EllIOPTEKA. 453 



tlie colour of the thorax and abdomen is darker and more brownish 

 especially the abdomen, and the pale _yeIlow hairs are more 

 numerous ; the thoracic dorsum has two distinct rows o£ long 

 yellow dorso-central hairs. The genitalia are a little more 

 elongate. The wing has the 7th vein iiot approximate to the 6th 

 near the base, but in length it is equal to that of E. jlava. 



Length 2 millim. 



Described from a single male taken by Mr. Paiva at Darjiling, 

 5. viii. 09. 



Ti/p)e in the Indian Museum. 



325. Erioptera parallela, sp. nov. 



2 . Head yellowish grey ; frons one-fourth the width of the 

 head, with a few hairs. Proboscis and palpi brownish yello\A . 

 Antenna rather long; 1st scapal joint rather short, 2nd large, 

 1st flagellar joint oval, as are the rest, but slightly larger. Thorax 

 dirty brownish yellow, pubescence inconspicuous. Abdomen 

 blackish. Ovipositor rather small, dark brownish yellow, shining, 

 the terminal blades short, yellowish. Legs brownish, the coxse 

 brownish yellow. Wings pale grey, veins all distinctly pubescenl. 

 The 2nd longitudinal vein beginning at one-fourth of the wing, 

 forking just beyond the middle ; the 3rd vein originating just 

 before the middle of the wing ; the anterior cross-vein barely 

 beyond the middle ; the 4th vein forking immediately before the 

 anterior cross-vein, the posterior cross-vein placed immediately 

 before tlie fork ; the lower branch of the 4th vein forking early ; 

 all these veins practically parallel, and from tlieir extra length, due 

 to the cross-veins being so near the middle of the wing, the 

 appearance of parallelism is striking ; the 7th vein running ex- 

 ceedingly close to the 6th vein at the base (the 5th and 6th veins 

 are stronger than usual, and distinctly united at their bases), and 

 afterwards running nearlj^ parallel with the wing-margin, at some 

 distance from it, whilst still remaining more or less parallel to the 

 6th vein ; the 5th, 6th, and 7th veins all seem rather closer 

 together in this apecies than in others. Halteres rather lai'ge, 

 with narrow yellow stems and black clubs. 



Length about 3 millim. 



Described from a single female from Kurseong, June 1910. 



Tgpe in the Indian Museum. 



Since describing this species the abdomen has become detached 

 and lost. No other specimen has been seen. 



326. Erioptera orientalis, sp. nov. 



(S 2 ■ ffead : vertex, back of head, and the very broad frons 

 (the latter much elevated and measuring four-fifths the width of 

 the head — possibly sometimes less than this) moderately dark grey, 

 with long and short black hairs. The frons by its elevation affords 



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