TRICHOCERA. AMALOPIS. 513 



367. Trichocera montana, sp. nov. 



(^ . Head brownish yellow ; vertex and the broad frons very 

 couvex, as in T. flava ; eyes shortly and densely pubescent. 

 Proboscis and palpi brownish, antennae brownish yellow. Thorax 

 brownish yellow, the dorsum brown. Abdomen bi'ownish yellow, 

 with a little pale pubescence, the tip darker. Genitalia large, 

 brownish, hairy, the only easily visible parts being the large basal 

 joint of the claspers, and the oval, brownish yellow, moderate- 

 sized second joint.* Legs brownish yellow, tarsi darker. Wings 

 clear. Venation nearly as in T. Jlava ; veins yellow, 1st longi- 

 tudinal vein not so long proportionately as in flava ; branches of 

 the 2nd vein rather wider apart ; the 4th posterior cell rectangular 

 at the base, with which the posterior cross-vein is in an exact 

 line. All the veins minutely spinose, as in flava, but the bristles 

 are shorter and more perpendicular. Halteres brownish yellow. 



Length 3 millim. 



Described from a single male from Badrinath, 10,200 ft., 

 Garhwal district, 27, v. 10 {A. D. Imms). 



Tgpe in the Indian Museum. 



Genus AMALOPIS, Hal. 



Trieyphona, Zetterstedt, Ins. Lapp., Dipt. p. 8.51 fl838). 

 Amalopts, Haliday, in Walker's Ins. Brit., Dipt, iii, p. xv (1856). 

 Bophrosia, Rondani, Dipt. Ital. Prod, i, p. 183 (1856). 

 Crunobia, Kolenati, Wien. Ent. Monats. iv, p. 391 (1860). 

 ? Nasiterna, Wallengren, Entom. Tidskr. ii, p. 179 (1881), 



Geistotype, Lhnnohia occulta, Mg. (teste Coquillett, 1910). 



Head : frons moderately wide, with a small but perceptible 

 gibbosity above the antennae ; the eyes pubescent, narrowly 

 separated below. Proboscis short, with large hairy labella ; palpi 

 comparatively long, 4th joint longer than the 3rd but generally 

 shorter than the 2nd and 3rd together. Antennae 16-jointecl, 

 short, a little longer than the head ; scape normal ; the flagellum, 

 which is sometimes incrassated at base, has the joints often almost 

 ooalescent, tapering and slender towards the tip; in some species 

 the joints are well sepai'ated, without any incrassation at base ; 

 the upperside of the antennse with longer verticillate hairs, the 

 lower side with close short pubescence. Thorax normal, neck 

 moderate, suture distinct. Abdomen rather long, sometimes 

 narrow at base, and more or less club-shaped towards the tip. 

 Male genitalia with the first stout conical joint of the claspers 

 of a coriaceous nature, the second joint bearing a bifid horny 



* The tip of the abdomen is bent over the back, and the genitalia twisted 

 round, so that it is very difficult to make out the structure. 



