<>0 MYCETOPHILID^;. 



12. Antennae brownish yellow; all the veins 



equally distinct rttficornis, sp. n., p. 64. 



Antennae" black ; veins in posterior half of [p. 65. 



wing very indistinct indistincta, sp. r.., 



13. Abdomen wholly black funerea, sp. n., p. 65. 



Abdomen with margins of segments 



yellowish 14. 



14. Posterior cross-vein longer and much more' 



transverse ; base of 3rd and 4th, 5th 



and 6th veins indistinct jlavomaryinata, sp. n., 



Posterior cross-vein shorter, nearly longi- [p. 66. 



tudinal; all veins very distinct and 

 black ; coxae yellow, femora and tibiae 

 distinctly smoky fumipes, sp. n., p. 66. 



9. Platyura grandis, sp. nov. (PI. I, fig. 7.) 



d" $ . Head : vertex and back of head black, face and palpi 

 brown ; antennal scape brown, flagellum reddish yellow. Thorax : 

 dorsum dull black, with greyish dusting towards the sides and 

 below the shoulders. No conspicuous macrochsetal bristles, 

 apparently ; a few short stiff bristles in front of the wings, 

 and here and there laterally ; sides reddish brown. Scutellutn 

 with posterior border a little yellowish, the naetanotum with 

 grey dusting. Abdomen : 1st segment black (in male with a 

 very narrow pale yellow hind margin); rest of abdomen mainly 

 reddish yellow ; base of 2nd segment black, base of 3rd yellowish 

 (less distinct in male), dorsum of segments blackish in male ; 

 a faint violet -greyish tinge at basal corners of 4th and 

 5th segments in female ; belly reddish brown, with blackish 

 marks ; violet-grey at base of middle segments in female. 

 Genitalia not easily viewed owing to the specimens remaining 

 in copula, but apparently normal. Leys : coxae, yellowish, fore pair 

 brown at base, anterior pairs white-dusted in front ; femora 

 yellowish, posterior ones with a black streak below at base, hind 

 femora in female nearly wholly brown; tibiae and tarsi blackish 

 yellow. Wings pale yellow, hinder part at base nearly clear. A 

 brownish suffusion at tip, extending inwards as far as the tip of 

 upper branch of 3rd vein, and lower branch of 5th ; the colour 

 riot quite so dark at absolute tip. Halteres yellowish. 



Length 9 rnillhn. 



Described from a male and female, taken in cop., 22. vi. 05 

 (types), and a female on 26. vi. 05, all captured by me at Mussoori. 

 A very handsome species. In my collection. 



10. Platyura suffusinervis, sp. nov. (PI. I, fig. 9.) 



c? $ . Head wholly black, ocelli large and distinct. Thorax : 

 dorsum, scutellum, metanotum ; and pleurae moderately dark 

 shining brown dorsum with rather close dark brown pubescence, 

 and with some bristly hairs towards side margins ; sides of thorax 

 and shoulders yellow. Abdomen : dorsum blackish, pubescent ; 



