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93. Sciara sexsetosa, sp. nov. 



$ . Head, vertex and frons dark brown ; face below antennae 

 bright reddish yellow. Scapal joints rather large, subglobular, 

 bright yellow ; flagellum black, with grey pubescence, palpi black. 

 Thorax bright reddish brown, shoulders slightly yellowish ; two well 

 separated rows of small dorso-central bristly hairs ; eight or ten 

 strong ones laterally, and a row of six long bristles on the hind 

 margin of the scutellum, which is, with the metanotum and sides 

 of the thorax, concolorous, the pleurae being blackish. Abdomen 

 black, pubescent, hind margins of segments narrowly grey ; belly 

 yellowish. Legs : -coxae reddish yellow, with black hairs at tip ; 

 femora yellowish, black at base below ; tibiae darker ; tarsi black, 

 Wings pale grey ; 1st longitudinal vein ending much before fork 

 of 4th and barely reaching middle of wing ; 2nd posterior cell 

 four times as long as broad, branches of 4th vein equal in length 

 to petiole ; gently divergent throughout. Halteres yellowish, 

 base of clubs blackish. 



Length 3-3^ millim. 



Described from three females in the Indian Museum, from 

 Darjiling, 6000 ft., 20. ix. 08 (Brunetti, type} and 7000 ft., 6. viii. 09 

 (Paiva) ; Pashoke, Sikkim, 2000 ft., 5. ix. 09. 



94. Sciara quadrisetosa, sp. nov. 



d 1 . Head : vertex and frons black ; face reddish yellow ; palpi 

 black, scape yellow (flagellum missing). Thorax brownish yellow, 

 humeral region a little paler. Bristles as in S. sexsetosa, but only 

 four long ones on the scutellum. Scutellum and metanotum 

 concolorous, pleurae blackish. Abdomen dark brown, hind margins 

 of segments very narrowly yellowish grey ; belly paler. Genital 

 claspers large, thick, brownish yellow, hairy, two-jointed, the 2nd 

 joint elongate oval. Legs: coxae and femora pale yellow, the 

 former hairy at the tip, the latter black below at base ; tibiae dirty 

 yellow ; tarsi black. Wings nearly clear ; 1st longitudinal vein 

 ending shortly before fork of 4th of which the petiole and 

 branches are subequal ; 2nd posterior cell three times as long as 

 broad, slightly widening towards the tip. Halteres yellow, 

 streaked with black. 



Length 2| millim. 



One male in the Indian Museum, Darjiling, 7000 ft., 6. viii. 09 

 (Paiva}. A damaged specimen from. Ukhrul, Mauipur, 6400 ft., 

 appears to be the same species. 



95. Sciara pallescens, sp. nov. 



Head blackish grey ; palpi yellowish. Antennae proportionately 

 rather large and long, scape yellowish, flagellum black, with grey 

 pubescence. Thorax, scutellum and metanotum light brownish 



