in the British Museum. 469 
Chironomide. 
Palpomyia edwardsi, sp. un. (Fig. 31.) 
Head very small; thorax strongly arched in lateral 
profile ; scutellam prominent ; wings 3 mm. long, hyaline, 
Fig. 31. 
rN 
°F Thorax 
pe ——— 
——————_.- 
Palpomyia edwardsi, sp. n. 
faintly reddish; nervures pale ferruginous. Venation 
normal for the genus. 
I. 9757 (Brodie collection). I am indebted to Mr. F. W. 
Edwards for the generic reference. 
Bombyliida. 
Systropus acourti, sp.u. (Fig. 32.) 
Wing about 4:9 mm. long, greyish hyaline, with dark 
veins ; abdomen jong and slender, dark, with a dorsal stripe 
broken into spots, the form cylindrical, not clavate, its 
length about 4:9 mm. Marginal cell narrow ; cubital fork 
Fig. 32. 
Systropus acourti, sp. n, 
wider than the submarginal cell above it; first postcrior cell 
with a strong fold down its middle; anterior cross-vein 
considerably beyond middle of discal cell ; anal cell closed. 
The apical part of the wing is suffusedly blackish. 
In. 17208 and the reverse 17293 (A’C. Sm.). 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. vii. 32 
