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terminating in a pair of black claws at tip. There is a pair of 

 small inner organs, not easily visible. Whole genitalia with long 

 stiff black hairs. Legs brownish yellow, tarsi blackish ; femora 

 with a row of short hairs below ; legs minutely pubescent. Wing& 

 pale yellowish grey, veins yellow ; halteres brownish. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from a single male in the Indian Museum from 

 Kaladhungi, Naini Tal district, Kumaon, 28. v. 09. 



7. Macrocera ferrnginea, sp. nov. 



$ . Head wholly reddish yellow, except the brown proboscis 

 and black vertex. Face rather produced, with a fan-shaped row of 

 seven or eight long slender bristles just below the antennae, which 

 latter are reddish yellow, rather closely pubescent. Thorax light 

 ferruginous brown, moderately shining, shoulders more yellowish. 

 A dorsal, black, distinct but not clearly denned stripe, and traces 

 of one on each lateral margin, on which are a few bristly hairs. 

 Abdomen light brown, lightly pubescent, posterior borders of 

 segments very narrowly darker ; belly concolorous, a little lighter 

 or darker here and there. Genitalia inconspicuous, very narrow, 

 pale yellow. Legs pale brownish yellow, tarsi a little darker. 

 Wings clear yellowish grey ; halteres reddish yellow. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from a single female in the Indian Museum from 

 Bhim Tal, Kuuiaon, 4500 ft., 22-27. ix. 06 (Annandale). 



Subfamily CERO PLATING. 



The principal character of this subfamily is the somewhat 

 shortened and thickened, and generally flattened nature of the 

 antennae, which are in some cases composed of rather closely 

 compressed disc-like joints, resembling flat beads on a string. 

 The absence of the anterior cross-vein, owing to the coalescence 

 of a portion of both the 3rd and 4th longitudinal veins, is a sub- 

 family character, in which it resembles the MACROCEBDf^:, which 

 latter, however, are very easily distinguished from it by their very- 

 long graceful slender antennae, always longer than the whole 

 body. 



This subfamily is probably distributed throughout the world. 



Table of Genera. 



Veins in hinder part of wing less distinct 

 than those in anterior half. 



Palpi porrect CBHOPLATUS, Bosc, p. 56. 



Palpi incurved PLATYTJRA, Mg., p. 68. 



All the veins very strong and distinct . . ISONEUBOMYIA, gen. nov., 



