76 MTCETOPHILIDJB. 



sciophiline cell one-and-a-half times as long as broad. Halteres 

 yellow. 



Length 3| niillini. 



Described from two specimens in the Indian Museum, from 

 Simla, 7000 feet, 10. v. 09 (Annandale). 



32. Mycomyia indefinita, sp. nov. 



c? and (?) . Head brownish on vertex, and frons ; proboscis 

 and palpi yellowish, the latter a little darker. Antenna! scape 

 bright yellow, flagellum black, with whitish pubescence, basal half 

 of 1 st joint yellowish. Thorax brownish yellow, the three usual 

 stripes distinct but not conspicuous. Some bristly hairs towards 

 the sides and posterior margins of the dorsum. Scutellum and 

 metanotum concolorous ; sides of the thorax a little more 

 yellowish. Abdomen blackish, base of some of the segments 

 yellowish. Genitalia enclosed in a large cavity, and presenting 

 two fan-shaped pieces with pubescent edges and a pair of smaller 

 club-shaped organs. Legs pale yellowish, the tibiae and tarsi 

 faintly blackish. Wings clear grey, venation normal. Halteres 

 pale yellowish. 



Length 3 inillim. 



Described from one male and another specimen from Darjiling, 

 29. v. 10, taken by me, and now in the Indian Museum. 



In the second specimen, there are two flat spatula-shaped 

 pieces which may be the female lamellae terminating the short ovi- 

 postor, but as the organs in this specimen are much withdrawn it 

 is impossible to be sure of the sex. 



33. Mycomyia indica, sp. nov. 



6 $ Head: frons, vertex, and back of head black; head in 

 front below antennse, and palpi, yellow. Antennal scape and base 

 of flagellum bright yellow, remainder black. Thorax primarily 

 light yellowish brown, with a distinct but slight violet-grey dust 

 on dorsum. A median brown stripe usually present and faint 

 traces of a very elongated oblong mark narrowly defined with pale 

 brown, on each side of the median stripe, all the lines microscopi- 

 cally punctuated with bristly hairs. Shoulders yellowish, the 

 colour extending posteriorly more or less, occasionally the whole 

 dorsum brownish yellow. Sides of thorax mainly brownish 

 yellow, pleurae with violet-grey dusting. Scutellum and meta- 

 notum brownish yellow, varying in shade, generally with a 

 little violet dusting, the metanotum sometimes with a dark spot 

 on each side at the base, and a larger one on the lower margin. 

 Abdomen brown, with short black hairs ; posterior margins of 

 segments broadly yellow. Genitalia of male moderately large, 

 pubescent, a large upper and lower dark coloured plate, united at 

 the sides, enclosing a longer and a shorter pair of thin yellow 

 claspers, with, apparently, some smaller intermediate organs; in 



