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ochrace(^,sulm^ltica,Sind^ndic(l : Siliguri ; liampore, Chaka, United 

 Provinces, 23-31. ii. 1907 ; Eanchi ; Bareilly ; Calcutta, 21.iii. 

 J907, 14. vi. 1907, 22. vi. 1907 (Paiva), 23. viii. 1907, 28. ix. 1907. 

 My indica was described from Chapra, Bengal (Mackenzie}. 



The four prominent black spots on the front of tlie head, the 

 bands on the legs (though these are sometimes much paler than 

 usual), the very reduced discal cell, and very small scutellar spines 

 all combine to characterize very distinctly this variable species. 

 The form with wholly yellow abdomen, except for a single small 

 black spot at base of 2nd segment, is represented by a <S in the 

 Indian Museum, and 0. pusilla, !\, is probably identical. 



37. Odontomyia rubrithorax, Macq. 



Odontomyia rubrithorax, Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i, pt. 1, p. 185 

 (1838) ; Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. i, p. 128 (1907) ; de Meijere, 

 Tijd. v. Ent. 1, p. 224 (1907). 



Odontomyia immaculata, Bruuetti, loc. cit. p. 130. 



d 1 . Head in c? black, with short pale hair beloAv ; a shining 

 black tubercle immediately below antennae, which are dark reddish 

 brown, tips black, 1st and 2nd joints tawny ; eyes large, bai*e, 

 upper facets much larger than lower ones, contiguous tor a short 

 distance ; vertical triangle small, black ; frontal triangle small, 

 reddish brown. In $ , frons forming one-third of the head, very 

 slightly broader at level of antennae than at vertex, shining black, 

 with very short silvery-white pubescence. Thorax dull black, 

 with short, meagre, golden or brassy pubescence ; sides black, with 

 a little white pubescence ; scutellum black, gold-dusted, spines 

 very short. Abdomen pale greenish or yellowish, more or less 

 brownish on apical half ; sometimes wholly pale. Legs orange- 

 yellow ; front femora with a narrow brown ring in middle or a 

 streak on underside ; middle femora with a brown streak on under- 

 side which is sometimes continued as a ring up the sides ; all tips 

 of tarsi slightly darker. Wings almost colourless, anterior veins 

 pale yellowish, the rest almost invisible; halteres yellow. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Described from various Indian specimens : Bareilly (Brunetti) -, 

 Asansol, 13-14. ii. 1910; Calcutta, 12. iv. 1908, 5.iv. 1907; Port 

 Canning, 24. xi. 1907 ; Java. 



38. Odontomyia kashmirensis, sp. nov. 



rf $ . Head of d" with eyes bare, contiguous for only a short 

 space ; frons widening gradually to vertex, shining black, practi- 

 cally bare, except for a patch of yellowish-grey pubescence at 

 extreme vertex ; ocelli brown, on a black elevated triangle ; 

 occiput black ; face black, with considerable yellowish-grey pubes- 

 cence, the median space slightly prominent, more or less shining 

 black, sometimes dark brown, with less pubescence ; mouth-region 

 and palpi yellowish ; proboscis black ; antennae orange, 3rd joint 



