownish yellow, tips whitish 

 (in the hind pair for a considerable distance) ; tarsi wholly snow- 

 white. Wings pale yellowish grey in male, wholly colourless, 

 glassy and iridescent in female, stigma large, dark brown, ending 

 just beyond the marginal cross-vein. Venation normal ; auxiliary 

 vein ending at a little beyond one-third of the distance between 

 the origin of the 2nd vein and the tip of the 1st vein ; the 2nd 

 vein beginning just beyond the middle of the wing, the praefurca 

 being nearly half the length of the vein ; the 3rd vein originating 

 at right angles, in a direct line with the anterior cross-vein and 

 equal to it in length ; the 4th longitudinal vein with the anterior 

 branch twice forked, thus making five posterior cells. Discal cell 

 absent, coalescing with 4th posterior cell : the anterior cross-vein 

 would have been over neaxdy the middle of the discal cell, and 

 the posterior cross-vein much before the base of that cell, had it 

 been present. In the female, when the wing is viewed at a low 

 angle facing the light, the most magnificent brown, red and orange 

 iridescence is visible. A^enation normal. Halteres black, stems 

 exceedingly slender, yellow. 



Length 6 millim. 



Described from a single male from Kurseong, 8. vii. 08, and two 

 females from the same place, 4. ix. 09 and 22. vi. 10 {Dr. Annan- 

 dale). 



Type S and $ in the Indian Museum. 



255. Dolichopeza obscura, sp. nov. 



S 2 . Head dirty brownish grey in male, more yellowish in 

 female, in both sexes lighter on frous, which latter is about one- 

 third the width of the head, uniformly wide or nearly so. The 

 lighter colour extends more or less to the upperside of the pro- 

 boscis. Scape of antennae pale yellowish, flagellar joints distinctly 

 longer in male than in female. Thorax and abdomen dirty obscure 

 blackish brown, unmarked, the thorax a httle lighter brown in the 

 female. Genitalia of male brownish yellow, composed of a large 

 V-shaped ventral plate, the claspers with large bulbous first joint, 

 the second ending in a black horny tip. Legs black. Wings grey, 

 stigma rather deep blackish. 



Length 8 millim. 



Described from a pair taken at Kurseong, 4700 ft., the male 

 14. iv. 11, the female 29. vi. 10 (Dr. Annandale). 



Tyj>e (S and $ in the Indian Museum. 



Dr. Annandale states that the species is common in jungle, 

 being mostly found flying in small parties of four or five. 



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