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dusky behind the suture. Sides and metanoturn brownish ; 

 scutellum more or less yellow, wholly bright lemon-yellow in one 

 example. Abdomen yellowish ; the dorsum mainly brownish, 

 except the posterior margins and sides ; some pale yellowish hairs 

 at sides. Belly rather lighter. Genitalia yellowish brown, small, 

 concealed, apparently normal. Legs pale yellowish ; femora with 

 a blackish apical and subapical ring : tarsi blackish towards the 

 tips. Wings clear, iridescent. Auxiliary vein opposite origin of 

 2nd longitudinal vein, which begins at the middle of the wing ; 

 1st longitudinal vein running nearly to the wing-tip, gradually 

 coalescing with the costa, the marginal cross-vein, placed at 

 three-fourths of the marginal cell, meeting the costa at or about 

 the tip of the first longitudinal. In one specimen the marginal 

 cross-vein is absent. Praefurca nearly half the whole length of 

 the 2nd vein ; basal portion of 3rd vein equally long as the 

 anterior cross-vein, nearly in a line with it ; basal side of discal 

 cell very short, making the cell nearly triangular, half as long as 

 the 2nd and 3rd posterior cells; posterior cross-vein at some 

 little distance before the discal cell; submarginal cell wider at 

 tip than at base, 1st posterior cell narrower at tip than at base. 

 Small infuscations at base and tip of 2nd longitudinal vein, and 

 at base of 5th ; stigma pale blackish, the cross-vein faintly but 

 perceptibly infuscated. Halteres pale yellow, clubs blackish. 



Length 2^-3 millim. 



Described from three males taken by Dr. Anuandale in the 

 following localities : Taikam (coastal region), Travancore, 5.xi. 08 

 (type) ; Balighai, near Puri, Orissa, 24. x. 08 ; and Dawna Hills, 

 Lower Burma, 2000-3000 ft., 2-3. iii. 08. 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



270. Dicranomyia cinerascens, sp. nov. (PI. VII, fig. 11.) 



c? $ . Head yellowish grey ; frons similarly coloured, one- 

 fourth the width of the head. Proboscis and palpi moderately 

 dark brown, pubescent. Antennae dark yellowish brown. Thorax: 

 neck rather elongate, black above, yellowish grey below. Dorsum 

 of thorax bright yellowish grey; a dark olive-brown median 

 stripe from anterior margin to suture, and a broader similarly 

 coloured but somewhat paler stripe of irregular width on each 

 side of it, continued beyond the suture in the form of an 

 ill-defined large spot. Sides of thorax, the scutellum and meta- 

 notum light yellowish brown. Abdomen brown, a little yellowish 

 here and there, with pale pubescence at the sides ; emarginations 

 of segments distinct; belly similar. The genital organs of the 

 male consist of an upper and lower plate, a pair of large claspers 

 with u second pair of narrow appendages ; in the female, the 

 ovipositor is normal, blackish with yellow tips. Legs : coxa3 

 yellowish ; femora yellowish at base, the colour quickly darkening 

 to dark brown, the remainder of the legs being also of this colour. 

 Wings pale yellowish grey, glabrous, considerably iridescent. 



