130 MYCETOPHILIDvE. 



orange-red. Ovipositor apparently two-jointed, with a pair of 

 small terminal oval lamellae, black. Legs dark blackish brown. 

 Wings pale blackish, iridescent; 1st longitudinal vein ending 

 exactly at fork of 4th ; petiole and branches of 4th vein subequal ; 

 2nd posterior cell slightly enlarged at tip, three times as long as 

 broad. Halteres black. 



Length 2| millim. 



One female in the Indian Museum, from Darjiling, 7000 it., 

 6. viii. 9 (Paiva). 



83. Sciara indica, Walk. 



Sciara indica, Walker, Ins. Saund., Dipt., pt. 5, p. 419 (1856). 



5 . Head and body all black ; legs very dark brown or blackish. 

 A lateral red or reddish yellow stripe on the abdomen, which is 

 often broken up into spots, and bears a slight fringe of reddish 

 yellow hairs. Genitalia normal. A small, often indistinct (and 

 sometimes absent) pale yellowish spot on the shoulder. Wings 

 quite blackish ; 1st longitudinal vein long, extending beyond 

 middle of wing and beyond fork of 4th vein ; 3rd longitudinal 

 originating very early, before one-fourth of the wing, the vein 

 forming a distinct curve after the bend ; anterior cross-vein very 

 oblique and long; petiole and branches of 4th longitudinal vein 

 subequal : 2nd posterior cell nearly four times as long as broad ; 

 5th longitudinal vein forked very near base, the branches diverging 

 suddenly at half their length ; 6th vein distinctly not reaching 

 border of wing. The wing is normally blackish but is sometimes 

 brown or blackish brown, the anterior half usually darker than 

 the posterior. Halteres black. 



Lenqili 4^-8 millim. 



Eedescribed from a good series of females only in the 

 Indian Museum, from Darjiling, 5. viii. 09 (Paiva) ; Kurseong, 

 13-16. vii. 07 (common), 14. viii. 09 (Paiva); Siliguri, Bengal, 

 18-20. vii. 07 ; Bhim Tal, Kumaon, 19-22. ix. 06 (Annandale). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Walker's description of this species is quite correct, with one 

 exception, as he says the basal part of the 4th longitudinal vein 

 (" subapical ") is whitish, but I do nob find this to be the case. 



84. Sciara flavofemorata, sp. nov. 



cJ . Head black above ; face and mouth-parts brown, with a 

 little yellow, as are also the scapal joints ; flagellum black, with 

 distinct, rather elongated joints bearing rather dense grey 

 pubescence ; palpi black. Eyes black, with grey pubescence. 

 Thorax black, hardly shining ; reddish on humeri and below 

 shoulders, and a little laterally and across metanotum. Sides 

 reddish brown, scutellum blackish, with soft hair only. Abdomen 

 black, pubescent. Genitalia large, consisting of a pair of thick, 



