Mr. J. R. Malloch on Exotic Muscaridse. 237 



frontalia obliterated on upper half; orbits setulose on lower 

 half ; arista pubescent ; cheeks very narrow, with strong 

 marginal bristles. Thorax with three pairs of short 

 presutural acrostichals ; prealar very long. Abdomen 

 subcylindrical ; hypopygiura small ; processes of fifth sternite 

 of moderate length, almost bare on basal half, with a few 

 strong bristles apically. Fore tibia with one antero-dorsal 

 and two posterior bristles ; mid-femur with one bristle at 

 base on ventral surface ; mid-tibia with one antero-dorsal 

 and four irregularly arranged posterior bristles ; hind femur 

 with an antero-ventral series of sparse bristles and two or 

 three bristles on basal half of postero-ventral surface ; hind 

 tibia with two postero-dorsal, one antero-ventral, and three 

 antero-dorsal bristles, and an extra bristle on posterior 

 surface basad of middle. Veins 3 and 4 subparallel apically. 

 Calyptrse subequal. 



Female. — Frons about one-third of the head-width, lower 

 s\ipra-orbital bristle directed forward ; cruciate bristles 

 absent. 



Length 7 mm. 



lype, male, allotvpe, and one male and one female para- 

 type, (lulmarg, Kashmir, 1918, 8500 feet {F. W. Thomson). 



This species differs from its allies in the colour of the 

 legs and in having an extra bristle on the posterior surface 

 of the hind tibia. 



Australasian Species. 

 Subfamily Fmaoniin^e. 



Myiospila flavicans, sp. n. 



Female. — Testaceous yellow, slightly shining. Head 

 fuscous, orbits, face^ and cheeks with white pruinescence ; 

 palpi fuscous ; antennae yellow, second segment darker. 

 Thoracic dorsum with four reddish vittse, the intervening 

 spaces yellowish pruinescent. Dorsum of abdomen with 

 very faint traces of a pair of spots on teigites 2 and 3. 

 Tarsi barely darker than tibiae. Wings clear, veins yellow, 

 darker apically. Calyptrse and halteres yellow. 



Eyes with microscopic hairs ; frons at vertex about one- 

 fifth of the head-width, nearly twice as wide anteriorly ; 

 interfrontalia with a pair of weak cruciate bristles; anterior 

 orbital bristle much stronger than the others ; arista long 

 plumose. Thorax without diflferentiated presutural acro- 

 stichal bristles ; postsutural dorso-centrals 4; prcalur bristle 



