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almost reaching tips of the gently curved anal valves. 

 Leys dark brown, with a slight purplish sheen ; front and 

 middle femora with a narrow ring of yellowish pubescence 

 before tbe tip, and another much narrower still at the 

 extreme tips. (Hind legs missing.) Wi7igs with the vena- 

 tion of /i*. varius, Mg. Cord somewhat darkened, but no 

 clear spot in cell Ri beyond tbe stigma. Halteres pale 

 yellow, apical half of knob pure wbite. 



Length of body 3'2 mm. ; wing 4-8 mm. 



Formosa : Noko, 11. v. 1919 {T. ShiraJd), 1 ? . 



Apparently closely allied to E. pulcher, Brun., from 

 which it differs in the unicolorous thorax. 



MoIopJdlus nigripes, sp. u. 



Head dull dark grey. Palpi black. Antennae longer than 

 thorax, blackish ; flagellar joints all rather elongate-oval, 

 gradually and slightly diminishing in length, with one or 

 two longish stiff hairs near base, and clothed in addition, 

 except at base and tip, with long soft pubescence, about 

 as long as the joint which bears it. Thorax dull black, 

 with short black pubescence ; a whitish line at margin 

 of mesonotum. Abdomen black, slightly shining, with 

 moderately long yellowish pubescence. Hypopygium : 

 ventral lobe of side-piece long and narrow. Claspers long, 

 rather slender, nearly straight ; upper pair sharp-pointed, 

 lower pair with rounded tips. iEdoeagus not visible ex- 

 ternally. Leys blackish, the trochanters yellow. Wings 

 slightly greyish -, costa and radial vein yellowish ; hair 

 rather light brown, paler towards costa. Ax ending slightly 

 beyond foi'k of Cu. Halteres yellow. 



Length of body 3-2 mm, ; wing 4*8 mm. 



Formosa: Noko, 11. v. 1919 {T. Shiraki), 1 (^ . 



The only other described Oriental species with similar 

 autenuse is M. assamensis, Brun,, which has yellow legs. 



L 1 M N O P H I L I N I. 



Epiphragmu kempt, Brun. 

 Rec. Ind. Mus. viii. p. lo5 (1913). 

 Formosa: Arisan, 25. iv, 1919 {T. Shiraki), 1 ^ . 



Limnophila nigronitida, sp. n. 



Head black, slightly dusted with grey. Palpi and antennse 

 black; antennse shorter than the thorax; flagellar joints 



