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with the first two segments brown, last two ochreous, penulti- 

 mate swollen and only half as long as the slender terminal seg- 

 ment. Antennae brownish, about as long as the thorax, short- 

 haired ; last six segments slender and cylindrical, basal flagel- 

 lar segments oval. Thorax ochreous. Abdomen pale och- 

 reous; segment 2 with a dark brown band near the middle, 

 3—6 each with a dark brown band at the base ; 8 and 9 all 

 dark, but hypopygium mostly pale ; structure as figured. Legs 

 dark brownish, tarsi obscurely whitish towards the tip. Wings 

 hyaline, with conspicuous oval stigma; venation almost as in 

 H. kamhangani de Meij., Cii^a being beyond the middle of 

 the small discal cell. Halteres dark brown. 



Length of body 6.5 mm. ; wing 6.5 mm. 



Mt. Penrissen, 3000 feet— 1 cf. 



The nearest ally of this species is H. kamhangani de Meij. 

 which differs in its uniformly dark colour and less conspicuous 

 and more elongate stigma. 



Helius (Rhampholimnobta) reticulabts Alex. 



Mt. Dulit, 3000 feet— 1 9 ; Mt. Penrissen, 3000 feet— 19 . 

 Previously only known from Java. 



Elephantomyia argenteocincta Walk. 



Mt. Murud, 5500-6300 feet— 1 cf ; Songei Tutau— 19- 

 Belonsrs to the same group as E. fnscomarqinata End., as do 

 nearly all the Oriental species of the genus. Alexander has 

 recently proposed the subgeneric name Elephantomyodes for 

 this group. 



Elephantomyia nigrtceps sp. n. 



cT. Head black. Front very narrow, the eyes almost 

 touching. Scape of antennae blackish (flagellum broken). 

 Proboscis broken near base. Thorax brownish oransre, the 

 pronotum dark brown in the mid'dle. Abdomen blackish ; ter- 

 gites 3, 4 and 5 each with a narrow yellow ring at the base; 

 hypopvgium ochreous. Legs with the coxae and trochanters 

 brownish ; femora and tibiae darker brown ; tarsi with the basal 

 half or rather more of the first segment blackish, remainder 

 white, second and third segments white, fourth somewhat 

 brownish, fifth black. Wings hyaline with dark brown veins. 

 Stierma dark brown, fillin? the apical part of cells Sc and R^ 

 and reaching back in cell C nearly to the base of Rs. Venation 



