LIMNOPHILA. 523 



in decayed beech wood ; Bel ing's work may also be consulted 

 on the early stages of species of this genus. 



Limnophila appears to be a genus of ancient origin, as several 

 species are recorded from Prussian amber, some of them under 

 other generic names. 



Table of Species. 



Larger species, 5 millim. ; sides of thorax not 



dusted with grey pallidicoxa, sp. n. 



Smaller species, 3^ millim. ; sides of thorax dusted 



with grey simplex, sp. n. 



373. Limnophila pallidicoxa, sp. nov. 



$ . Head cinereous grey, more yellowish below"; back of head 

 dark grey, with some short hairs ; frons nearly one-third the 

 width of the head, at the nearest approach of the eyes, which 

 latter are approximated on the underside. Antennal scape with 

 the 1st joint dark grey, 2nd black; flagellum with 1st joint 

 yellow, rest dark brown, each joint distinctly pubescent and with 

 a verticel of about four long hairs placed around the centre of the 

 joint. Palpi blackish. Thorax cinereous grey, wholly bare ; the 

 usual three fuscous stripes, narrow, and not very well marked ; 

 post-guttural callosities chiefly fuscous on dorsum ; sides of thorax 

 pale bluish cinereous, bare. Scutellum and metanotum bare 

 cinereous grey, with a very indistinct median darker line on 

 both. Abdomen dark brown, shortly pubescent, with very narrow 

 black edges and a thin black dorsal stripe, all more or less indis- 

 tinct. Belly lighter, posterior edges of segments pale. Ovipositor 

 shining dark brown, with long light brown shining ends. Legs: 

 coxae and trochanters yellowish, both with the tips narrowly black; 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish brown, minutely pubescent; tips 

 of tarsi darker. Wings yellowish grey ; venation normal ; stigma 

 consisting of a slight yellowish brown suffusion at tip of 1st longi- 

 tudinal vein. Halteres yellowish, clubs brown. 



Length 5 millim. 



Described from specimens from Kurseong, 4. vii. 08 (Annandale), 

 26. iii. 10 (Gravely), and Bhowali, Kumaou, 14. vi. 10, at light 

 (Imms). 



Type in the Indian Museum. 



374. Limnophila simplex, sp. nov. 



$ . Head : the large flat vertex and rather narrow frons light 

 grey ; back of head darker, with some long pale hairs. Proboscis 

 short, broad, rounded at tip, brown ; palpi blackish. Antennae 

 brownish yellow; basal joint of flagellum apparently considerably 

 flattened, broad. Thorax light greyish brown, with grey dusting 



