256 DIPTERA NEMATOCERA. 



contact with Rs for a short distance at two-thirds of the length 

 of Rs ; cell My very narrow at the base ; Cuia just before the 

 middle of the large discal cell. 



Length of body 5 mm. ; wing 5 mm. 



Mt. Murud', head camp — 1 9 . 



Helius (Eurhamphidia) niveitarsis Skuse. 

 Mt. Penrissen, 4500 feet— 1 9 . 



Helius nigriceps Edw. 

 Mt. Dulit, 3000 feet— 19 ; Mt. Penrissen, 4500 feet— 19 



Helius pictus sp. n. 



9 . Head black, but the antennae, proboscis and palpi 



entirely light yellow. Eostrum barely as long as the head. 

 Flagellar segments rather elongate oval (only the first few 

 remaining). Thorax with the ground colour yellow; prae- 

 scutum broadly dark brown all round the margin ; scutum dark 

 brown, yellowish in the middle anteriorly ; scutellum and post- 

 notum entirely dark brown ; pleurae yellowish, postero-dorsal 

 part dark brown. Abdomen yellowish; tergites 2 and 3 dark 

 brown, 4, 5 and 6 with a broad dark brown apical band and a 

 brownish area in the middle of the basal half; 7 mostly dark 

 brown. Cerci long and slender. Legs yellow, tips of femora 

 very narrowly black. Wings with the gi'ound colour hyaline, 

 with three dark brown bands, one at the arculus, another across 

 the cord, extending basally for some distance along M and Cu, 

 and the third at the tip. Veins yellow, black in the dark areas. 

 Bj + 3 as long as Rs ; r — m vertical, well beyond base of -^4 + 5 ; 

 Cu^a just before the middle of the small discal cell. Halteres 

 pale yellow. 



Length of body 5.5 mm. ; wing 6.5 mm. 



Mt. Dulit, 3000 feet, January— 29. 



Helius fasciventris sp. n. (Plate 10, fig. 30.) 



O*. Head black. Eyes separated only by a narrow line. 

 Kostrum about as long as the head, blackish-brown. Palpi 



