LIMNOBIA. 405 



joints very distinct, black, with grey pubescence. Thorax dull 

 black, blackish brown, or blackish grey; dorsum barely darker 

 sutures barely lighter. Two widely separated rows of dorso- 

 central stifF hairs. Scutelluiu, metanotuni, and sides of thorax 

 concolorous. Abdomen black, with a little very short golden grey 

 pubescence at the sides, and here and there on dorsum and belly, 

 the pubescence apparently sparser in the female. Belly dark 

 brown. Legs: coxae black, remainder of legs (including tro- 

 chanters) brownish yellow; tips of tarsi blackish. Wim/s very 

 pale yello^vish grey, nearly clear, iridescent. Auxiliary vein 

 ending above the fork of the 2nd longitudinal vein, which latter 

 ongniates before the middle of the wing, the pra^furca being short 

 considerably curved, and much less than half as long as the 

 remainder of the vein ; submargiiial cell distinctly longer than the 

 1st posterior cell ; base of lird vein in a line with anterior cross- 

 veni and of about the sanie length ; discal cell twice as long as 

 broad, considerably shorter than the 2nd and 3rd posterior cells • 

 posterior cross-vein situated just beyond middle of discal cell ; the 

 3rd vein and the veinlets of the 4th vein issuing from the discal 

 cell are all lined with very short hairs. Stigma over marginal 

 cross-vein (just beyond middle of marginal cell), small brown 

 narrow but distinct, yet with ill-defined edges. Halteres yellowish' 

 clubs blackish brown. ' 



Length 6 miUim. 



Described from one male and two females taken at Pallode 

 20 miles N.E. of Trivandrum, Travancore, 15. xi. 08 (Annan- 

 dale). ^ 



Types in the Indian Museum. 



The length of the longitudinal veins in the distal half of the 

 wing approximates the wing of this species to that of L. Ungi- 

 nervis. The hairy veins are a character of this species. 



295. Limnobia vitripennis, sp. nov. 



$ . Head yellowish brown, including proboscis, palpil and 

 antenna, of winch latter the scapal joints appear to be shortened 



iin.\r' 1 1 ^^T^'^^- ^.'''''''' ^^^-'^ ^^•^^"^^'^ Vellow, dorsum 

 d stnctly darker brown ; pleurae slightly shining. Abdomen 

 blackish grey, margins of segments broadly yellowish on und^l 

 side. Ovipositor black, shining; valves reddish brown, short 

 Legs browmsh yellow; t.biae a httle darker. Whu,s pale cj' 

 somewhat narrow, distinctly vitreous and iridescent. AuxiliaiT 

 vein ending at one-third of the distance between the origin of thl 

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

 originating at the middle of the wing, the pra^furca nearly as lone, 

 as the remaining portion; basal part of 3rd vein longer thaS 

 anterior cross-vem ; discal cell not much longer than broad 

 posterior cross-vem distinctly before the discal cell. A brownish 



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