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to the base of the scutellum ; a short narrow stripe on each side 

 above and iu front of the wing root. Prothorax brownish yellow 

 in one specimen, edge of dors urn and sides of thorax (in type 

 specimen) light grey ; pleurae yellowish, with some grey reflections. 

 Scutellum and metanotum concolorous with dorsum of thorax, 

 edge of former brownish yellow. Abdomen dark claret-brown, 

 roughened ; belly yellowish ; ovipositor large, robust, black, barely 

 shining, terminal blades reddish yellow. Legs : coxae and femora 

 brownish yellow, tips of femora slightly thickened and blackish ; 

 tibiae and tai'si brown. Wings pale grey, with seven moderately 

 dark brown spots on the costa placed approximately equidistantly ; 

 the third enclosing the origin of the 2nd longitudinal vein ; these 

 first three spots extending posteriorly barely to the 4th longi- 

 tudinal vein ; the fourth spot terminates over the fork of the 2nd 

 vein ; the fifth (the largest, enclosing the marginal cross-vein) 

 extends posteriorly to the 3rd vein ; the seventh is very small, 

 triangular, placed at the extreme tip of the 3rd vein. A narrow 

 brown, irregular line encloses the anterior and posterior cross- 

 veins, with the basal side of the discal cell, and there is a small 

 suffusion over the proximal side of the discal cell. The venation 

 is normal ; basal part of 3rd longitudinal vein long, the remainder 

 of the vein, parallel to the 2nd ; anterior cross-vein short ; discal 

 cell twice as long as wide ; posterior cross-vein distinctly but not 

 greatly before the base of the discal cell. The 5th and 7th veins 

 very narrowly suffused with brown. Halteres : stem pale yellow, 

 knobs blackish brown, 



Length nearly 5 millim. 



Described from two females from Paresuath, Western Bengal, 

 4300-4500 ft., 15. iv. 09 (Annandale). 



Type and cotype in the Indian Museum. 



286. Geranomyia sexnifasciata, Brim. (PI. VII, fig. 16.) 



Gcranomyia semifasciata, Brunetti, Eec. Ind. Mus. vi, p. 276 

 (1911). 



$ . Head light grey ; f rons very narrow ; proboscis black, as 

 long as head and thorax together ; antennae brownish yellow, 

 fkgellum darker than scape. Thorax : neck yellowish, a dorsal 

 distinct dark brown stripe and a lateral less distinct one on each 

 side. Dorsum of thorax yellowish, with a brownish tinge ; three 

 very narrow, ill-defined, but obvious, reddish brown stripes, well 

 separated ; the median one barely reaching the anterior margin ; 

 behind the suture the space wholly occupied, except the wide 

 greyish post-sutural depression, by two large brownish spots, the 

 colour gradually merging in that of the sides ; sides of dorsum 

 with whitish reflections. Sides of thorax yellow ; scutellum and 

 metauotum brownish. Abdomen brownish yellow, posterior border 

 of each segment blackish, the colour extending along the sides 

 more or less ; ovipositor yellowish. Legs pale yellowish, tips of 



