494 xiPULiD.i). 



356. Gnophomyia nigra, sp. nov. (PI. X, fig. 3.) 



$ . Head: the broad vertex unci frous (with long bristly hairs), 

 the proboscis and palpi, and the antennae, all dark brownish 

 yellow ; the 2nd scapal joint barely wider than the flagellar 

 joints. Thorax blackish, the lateral margins of the dorsum and 

 the posterior corners narrowly yellowish ; sides blackish. Scu- 

 tellnm with a little reddish brown towards the edge, metanotum 

 blackish. Abdomen rather short and stout, dark brown, wrinkled, 

 with pale brown pubescence; belly similar. Ovipositor small, 

 consisting o£ two conical thick grey pubescent pieces. Legs dark 

 brown, femora a little yellowish towards the base. Wings 

 yellowish grey, veins black and very distinct. Auxiliary vein 

 ending at middle of wing ; ] st longitudinal vein ending a little 

 way beyond it ; the 2nd vein beginning before the middle of the 

 wing, tlie prsefurca gently curved, forming half the length of the 

 vein, which forks rather widely ; no marginal cross-vein ; the 3rd 

 longitudinal vein beginning a little before the fork of the 2nd at 

 a rectangle, in a line with, and about as long as, the anterior 

 cross-vein ; discal cell absent, being coalescent with 3rd posterior 

 cell ; anterior branch of 4th vein forked before one-third of its 

 length ; posterior cross-vein in a line with the base of the 3rd 

 posterior cell; the 51 h and 6th veins nearly straight, the 7th 

 gently curved. Halteres blackish. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from a type female from the Bhim Tal, 4500 feet, 

 Kuraaon, 22-27. ix. 06 {Annandale) ; and one from the Nilgiri 

 Hills, 3000 ft., iv. 10 {Andrewes). 



Tiji^e and second specimen in the Indian Museum, 



I do not hesitate to include this species in Gnophomyia, in spite 

 of the absent marginal cross-vein, the presence of which is 

 regarded as a generic character, because its Avhole appearance 

 is that of tliis genus, the species both in general " facies" and in 

 the distinct black veins closely resembling G. strenua; because the 

 forking of the 2nd longitudinal vein is that of Gnophomyia (?'. e.y 

 the branches gently diverging or nearly parallel), and not that of 

 Gonomgia in which the branches very widely diverge ; and because 

 Osten JSacken has already drawn attention (Monog. N. Amer. Tip. 

 p. 173) to an undescribed species from Germany and a single 

 example of another species from Italy, both seen by him, and in 

 both of which the marginal cross-vein was absent. It seems 

 therefore likely that this character is also as plastic as many 

 others in the Erioptebini. 



Genus DASYMALLOMYIA, Brim. 

 Dasijmallotnyia, Brunetti, Rec. lud. Mus. vi, p. 304 (1911). 

 Genotype, D. signata, Brun. ; by original designation. 

 Head, thorax and abdomen of the normal Eriopterinid type, 

 with light conspicuous hairs on thorax and abdomen. Eyes 



