142 MYCETOPHILID.E. 



103. Sciara inconspicua, sp. nov. 



$ . Head blackish ; palpi pale yellow, also the scape and the two 

 or three basal joints of the flagellum. Thorax : dorsum almost 

 wholly occupied, except at the shoulders and humeri, by three 

 contiguous broad, rather dark chestnut-brown stripes, with two 

 greyish, barely perceptible lines separating them. Pleurae, meta- 

 notum, and scutellum concolorous ; the latter pale yellow below, 

 and with six rather long moderately strong bristly hairs and two 

 or three smaller ones towards each side. Abdomen dark nut-brown, 

 pubescent, hind margins of segments narrowly cream-yellow ; 

 belly yellowish. Ovipositor small, dark brown. Legs : coxae and 

 femora pale yellow, a little blackish at their junction, tibiae and 

 tarsi darker. Wings pale yellowish grey ; 1st longitudinal vein 

 barely reaching as far as fork of 4th, ending almost exactly at the 

 middle of the wing; branches of 4th about equally long as the 

 petiole, nearly straight, parallel ; 2nd posterior cell nearly four 

 times as long as broad. Halteres brownish. 



Length 3 millim. 



Described from a single female in the Indian Museum from 

 Sylhet, 14. i. 05 (Lt.-Col. Hall). 



This species is placed in my synoptical table between the two 

 groups 17 (thorax mainly yellowish) and 24 (thorax mainly 

 blackish or brown). 



104. Sciara hirtilineata, sp. nov. 



cJ . Head blackish. Tip of 2nd scapal joint narrowly reddish 

 yellow ; flagellar joints rather elongate. Thorax black, dull, with 

 two median narrow grey stripes close together, from the anterior 

 margin nearly to the scutellum ; two broader stripes commencing 

 behind the shoulders and continuing nearly to the posterior 

 margin; this gives an appearance of three obvious but not con- 

 spicuous blackish lines on a dark background, but in occasional 

 specimens they are almost or entirely absent, in which case the three 

 rows of pale hairs will generally identify the species. Three 

 longitudinal stripes of rather closely and irregularly placed, 

 moderately long, brownish yellow hairs ; the central hairy stripe 

 between the two median narrow grey stripes, the other two hairy 

 stripes between these median grey stripes and the lateral wider 

 grey stripes ; lateral borders of dorsum with similar brownish 

 yellow hairs, but without distinct bristles ; a little yellow 

 pubescence about the shoulders, below which is a small reddish 

 yellow mark. Scutellum blackish, with soft brownish yellow 

 hairs only ; metanotum blackish. Abdomen dull black, with 

 brownish yellow hairs, and hind margins of segments very 

 narrowly reddish yellow ; belly blackish. Genitaliain male large, 

 normal ; in female telescopic, elongate. Legs : coxae and femora 

 brownish yellow, the former darker at base; tibiae rather dark 



