68 STEATIOMYIDjE, 



with four annulations, a little more brownish with blackish tip. 

 1'rons in $ as in 0. dorsoangulata, microscopically punctate, 

 except for a rather wide postocular orange margin which bears 

 very short, almost tomentose, yellow pubescence. Thorax black, 

 with rather dense, moderately long, yellowish -grey pubescence, 

 which extends below shoulders and over upper part of sides ; 

 lower part of sides with white pubescence. Scutellum bright 

 orange-yellow or greenish yellow, with yellowish pubescence, base 

 narrowly black; spines yellow. Abdomen yellowish or brownish 

 yellow ; an uninterrupted moderately broad median dorsal black 

 stripe composed of an elongate spot on middle of 1st segment and 

 a large squarish spot (narrowed towards hind margin) on both 2nd 

 and 3rd segments, a similar rather broader spot on 4th segment 

 rounded behind and encroaching on 5th segment. In the the 

 dorsal stripe slightly broader. Venter brownish yellow, more or 

 less darker towards tip. Legs orange, with very short whitish 

 pubescence ; coxae a little brownish, front pair blackish, with white 

 pubescence ; tarsi a little darker. Wings quite colourless ; 

 anterior veins and stigma pale yellowish ; halteres yellowish, some- 

 times apple-green. 



Length, 8-10 mm. 



Described from a few specimens of both sexes in the Indian 

 Museum (including types) from Kashmir, 1915 (H. T. Pease) ; 

 one $ from the Jhelum Valley, Kashmir, 5200 ft., vii-ix. 1915 

 (Pease). 



This is very like 0. solennis, Wlk., especially in the d 1 , but the 

 difference in the 5 $ proves them to be quite distinct species, as 

 0. Jcaskmirensis has broad postocular orbits and in 0. solennis 

 these are practically absent. The $ 0. kashmirensis has the 

 facial prominence normally black ; in 0. solennis it is brownish 

 orange and more conspicuous. 



39. Odontomyia dorsoangulata, sp. nov. 



<S $ . Head of J with eyes bare, contiguous for half the 

 distance from vertex to frontal triangle ; vertical triangle narrow, 

 black, with a few short yellow hairs ; ocelli distinct yellow or 

 brown; frontal triangle and face orange, with a little whitish 

 pubescence ; lower part of head pale yellow, with short white 

 pubescence; proboscis blackish; palpi pale yellow; antennae 

 orange, 3rd joint a little more brownish, with four annulations 

 and a rather long narrow pointed style ; occiput blackish, con- 

 siderably concave. Frons in $ at middle one-third width of head, 

 very slightly narrower at vertex, orange; face and lower part of 

 head orange-yellow ; frons a little more bright yellowish brown ; 

 postocular orbits inappreciable. Thorax black, dorsum with very 

 short close golden yellow or brassy pubescence, which, except 

 towards the sides and shoulders, becomes almost tomentose ; sides 

 of thorax mainly black about the centre, with short whitish 



