GBEANOMYIA. 393~- 



2nd longitudinal and the marginal cross- vein, which latter is 

 placed exactly at the tip of the 1st longitudinal, and just beyond 

 the middle of the marginal cell ; base of 3rd vein oblique, two 

 and a half times the length of the anterior cross-vein ; discal cell 

 twice as long as broad, as long as the 2nd and 3rd posterior cells 

 posterior cross-vein barely beyond base of discal cell ; veins on 

 distal part of wing practically parallel. Stigma light brown, ill 

 defined but distinct, situated over the marginal cross-vein. 

 Halteres brownish yellow. 



Described from one female taken by Mr. Howlett at Simla, 

 x.08. 



Type in the Pusa collection. 



283. Geranomyia fletcheri, Edw. 



Geranomyia Jietcheri, Edwards, Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist. (8) viii, 

 p. 60 (July 1911). 



$ . " Fusca. alis unicoloris subfuscis, rostro thorace vix longiore. 



Head, including rostrum and antennae, dark brownish black. 

 Antennal joints cylindrical, one and a half times as long as broad, 

 Eostrum slightly longer than thorax ; palpi apparently two-jointed,, 

 placed just before middle of rostrum. Thorax dark brownish 

 black, with a small ochreous-brown spot on each side of the front 

 margin of the mesonotum, and another above and behind the 

 insertion of the wings. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark brown, 

 coxa? ochreous brown, femora somewhat lighter towards base. 

 Wings uniformly fuscous-tinged, unspotted except for the stigma 

 and a faint brown cloud at the base of the praefurca. Mediastinal 

 vein reaching costa considerably beyond origin of praefurca, sub- 

 costal cross-vein near its tip. Marginal cross-vein nearly three 

 times as long as the upturned tip of the 1st longitudinal, with 

 which it is nearly in a line. Second posterior cell with a 

 rectangular base, third longer than second, its upper margin 

 rounded towards the base. Great cross-A'ein at or just before the 

 base of the discal cell. Halteres with the knob brown, the stem 

 ochreous." (Edwards.) 



Length 5 millim. (excluding rostrum), of wing 6 millim 



Described from a type and two other females taken by Mr. Bain- 

 brigge Fletcher at " Madulsima, Ceylon, 19. v. 03 (type) and 

 21.xii.07. 



Type in the British Museum. 



284. Geranomyia pulchripennis, sp. nov. (PI. VIII. fig. 1.) 



$ . Head : eyes nearly contiguous ; the narrow frons light grey 

 with pale hairs ; back of head yellowish, with grey reflections and 

 black hairs. Proboscis black, as long as the abdomen (exclusive 

 of ovipositor) ; palpi black. Scapal joints of antennae large, the 

 2nd much narrower arid shorter ; dark brown ; flagellum dark 



