456 xiPCJLiD.ii. 



board a launch "at light," 28. viii. 09 (Z);-. J. T. Jenlins); the 

 female taken "at light" in Calcutta, 12. ix. U7 (Anncmdale). 



Types in the Indian Museum, 



The single female present, which I take to be that of this 

 species, is rather larger than the males, the abdomen is a little 

 darker, the antenna? distinctly longer; the genital organs are 

 noi'mal and yellowisli. 



329. Erioptera grandior, sp. nov. (PI. VIII, fig. 18.) 



2 . Jfead yellowish, with numerous bristly black hairs ; frons 

 nearly half the width of the head. Proboscis short, thick, brownish 

 yellow; palpi blackish, the 4th joint long, apparently narrowed 

 somewhat in the middle, giving the appearance of a 5th joint. 

 Antenna? brownish yellow, the scapal joints rather large, the 

 flagelhu- joints oval, but becoming gradually much more elongated 

 towards the tips. Thorax -. anterior part rather large, but no 

 apparent neck. Ground-colour of thorax light brownish yelloM', 

 the dorsum being only slightly darker ; a narrow black streak on 

 the prothorax. Two rows of dorso-central bristly hairs, com- 

 paratively small in size, as in most of the other species. Scutellum 

 and the rather large metanotum concolorons ; pleune with a little 

 white dusting. Ahdomeu yellowish, the segments distinctly 

 emarginate, with rather dense, moderately long, soft pale yellow 

 hairs. A narrow black line towards the sides of the segments. 

 Ovipositor brownish yellow, somewhat swollen at the base, the 

 upper pair of valves curved, long, the lower pair shorter and 

 straight. Legs wholly brownish yellow, tarsi practically no darker. 

 Wivgs pale yellow, venation normal, veins distinctly pubescent. 

 The '7th longitudinal A^ein very distinctly bisinuate after quitting 

 its proximity to the 6th. Halteres yellowish, clubs black. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from a single female from Simla, 10. v. 09 {Anncmdale). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



330. Erioptera genitalis, sp. nov. 



J 5 . Head : vertex very broad, yellowish grey with numerous 

 yellow hairs, narroA\ing to a very narrow frons. Proboscis and 

 palpi dark bro\An ; antennae brownish yellow. Thorax light 

 brownish yellow, pale yellowish grey at the margins and on the 

 shoulders. Two widely separated ro^^"s of yellow bristly hairs on 

 the dorsum. Abdomen dark broun, more or less marked with 

 yellow, and rather thickly pidDescent, with bright yellow hairs. 

 Genitalia extraordinarily large a!id very complex in the male; 

 a comparatively small dorsal hairy plate ; the first joint of the 

 claspers large and thick, bearing dense yellow pubescence and 

 having three obtuse ends, pointing respectively above, below, and 

 behind : from the lower end, which is invaginated, forming a 



