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brown, with red-brown spurs ; tarsi darker brown or blackish. 

 W ings pale grey : 1st longitudinal vein ending much before fork 

 of 4th, exactly at the middle of the wing ; petiole of 4th equal in 

 length to its branches, which are nearly straight, parallel or very 

 slightly diverging; 2nd posterior cell tbree and a half times as 

 long as broad. Halteres yellowish, 



Length 2% millim. 



Described from one male and several females in the Indian 

 Museum, taken by Dr. Annandale and others. The male (type) from 

 below Phagu, 7000 ft., Simla district, 12. v. 09 ; the females from 

 Simla, 7000 ft., 10. v. 09 ; Darjiling, 7000 ft., 6. viii. 09 ; Kurseong, 

 5000ft., 4. vii. 08. 



105. Sciara niveiapicalis, sp. nov. 



2 . Head : vertex and face smooth, shining black, with a few 

 short brownish yellow hairs. Palpi yellow ; antennal scape brown, 

 flagellum black, with grey pubescence ; last four joints wholly 

 white. Thorax shining black, smooth, bare or practically so ; a 

 few stiff hairs above the wings. Pleurae, scutellum and 

 metanotum concolorous, scutellutn (apparently) with only a few 

 soft hairs. Abdomen black, moderately shining, roughened, traces 

 of yellow on the hind margins of one or two segments ; the last 

 two segments (in type) or three (in second example) pale yellow ; 

 underside of abdomen with middle segment yellow. Ovipositor 

 blackish, with rather elongate terminal lamella?. Legs : coxae and 

 femora yellow ; tibiae dirty brownish yellow, tarsi nearly black. 

 Wings very glassy and iridescent, reaching distinctly beyond the 

 tip of the abdomen ; 1st longitudinal vein ending some distance 

 before fork of 4th, barely attaining middle of wing ; petiole of 4th 

 equal in length to the branches which very slightly diverge before 

 their middle and again on the wing-margin ; 2nd posterior cell 

 three and a half times as long as broad. Halteres with yellow 

 stems and black clubs. 



Length 2 millim. 



Described from two females in the Indian Museum taken at 

 Ukhrul, Manipur, 6400 ft. (Pettigreiv). 



The very conspicuous white-tipped antennae render this species 

 easily recognisable from all others in the East. 



106. Sciara longipennis, sp. nov. 



J $ . Head wholly black, except the palpi, which vary from 

 yellowish to nearly black, and the tip of the 2nd scapal joint and 

 base of 1st flagellar joint of the antennae, which are sometimes 

 yellowish. Thorax black, practically bare, with slight traces of 

 three dorsal rows of minute hairs ; anterior or posterior corners of 

 dorsum in some specimens yellowish brown. Scutellum and 

 metanotum black. Abdomen mainly black, dull, the dorsum of the 



