Described from a considerable number of both sexes in the 

 Indian Museum from the following localities : 



Darjiling, 2-8. viii. 09 (Jenkins) ; Kurseong, 6. vii. 08 ; 

 Bhim Tal, Kumaou, 22-27. ix. 06 (both Annandale); Siliguri, 

 N. Bengal, 18-20. vii. 07 ; Mandalay, Burma, 12. iii. 08 (Annan- 

 dale) ; Ukhrul, Manipur (Pettigreiv) ; Sylhet, Assam, 6. v. 05 

 (Lt.-Col. Hall) ; Dawna Hills, Lower Burma, 2-4. iii. 08 (Annan- 

 dale) ; Calcutta, common January to May, and July to September 

 (Annandale and others) ; Lucknow, 9. ii. 08 ; Bijnor district, 

 United Provinces, 11. ii. 07 : on board ship, Khulna district, 

 Ganges Delta, 21. viii. 09 (Jenldns) ; Trivandrum, Tenmalai and 

 Maddathorai, Travancore State, 14-22. xi. 08 (Annandale) ; 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, viii. 1910. Also in my collection from several 

 Oriental localities. 

 Types in the Indian Museum. 



Three females in the Indian Museum have distinct yellow halteres, 

 but differ from typical specimens in no other way. The colour of 

 these organs being distinctly variable it is inadvisable to rank 

 these specimens as forming even a variety. Two are from 

 Kurseong, 4. vii. 08, one from Ukhrul, Manipur. Four specimens 

 from Kurseong, 27. vi. 10 (Annandale) have pale yellow legs and 

 are slightly inferior in size. One specimen from Darjiling, 

 8. viii. 09, is nearly 4 mm. in length. 



The amount of variation in the distance at which the 1st longi- 

 tudinal vein terminates is greater in S. orientaiis than in any other 

 Eastern species, of which it is the most variable generally. The 

 antennae appear to vary considerably in thickness, especially in 

 the male, also in the amount of pubescence. 



Occasional specimens are met with with yellowish or brownish 

 yellow shoulders, the colour sometimes running narrowly along 

 the anterior margin of the thorax. Such specimens do not 

 appear specifically distinct from the typically all black examples. 



92. Sciara fascipennis, sp. nov. 



5 . Head wholly dull black ; palpi and proboscis dark brownish 

 yellow. Antennae missing, except 1st scapal joint which is black, 

 and extremely narrowly brownish yellow at the tip. Thorax dull 

 black ; dorsum moderately shining ; scutellum with traces of some 

 long apical stiff hairs. Abdomen dull black ; the 1st two segments 

 dull reddish brown on the upperside ; belly black ; ovipositor 

 elongate but normal. Legs rather dark brown. Wings very pale 

 grey, with a moderately pale blackish band (hardly darker 

 anteriorly) across the middle third. Halteres black. 



Length 2 millim. excl. ovipositor \ milliin. 



Described from a male from Kurseong, xi. 1910 (D'Abreu). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



This species is easily recognised from every other Oriental 

 Sciara by the broad infuscated band across the centre of the 

 wings. 



