BY F. W. EDWARDS. 2^ 



TOXORHINA PASCIATA sp. n. 



Head black, strongly dusted with gTey. Front rather nar- 

 row, parallel-sided for some distance; in the cf narrower than 

 in the 9 • Antennae of normal structure ; scape Ught brown ; 

 flagellum blackish. Proboscis ratlier shorter than the ab- 

 domen in the 9 longer in the o*. Neck very long. Thorax 

 with the praescutum only moderately produced forwards, dark 

 brown with the margin ochreous. Scutum, scutellum and 

 postnotum dark brown. Pleurae light ochreous, with a con- 

 spicuous dark brown stripe extending from the neck to the base 

 of the abdomen. Abdomen dark brown dorsally, tergites 1—7 

 in the 9 . 2—5 in the cf, each with a conspicuous ochreous 

 band on the posterior margin ; tergites 8 and 9 and practically 

 the whole venter ochreous. Ovipositor moderately long. 

 Legs dark brownish, bases of femora higher, coxae and tro- 

 chanters ochreous. Wings hyahne, veins brownish. Discal 

 cell open ; cell M^ not quite so long as its stem ; Cu^a at or 

 immediately before the fork of M. Halteres brownish och- 

 reous. 



Length of body cf 7.5, 9 10 mm. ; proboscis cf 7.5, 9 6 

 mm. ; wing (f 6.5 mm. 



Mt. Dulit, 3000 feet, January— 1 9 ; Mt. Penrissen, 4500 

 feet— 1 cT- 



TOXORHINA TRICHORHYNCHA Sp. n. 



9 . Head ochreous, slightly darker in the middle. Front 

 narrow above the antennae, but widening above, sides diver- 

 gent. Antennae uniformly blackish, structure normal, rather 

 long. Proboscis as long as the whole body. Neck moderately 

 Ipng, black, the dorsal membrane pale ochreous. Thorax with 

 the praescutum only moderately produced forwards, ochreous- 

 brown, with traces of three darker stripes. Postnotum 

 brownish, apparently without median furrow. Pleurae with 

 a dark brown median longitudinal stripe, sharply margined 

 below, longer part pale ochreous. Abdomen dark brownish 

 dorsally, the tergites with rather narrow ochreous apical bands; 

 venter ochreous ; ovipositor rather shorter than in T. fasciata. 

 Legs dark brown, except for the ochreous coxae. Wings 

 brownish-tinged, with slightly darker seams along the costa 

 and most of the veins. Discal cell open ; cell M^ a little 



