.Mi..F. K. .M:ilK)c-li ox /.r.fo^jc' Muscat iihi>. ]'.).\ 



move antrro-vcntrril bristles, the posterior sjirfacc nitli a 

 series of loiij^setnlie on nu-.liaii half. Venation as in lucoruin. 



Ftinalf. — Siujilar to tin* male, tlio froiis oiic-tliiiil of tljc 

 head- width. 



Lcnf;;th 7-S nnn. 



Ti/pi\ male, allotype, and one female paratype, CJulrnarg, 

 Kashmir, 8500 feet, summer, 11)13 (/''. //', Tliumson). 



Spiliivia fuscoapicatit , sp. n. 



Female. — Blaek, densely jjrey-pruincscent. Antennne and 

 palpi hlaek. Thorax with tour l)rowniKh-l)lack vitt;e anteriorly 

 and a poorly detined eentral vitta posteriorly. Dorsnm of 

 abdomen with two pairs of hirj^e fuscous spots, one ou 

 second and the other on third terj^ite, and also with a faint 

 eentral line and lateral eheckerinj^s blackish. Legs ruf(jns, 

 apices of femora narrowly bbickened al)ove, tarsi black, tibire 

 a little infuscated at bases al)ove. Winj^s clear, both cross- 

 veins broadly blackish, (.'alyptrie whitish. Halteres yellow. 



Eyes hairy, head normal. Thorax with four |)airs of post- 

 sutural dorso-eentrals ; prealar very short, but strong ; 

 scutellum and hypopleura as in lucorum; st('rno-[)leiirals 2 :2. 

 Abdomen elongate-ovate, apical bristles on fourth tergite 

 (oth) much weaker than those at middle. Fore tibia with 

 a median bristle : mid-femnr with three or four bristles ou 

 basal half of postero-ventral surface ; hind femur with a 

 series of long antero-ventral bristles, and some short bristles 

 on basal half of postero-ventral surface ; hind tibia with two 

 or three anteio-dorsal and three or fcnir antero-ventral 

 bristles, and one or two short setulie near base ou postero- 

 dor$al surface. Outer cross- vein nearly straight ; veins 3 

 and 4 divergent apically. 



Length H-9 mm. 



fi/jje and jjaratypc, Kabctc, Kenya Colony, 28. viii. 11)1 f, 

 on window (7'. J. AntUrsun), 



This species closely resembles Mij(Uea (jiiuiirujjle.r,'Sii:\\\,'iH\d 

 M. hirticeps, Stein { = mollis, Stein), but both of these have 

 three pairs of postsutural dorso-central bristles and differ 

 otherwise, though Stein describes the female of the latter as 

 having four pairs. There may be some eiror in his ideutiti- 

 catiou, as there arc several closely related species. 



Genus loioPYciUs, Malloch. 



I have only recently obtained access to a copy of Stein's 

 paper ou the Diptera collected by .Vlhiaud and Jtannel in 

 J'^ast Africa, and Hnd that his Myihea trochanlcrata belongs to 



