GO 'Mr. F. W. Edwards on some 



strikingly pedicellate, the glabrous pedicels occupying from 

 ^ to i the length of the joint, and being only J as broad as 

 the broadest part; broad portion more or less conical, the apex 

 of the cone being towards the base of the joint ; these broad 

 portions are provided with a verticel of fine hairs, three or four 

 shorter bristles and one longer dorsal bristle, the hairs being |, 

 the shorter bristles about 1^ and the longer about 2^ times 

 as long as the breadth of the conical portion of the joint. 

 Thorax ochreous, mesonotum with a rather broad dark 

 brown central stripe reaching back to the suture. Legs 

 rather dark brown, coxae and femora towards base ochreous, 

 posterior tarsi and apical fifth of tibiae white, tarsi somewhat 

 brownish tinged towards tip; middle tarsi brown like the 

 femora and tibiae. Posterior tarsi scarcely more than half, 

 middle two-thirds, as long as their tibiae. Anterior legs 

 missing. Wings hyaline, with golden reflections_, but less 

 brilliant than in the other species of the genus ; a distinct 

 though rather diffused stigma. The wing has the typical 

 cuneiform shape, but there is a slight indication of an anal 

 angle. Base of basal cells at | of wing-length. Media- 

 stinal vein reaching costa much beyond origin of praefurca, 

 about halfway between that and the apex of the first longi- 

 tudinal vein. Subcostal cross-vein close behind apex of 

 mediastinal vein. Marginal cross-vein and tip of first 

 longitudinal rather indistinct, forming an obtuse angle 

 about the middle of the stigma. Discal cell subquadrate, 

 great cross-vein about ^ of the way along its lower side. 

 Halteres rather long, stalk ochreous brown, knob dark 

 brown. Abdomen only slightly constricted at base, brown, 

 apical segments ochreous, venter ochreous. 



Length of body 4*5 mm. ; wing 5 mm. 



This species must apparently come in the genus Thrypti- 

 comyia, though like T. saliens it shows considerable divergence 

 from the type, notably in the long mediastinal vein, the less 

 elongated wings, and the less constricted abdomen. Un- 

 fortunately we have no male. 



Hab. Dondra, 3. xii. 1907, 1 ? (7". Bainbrigge Fletcher). 



3. Geranomyia fletcheri, sp. n,, ? . 



Fusca, alis unicoloris subfuscis, rostro thorace vis longiore. 



Head including rostrum and antennae dark brownish black. 

 Autennal joints cylindrical, 1^ times as long as broad. 

 Rostrum slightly longer than thorax ; palpi apparently two- 

 jointed, placed just before middle of rostrum. Thorax dark 

 brownish black, with a small ochreous-brown spot on each 



