DICEANOMTIA. 353 



and ground-colour yellowish grey ; a brownish median stripe, 

 also present on the neck, from the anterior margin to the .suture ; 

 the postsutural mesonotum darker brownish grev than the rest of 

 the thorax; traces of a dark brownish mark or two on each side 

 of the median stripe. Scutellum lighter brownish grey, hinder 

 edge yellowish ; metanotum brownish grey ; pleura with a slight 

 bluish grey tinge. Abdomen brownish, with some pale hairs at the 

 sides ; belly similar. (The tip of the abdomen in the male example 

 is broken off.) Ovipositor bright reddish brown. Legs uniformly 

 yellowish brown. Wings clear. Auxiliary vein opposite base of 

 2nd vein, which begins distinctly beyond the middle of the wing ; 

 marginal cross-vein exactly at middle of marginal cell; prafurca 

 less than half the length of the 2nd vein ; basal portion of 3rd 

 vein moderately long, oblique ; anterior cross-vein extremely 

 short ; discal cell twice as long as broad, oblong, and equal to 

 2nd and 3rd posterior cells in length ; posterior cross-vein almost 

 in a line with base of discal cell. Stigma brown, but small and 

 ill-defined ; a trace of a small infuscation at the bases of the 2nd 

 and 4th veins. Halteres narrow and small, whitish yellow. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from one male and two females taken as follows : 

 Type male and a female, Kurseong, 4. ix. 09 and 9. ix. 09 respec- 

 tively (Annandale) ; type female, Darjiling, 7. viii. 09 (Paiva). 



2'ypes in the Indian Museum. 



273. Dicranomyia delicata, sp. nov. 



c? $ . Head : vertex, back of head, and the narrow frons, 

 yellow, with a few hairs. Proboscis, palpi and antenna con- 

 colorous, the latter very slightly brownish. In the female the 

 whole head more brownish yellow. Thorax of male uniformly 

 pale, shining brownish yellow ; scutellum. metanotum and sides 

 concolorous. In female, brownish yellow, the dorsum light 

 brownish grey, as are also the metanotum and pleurae, the 

 scutellum being brownish yellow. Abdomen of male yellowish, 

 segments distinctly emarginated ; belly similar. Genitalia yel- 

 lowish ; a rather large square plate, bearing a few yellow bristly 

 hairs ; below this plate a small greenish grey palp-like organ 

 projects ; a pair of robust two-jointed claspers, the 1st joint 

 yellowish, with black hairs, the 2nd more reddish, nearly bare, 

 sponge-like. Legs wholly pale yellowish. Wings clear, highly 

 iridescent. Venation as in D. subfascipennis, except that the 

 auxiliary vein ends just opposite the base of the 2nd vein ; that 

 the discal cell is more nearly square than oblong ; and that the 

 posterior cross-vein is placed a little before the discal cell. Wing 

 unmarked except for the pale blackish stigma, which suffusion is 

 continued over the base of the 3rd vein ; and there is a small 

 slight suffusion on the base of the 2nd vein and on the marginal 

 vein. Halteres pale yellow. 



Length, <5 3, $ 4 millim. 



