SCIARA. 145 



A second specimen from the same source in the collection is 

 probably identical. Two others from Darjiling, 26. v. 10 (Brunetti) 

 and Tonglu, Darjiling district;, 21. iv. 10 (Beebe), are very close to 

 flaviseta, but being almost destitute of scutellar stiff hairs and in 

 inferior condition generally, opinion on them may be reserved. 



108. Sciara nitidithorax, sp. nov. 



cJ . Head wholly dull blackish ; antennae with the extreme edge 

 of the 2nd scapal joint whitish yellow ; flagellum normally with 

 thick grey pubescence. Thorax very shining black, bare except 

 for three very narrow dorso-central bands of very short bristly 

 hairs. There are stiff hairs laterally and at least two (perhaps 

 four) strong bristly hairs on the hind margin of the scutellum, in 

 addition to some shorter ones ; sides black. Scutellum and 

 metanotum wholly black, the former with a slight dark brown 

 tinge. Abdomen blackish, with some pale hairs towards the sides ; 

 extreme margins of segments pale yellow ; belly black. Genitalia 

 large, black, normal. Legs wholly dark brown. Wings pale grey ; 

 1st longitudinal vein ending distinctly before middle of wing and 

 some distance before fork of 4th vein ; the 3rd vein ending some 

 distance before the tip of the wing; the costa ending halfway 

 between the tips of the 3rd vein and the anterior branch of the 

 4th ; petiole of 4th vein barely as long as the branches, which are 

 nearly parallel ; the 2nd posterior cell three and a half times as 

 long as broad. Halteres black. 



Length \\ millim. 



Described from one male from Kalighat, 6000 ft., Garhwal 

 district, 4. vi. 10 (Imms). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



109. Sciara longitudinalis, sp. nov. 



tf . Head wholly black, including the antennae, except for a 

 suspicion of paleness about the scapal joints of the latter ; 

 sometimes the antennae, seen through a microscope, appear dark 

 brown ; the segments of the flagellum well separated, with rather 

 thick grey pubescence. Palpi dark dirty yellowish grey. Thorix 

 black, shoulders and edges of dorsum generally rather pale 

 brownish yellow. Scutellum brownish yellow, with two moderately 

 conspicuous longer bristles and some short stiff hairs ; metanotum 

 blackish. Abdomen dark blackish grey or brown ; hind margins of 

 segments irregularly blackish ; with soft pale hairs ; belly similar. 

 Genitalia of male of moderate or rather large size, brownish yellow 

 or blackish brown, hairy, normally shaped, the intermediate ap- 

 pendage distinctly bilobed. In the female the ovipositor terminates 

 in two distinct elongated flat lamellae. Legs pale yellowish ; tibiae 

 brownish yellow, tarsi blackish yellow. Wings somewhat broad- 

 ened on the distal part of the anterior margin ; the 1st longitudinal 



