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327. Erioptera sulDtincta, sp. nov. 



c? § . Head yellowish ; frons about one-third the width of the 

 head, with some bristles. Proboscis yellowish ; palpi dark brown. 

 Auteonse brownish yellow, the scapal joints of considerable size, 

 comparatively, especially the 2ud ; the basal flagellar joint is also 

 much larger than the others. In the female the colour of the 

 flagellum is darker brown. Thorax almost uniformly brownish 

 yellow, with apparently two somewhat irregular rows of dorso- 

 central small bristly hairs. Scutellum niore or less uniform in 

 colour, metanotum darker ; the pleurae as well as the metanotum 

 with more or less of a light Anolet tinge, when viewed from certain 

 directions, and with a little white dusting. Abdomen brownish 

 yellow, with pale hairs ; darker in the female. Genitalia of 

 male small and inconspicuous, yellowish. Ovipositor of female 

 yellowish, rather larger at the base, the terminal valves yellow. 

 Legs : coxoe and femora yellow, tibias and tarsi brownish yellow. 

 Wings yellowish, venation normal, veins distinctly pubescent. A 

 very slight and narrow suffusion over the cross-veins from the 

 marginal cross-vein to the end of the posterior cross-vein, also 

 very slightly but distinctly over the base of the 2nd longitudinal 

 vein. The 7th vein bisinuate on its apical half. Halteres yellowish, 

 clubs black. 



Length 3 millim. 



Described from a single male and female from Darjiling. 5. viii. 09 

 (Paiva). 



Tijpes in the Indian Museum. 



328. Erioptera flava, sp. nov. 



S $ . Head yellowish or brownish yellow ; frons one-third the 

 width of the head, with stiff black hairs. Proboscis short and 

 thick, brownish yellow ; palpi dark brown. Antennal scape very 

 large, brownish yellow ; flagellum thin, short, paler yellow, 1st 

 joint rather larger than the rest ; the joints with very short 

 pubescence and verticels. Thorax wholly brownish yellow; some 

 few stiff hairs more or less arranged in two rows. Scutellum, 

 metanotum and sides concolorous. Abdomen yellowish, with pale 

 yellow hair at the sides ; belly similar. G-enitalia moderately 

 large, yellowish, with long bristly hairs ; a large ovate basal joint, 

 with a black hook at the end, is all that is visible. Legs wholly 

 yellowish ; tips of tarsi blackish. Wings pale yellowish grey ; 

 venation normal, pubescence distinct. The 7th vein long, nearly 

 as long as the 6th, running close alongside the 6th on its basal 

 portion and nearly parallel with the liind margin on its apical 

 portion. Halteres yellowish. 



Length 2i-3| millim. 



Uescx-ibed from three males and one female. The ti/^ye male 

 taken at Madhupur, Bengal, 17. x. 09, " at light " (Paiva) ; the 

 other two males at Bologhatta, near Khulna, Ganges delta on 



