DOLICHOPEZA. 355 



piece, with a long terminal apparently chitinous filament ; another 

 pair short, round-tipped, pale yellow, pubescent ; the third pair 

 in the shape of flattened spoons, black, small, short, close to the 

 underside of the whole genitalia. Ovipositor in female normal, 

 rather small, brownish yellow or reddish brown. Legs pale 

 yellowish, femora brownish yellow at the base, becoming blackish 

 at the slightly enlarged tips ; tibiae brownish yellow, tips whitish 

 (in the hind pair for a considerable distance) ; tarsi wholly snow- 

 white. Wings -pale yellowish grey in male, wholly colourless, 

 glassy and iridescent in female, stigma large, dark brown, ending 

 just beyond the marginal cross-vein. Venation normal ; auxiliary 

 vein ending at a little beyond one-third of the distance between 

 the origin of the 2nd vein and the tip of the 1st vein ; the 2nd 

 vein beginning just beyond the middle of the wing, the praefurca 

 being nearly half the length of the vein ; the 3rd vein originating 

 at right angles, in a direct line with the anterior cross-vein and 

 equal to it in length ; the 4th longitudinal vein with the anterior 

 branch twice forked, thus making five posterior cells. Discal cell 

 absent, coalescing with 4th posterior cell ; the anterior cross-vein 

 would have been over nearly the middle of the discal cell, and 

 the posterior cross- vein much before the base of that cell, had it 

 been present. In the female, when the wing is viewed at a low 

 angle facing the light, the most magnificent brown, red and orange 

 iridescence is visible. Venation normal. Halteres black, stems 

 exceedingly slender, yellow. 



Length 6 millim. 



Described from a single male from Kurseong, 8. vii. 08, and two 

 females from the same place, 4. ix. 09 and 22. vi. 10 (Dr. Annan- 

 dale}. 



Type 3 and in the Indian Museum. 



255. Dolichopeza obscura, sp. nov. 



c? 2 Head dirty brownish grey in male, more yellowish in 

 female, in both sexes lighter on frons, which latter is about one- 

 third the width of the head, uniformly wide or nearly so. The 

 lighter colour extends more or less to the upperside of the pro- 

 boscis. Scape of antennas pale yellowish, flagellar joints distinctly 

 longer in male than in female. Thorax and abdomen dirty obscure 

 blackish brown, unmarked, the thorax a little lighter brown in the 

 female. Q-enitalia of male brownish yellow, composed of a large 

 V-shaped ventral plate, the claspers with large bulbous first joint, 

 the second ending in a black horny tip. Legs black. Wings grey, 

 stigma rather deep blackish. 



Length 8 millim. 



Described from a pair taken at Kurseong, 4700 ft., the male 

 14. iv. 11, the female 29. vi. 10 (Dr. Annandale). 



Type tf and $ in the Indian Museum. 



Dr. Annandale states that the species is common in jungle, 

 being mostly found flying in small parties of four or five. 



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