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tomeutum ; abdominal bands milk-white. Wings either clear 

 partly suffused along the veins distally, or the tip faintly suffused. 

 Three $ $> from Mandalay, ]2. iii. 1908, and Moulmein, 28. ii. 

 1908 (Annandale), all in the Indian Museum. 



247. Phycus argentiventris, sp. nov. 



3 . ITead: eyes contiguous for a considerable distance ; vertical 

 triangle bluish grey ; frons and face bluish grey, rather shining; 

 :intennal prominence black ; antenna? dull brownish yellow, 1st 

 and 2nd joints pubescent ; vertical margin and behind upper part 

 of eyes with a row of well-separated black bristles ; occiput 

 ash-grey, rather shining in certain lights ; lower part wilh soft 

 white hairs. Thorax as in brunneus, the median stripe with a 

 bluish tinge. Abdomen comparatively flattened above, covered 

 with bluish-grey tomentum, which (seen from in frontj glistens 

 silvery white ; some sparse white pubescence at sides, longer 

 towards base ; hind border of 3rd segment with a narrow yellowish 

 band, rather inconspicuous ; traces of a similar band on 4th seg- 

 ment ; genitalia large, conspicuous, bright orange with a little 

 black pubescence ; venter black, hind margin of at least 2nd, 3rd, 

 and 4th segments with a distinct yellowish band. Legs : femora 

 and posterior tibiae blackish ; fore tibia? and tarsi dull yellowish 

 brown ; posterior tarsi pale yellowish, blackish at tip and at tips 

 of joints. Wings as in brunneus, unmarked; halteres blackish 

 brown. 



Length, 7 mm. 



Described from a single specimen from Unt-hogaon, Naini Tal 

 Distr., 13.iv.1910, in the Indian Museum. Specimens subsequently 

 seen in the British Museum from Periyakulam, Ceylon, 22, 23. ii. 

 1891 (Yerbury). 



A very distinct species, characterised by the contiguous eyes and 

 silvery abdomen. 



248. Phycus atripes, Brun., nom. nov. 



Phycus nigripes, Bruuetti (nee Kriiber, 1912), Bee. Lid. Mus. vii, 

 p. 480 (1912). 



Allied to brunneus, but quite distinct owing to the 3rdantennal 

 joint being evidently longer than the 1st and the wholly black 

 legs. Lower half of frons wholly shimmering silvery white, 

 without the large shining jet-black spot immediately above the 

 antenna? which is so conspicuous in both those forms ; 3rd 

 antennal joint cylindrical, much narrower than in the other 

 species. Median dorsal stripe faint ; abdominal bands very nar- 

 row, milk-white, only the one on the 2nd segment really distinct. 

 Legs wholly black, including coxa?, which have a little bluish- 

 white shimmer. Wings clear, with a distinct blackish suffusion 

 towards tip, extending from the costa over about the distal half 

 of the 2nd longitudinal vein, reaching irregularly to the hind 



