SCIARA. 139 



Described from a type male from Simla, 10. v. 09 (Annandale} 

 and a type female from Darjiling, 6. viii. 09 (Paiva). 



Types in the Indian Museum. 



There seems little doubt that the two specimens represent the 

 two sexes of one species. 



A specimen from Peradeniya, Ceylon, agrees closely with the 

 female, but has four distinct long scutellar bristles, and is slightly 

 smaller, whilst the hairs on the middle thoracic stripe are much 

 stronger ; it is possibly a variety. 



98. Sciara latelineata, sp. nov. 



c? . Head blackish ; palpi, scape, and major part of 1st flagellar 

 joint pale yellow. Thorax brownish yellow, shoulders broadly 

 pale yellow ; dorsum almost entirely occupied (except on the 

 shoulders) by three broad contiguous black stripes extending to 

 the brown scutellum, which bears four bristles. Abdomen dark 

 brown, hind margins of segments very narrowly grey. Genitalia 

 normal, brownish yellow. Legs pale yellow, tarsi dark. Wings 

 clear ; 1st longitudinal vein ending much before fork of 4th and 

 distinctly before middle of wing ; petiole of 4th vein imperceptible, 

 approximately equal to the branches ; 2nd posterior cell with 

 parallel sides, three times as long as broad. Halteres long, stems 

 yellowish, clubs blackish, elongated. 



Length | millim. 



One male in the Indian Museum from the western slopes of the 

 Dawna Hills, Tenasserim, 2000-3000 ft., 2 or 3. iii. 08 (Annandale). 



99. Sciara radicum, sp. nov. 



3 $ . Head wholly black, scape of antennae yellowish. Thorax 

 yellowish, with two black oval outlines on dorsum, incomplete 

 posteriorly, and a narrow median dorsal line. Scutellum yellow, 

 with apparently normally six long bristles on the posterior 

 margin, but the inner four are always longest, and there are 

 generally some short ones towards the sides ; metanotum darker. 

 Abdomen dark brown, hind margins of segments a little 

 blackish ; belly yellow. Grenitalia large, dirty yellow. Legs pale 

 yellow, with a black tinge between coxae and femora ; tibiae and 

 tarsi darker ; hind tibiae with a distinct row of setae on the outer 

 side. Wings clear ; 1st longitudinal ending much before fork of 

 4th and barely attaining middle of wing ; petiole of 4th much 

 longer than fork, the branches of which are practically straight 

 and gently divergent ; the 2nd posterior cell slightly over three 

 times as long as broad. Halteres black, stem yellow. 



Length c? hardly 1 millim., $13 millim. 



Described from several specimens of both sexes in the Indian 

 Museum, taken in the Museum gardens, Calcutta, 21. i. 10 

 to 24. ii. 10 (Annandale^. 



