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From Brunetti's description and figure it appears almost certaiti 

 that his fly is a Philorus rather than a Blepharocera. His 

 statement (Fauna of British India, Diptera Nematocera, p. 156, 

 1912), "The 4th, ^th, and 6th veins spring almost simultaneously 

 from a common stem quite near the base of the wing," can 

 mean nothing else than that the basal section of Mg is pre- 

 served, this being the generic character of Philorus Kellogg. 

 The rather indifferent figure supplied by Brunetti in the last 

 reference mentioned would bear this out. The species Philorus 

 bionis Agharkar (Records Indian Museum, vol. 10, p. 160, 

 1914) is specifically distinct from P. indica. 



NEW SPECIES OF LITHOSIIDAE FROM THE 

 ORIENTAL REGION 



(Lepidoptera) 



By W. SCHAUS 



Tigrioides soror, new species. 



Female. — Palpi black fringed below with whitish buff. Head 

 pale yellow. Collar and thorax light buff ; black points on front 

 of patagia. Abdomen capucine orange ; a whitish gray patch 

 dorsally at base; a sublateral series of black spots. Legs pale 

 buff at base, the tibiae almost entirely and tarsi black. Fore 

 wings light buff with faint darker streaks along median and 

 submedian fold; two postmedial black spots above and below 

 submedian vein. Hind wings pale maize yellow, the termen 

 narrowly and cilia darker. Wings below maize yellow, the 

 termen of fore wing narrowly fuscous, the costa of hind wing 

 narrowly orange yellow. 



Expanse, 48 mm. 



Habitat. — Mt. Salak, Java. 



Type.— Cat. No. 25154, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Collected by Bryant and Palmer. 



Nearest T. puncticollis Butler. 



Tigrioides luzonensis, new species. 



Female. — Palpi avellaneous above, buff yellow below. Head 



