568 



Dicranomyia innocens, sp. nov. 



r5 ?. Head: occiput and the moderately narrow frons light 

 grey, with some stiff black hairs. Antenute normal, moderately 

 dark brown ; palpi dark. Thorax dark brownish, mainly covered 

 with microscopic yellowish hairs. Scutellum brownish yellow, 

 metanotum blackish, both with, microscopic yellou-ish hairs as on 

 dorsum and sides of thorax. Abdomen blackish, the dorsum of 

 many of the segments with a tendency to paleness in their centres ; 

 some whitish hairs towards sides; belly similar to dorsum in male, 

 pale on basal lialf in female. Genitalia ( c? $ ) normal, brownish 

 yellow. Legs : coxae and about the first fourth of the fore femora, 

 and the basal half of the posterior femoni, brownish yellow, the 

 remainder of the legs dark brown. ]Vini/s clear grey. The 2nd 

 longitudinal vein begins a little, but distinctly, beyond the tip of 

 the auxiliary vein, and is bisinuate ; l!nd and 3rd posterior cells 

 subequal and each about as long as the oblong discal cell ; posterior 

 cross-vein at base of or distinctly before base of discal cell. 

 Marginal cross-vein so slightly infuscated as to be almost 

 imperceptible. Halteres : stems brownish yellow, knobs blackish. 



Length 4-5 millim. 



Described from four males and a single female from Almora, 

 Ivumaon, 18-25. vi. 11 (Paiva). 



Types in the Indian Museum. 



Gonomyia antica, sp. nov. 



(5 . Head almost wholly dark grey, varying to yellowish. 

 Thorax dark grey, brownisli grey or bluish gre}^ or of some 

 intermediate shade, the lower margin of the dorsum often very 

 narrowly pale _yellowish. AJ>domen brown or blackish brown, 

 with yellow hairs ; belly yellowish. Genitalia large, furnished 

 with a pair of large black shining bitid claws. Legs wholly 

 yellowish, tips of tarsi blackish. Wings very pale grey, iridescent. 

 The 2nd longitudinal vein begins distinctly before middle of wing, 

 iti a rather large curve ; foi'ked at about half its length after 

 origin of 3rd vein ; the marginal cross-vein a little beyond the 

 origin of the 3rd vein, joining the 1st longitudinal some distance 

 before its tip ; 3rd vein normal, its basal section nearly in a line 

 with the anterior cross-vein, which is rather short; the 1st 

 posterior cell witli nearly parallel sides ; upper branch of 4th 

 longitudinal vein simple, straight, practically in a line with basal 

 ])art of same vein ; the lower branch widely forked at about one- 

 third of its length ; discal cell open, coalescent ivith the "Ind posterior 

 cell; ])osterior cross-vein, long, at base of 2nd posterior cell or 

 nearly so; 5th, 6th, and 7th veins normal. Anal angle of wing 

 well develoyed. Halteres yellow. 



Length 2i millim. 



