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yellow. Bristly hairs normal, only two conspicuous ones on the 

 scutellum, but some other very small ones are present. Abdomen 

 pale brownish yellow, with a little intermixed black and pale 

 pubescence. Legs yellowish, tibiae brownish yellow, tarsi darker, 

 femora very narrowly black at base below. Wings clear; the 1st 

 longitudinal vein ending much before the fork of the 4th vein 

 and distinctly before middle of wing ; branches of 4th vein 

 parallel and much shorter than the petiole ; 2nd posterior cell 

 three and a half times as long as broad. Halteres yellow, base of 

 clubs black. 



Length 1| millim. 



Described from a single specimen of uncertain sex in the Indian 

 Museum, taken 7. iii. 08 by Dr. Annandale flying in the darkest 

 part of the largest of the Khayon (" farm ") Caves, nine miles 

 from Moulmein, Tenasserim, in company with the moth Crysitliyris 

 spelcea, which Meyrick (K,ec. Ind. Mas. ii, p. 399) states to be the 

 only Lepidopteron yet known that is adapted for a cavernicolous 

 existence. 



96. Sciara fulvescens, sp. nov. 



$ . Almost wholly brownish yellow. Vertex blackish, dorsum 

 of thorax and the tibiae a little darker; antennae dark brown, 

 joints very distinct, tarsi black. Wings clear ; 1st longitudinal 

 vein ending much before fork of 4th and distinctly not reaching 

 middle of wing ; petiole and branches of 4th vein as in S. pal- 

 lescens ; 2nd posterior cell with practically parallel sides, three 

 times as long as broad. 



Length 1% millim. 



Described from a single female in the Indian Museum from 

 Eajshai, East Bengal, 1-6. ii. 07 (Annandale). 



Possibly identical with S. pallescens. 



97. Sciara setilineata, sp. nov. 



c? 2 . Head blackish, lower part and palpi brownish yellow ; 

 scape pale yellow, flagellum blackish. Thorax light reddish brown, 

 with three narrow median lines, the outer ones bearing the 

 dorso-central rows of stiff hairs, the median one with a row 

 of microscopic bristly hairs. Sides, scutellum and metanotum 

 concolorous ; scutellum with two apical long stiff hairs, and also 

 with softer hairs. Abdomen dark brown, pubescent ; genitalia 

 normal. Legs with yellow coxa3 and femora, blackish at their 

 junction, tibiae and tarsi dirty yellow. Wings clear, 1st longi- 

 tudinal vein ending much before fork of 4th vein and distinctly 

 before middle of wing ; petiole and branches of 4th vein subequal ; 

 2nd posterior cell with parallel sides, three and a half times as 

 long as broad. Halteres yellow. 



Length 2 millim. 



