LIMNOPHILA. 



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in decayed beech wood; Beling's work may also be consulted 

 on the earlv stages of species of this genus. 



Limnophtla appears to be a genus of ancient origin, as several 

 species are recorded from Prussian amber, some of them under 

 other generic names. 



Talle of Species. 



I^arger species, 5 millim. ; sides of thorax not 



dusted with grey pallidicoxa, sp. n. 



Smaller species, 3^ millim. ; sides of thorax dusted 



with grey simplex, sp. n. 



373. Limnophila pallidicoxa, sp. nov. 



$ . Head cinereous grey, more yellowish below"; back of head 

 dark grey, with some short hairs ; frons nearly one-third the 

 w idth of the head, at the nearest approach of the eyes, which 

 latter are approximated on the underside. Antennal scape with 

 the 1st joint dark grey, 2nd black; flagellum with 1st joint 

 yellow, rest dark brown, each joint distinctly pubescent and with 

 a verticel of about four long hairs placed around the centre of the 

 joint. Palpi blackish. Thorax cinereous grey, wholly bare ; the 

 usual three fuscous stripes, narrow, and not very well marked ; 

 post-sutural callosities chiefly fuscous on dorsum ; sides of thorax 

 pale bluish cinereous, bare. Scutellum and metanotum bare 

 cinereous grey, with a very indistinct median darker line on 

 both. Abdomen dark brown, shortly pubescent, with very narrow 

 black edges and a thin black dorsal stripe, all more or less indis- 

 tinct. Belly lighter, posterior edges of segments pale. Ovipositor 

 shining dark brown, with long light brown shining ends. Legs: 

 coxte and trochanters yellowish, both with the tips narrowly black; 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish brown, minutely pubescent ; tips 

 of tarsi darker. Wings yellowish grey ; venation normal ; stigma 

 consisting of a slight yellowish brown suffusion at tip of 1st longi- 

 tudinal vein. Halteres yellowish, clubs brown. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from specimens from Kurseong, 4. vii. 08 {AnnandaU), 

 26. iii. 10 {Gravely), and Bhowali, Kumaon, 14. vi. 10, at light 

 ( Imms). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



374. LimnopMla simplex, sp. nov, 



5 . Head : the large flat vertex and rather naiTOw frons light 

 grey ; back of head darker, with some long pale hair?. Proboscis 

 short, broad, rounded at tip, brown ; palpi blackish. Antennae 

 brownish yellow ; basal joint of flagellum apparently considerably 

 flattened, broad. 'Thorax light greyish brown, with grey dusting 



