Mr. J. R. Malloch on Exotic MuscariJre. 417 



on dorsum, one on each side of median line. Legs yellow, 

 tarsi fuscous. Wings clear, veins yellow at bases. Calyptra3 

 and halteres yellow. 



Eyes with short sparse hairs ; frons one-third of the head- 

 width above antennae, narrower posteriorly, the bristling 

 normal ; parafacial narrow ; vibrissal angle slightly pro- 

 duced ; cheek not markedly higher than width of third 

 antennal segment, the latter fully three times as long as 

 second ; longest hairs on arista about as long as width of 

 third antennal segment. Thorax with three pairs of post- 

 sutural dorso-centrals ; presutural acrostichals absent, pre- 

 alar very long ; hypopleura bare ; no hairs adjacent to 

 notopleurals. Basal sternite bare. Fore tibia with two 

 posterior bristles ; fore tarsi slender, much longer than tibia, 

 without outstanding sensory hairs on posterior side ; mid- 

 femur without long bristles on ventral surface; mid-tibia 

 with two posterior bristles ; hind femur with two or three 

 preapical antero-veutral bristles and a few setulose hairs 

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

 antero-dorsal bristles and four or five antero-veutral setulae, 

 the calcar short, about one-sixth from apex to tibia. Wings 

 normal. 



Length 10 mm. 



Ti/jje, Kashmir, Gulmarg,8500 feet, summer 1913 {F. W. 

 TlLumsun) . 



Phaonia abnormis (Stein). 



This African species was originally placed in the genus 

 Mydcea by Stein, and named abnormis because it lias a strong 

 postero-dorsal bristle on the bind tibia. As this is now 

 accepted as the character for separating Phaonia from his 

 concept of Myd(ea, the specific name is rather inappro- 

 priate now. 



I have seen a number of specimens from West Africa, 

 where it is, to judge from the material sent to me, the 

 commonest species of the genus, which is very poorly repre- 

 sented in Africa. 



Genus Psiloch^ta, Stein. 



This genus is known to me only through a female of 

 cJialybea, Wiedemann, and Stein's description. 



The species known to me agrees with Phaonia in having 

 the hypopleura hairy on upper margin in front of spiracle, 

 the calcar present, prealar long, pteropleura bare, and in the 

 bristling of the frons of the female. The only characters 



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