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of each of the compound eyes ; if three, the third in the middle of 

 the front. Palpi short, incurved, four-jointed ; 1st joint short, 

 moderately robust, 2nd much longer, 3rd and 4th more slender 

 and about equally long. Antennas cylindrical, tapering toward 

 the apex, projecting forward, arcuated, 16-jomted ; 1st joint of 

 scape nearly cylindrical, 2nd cupuliform, both joints setiferous on 

 the sides and on the upper edge ; flagellar joints cylindrical, with 

 a short downy pubescence. Thorax highly arched ; scutellum 

 semicircular. Abdomen rather flattened, broadest in the middle. 

 Legs rather short ; tibiae spurred and provided with lateral spines, 

 which are short on the anterior tibiae, and long ones arranged in 

 three ranges on the intermediate, and two ranges on the posterior 

 tibiae. Wings with anal angle and tip rounded, the costal vein 

 ending a little before the tip. Auxiliary vein rather long, reaching 

 nearly to the middle of the wing ; 1st longitudinal curved gently 

 upwards, ending a little beyond middle of wing ; 3rd begins at a 

 right angle (like a cross-vein) from near the tip of the 1st : it i 

 therefore short, and after the bend runs straight to the wing- 

 border. Anterior cross-vein very oblique, rather long, in a line 

 with the major portion of the 3rd vein ; 4th longitudinal forked 

 widely near border of wing ; 5th forked widely at half its length ; 

 6th short, indistinct. 



Range. New Zealand (two species) and Eastern Himalayas. 



Life-history unknown. 



45. Anomalomyia indica, sp. nov. 



cf . Head black above ; ocelli placed towards centre of frons r 

 middle one smaller and lower. Head below antennae yellow. 

 Antennal scape and base of 1st joint of flagellum yellow ; rest of 

 flagellum blackish brown, with pale pubescence. Thorax : dorsum 

 brownish yellow ; two median narrow black stripes from anterior 

 to posterior margins, a shorter wider one on each side on the 

 hinder two-thirds of the distance. Surface with small bristles of 

 different lengths, more or less in longitudinal rows ; lateral margins 

 with larger different-sized ones irregularly placed, but there are four 

 or five strong spiny bristles in a row below the shoulders, a row of 

 three in front of the base of the wing, several supra-alar ones, two 

 strong ones at each posterior corner, and two dorso-central large 

 ones between these pairs. Scutellum yellow, with four large curved 

 bristles. Abdomen black, 6-segmeuted, with sparse short pubes- 

 cence, moderately broad. Genitalia small, dark brown, pubescent, 

 apparently consisting of a pair of short thick claspers (the second 

 joint of which is not visible) and a small dorsal plate. The 

 genitalia are mainly concealed, but there is a conspicuous, almost 

 erect, bright yellow, narrow, ventral plate, above which can be 

 seen the palp-like tips of a pair of organs. Legs : coxae yellowish ; 

 femora black, except apical half of fore pair, and tip of hind pair 

 yellowish ; fore tibiae yellowish, posterior tibiae brown, tibial spurs 

 strong, yellowish white; tarsi dark brown. Wings pale yellow,. 



