68 STEATIOMl'ID^, 



with four annulations, a little more brownish with blackish tip. 

 Irons in $ as in 0. dorsoangulata, microscopically punctate, 

 except for a rather wide postocular orange margin which bears 

 very short, almost tomentose, yellow pubescence. Thorax black, 

 with rather dense, moderately long, yellowish -grey pubescence, 

 which extends below shoulders and over upper part of sides ; 

 lower part of sides with white pubescence. IScutellurn bright 

 orange-yellow or greenish yellow, with yellowish pubescence, base 

 narrowly black ; spines yellow. Abdomen yellowish or brownish 

 yellow ; an uninterrupted moderately broad median dorsal black 

 stripe composed of an elongate spot on middle of 1st segment and 

 a large squarish spot (narrowed towards hind margin) on both 2nd 

 and 3rd segments, a similar rather broader spot on 4th segment 

 rounded behind and encroaching on 5th segment. In the $ the 

 dorsal stripe slightly broader. Venter brownish yellow, more or 

 less darker towards tip. Legs orange, with very short whitish 

 pubescence ; coxae a little brownish, front pair blackish, with white 

 pubescence ; tarsi a little darker. Wings quite colourless ; 

 anterior veins and stigma pale yellowish ; halteres yellowish, some- 

 times apple-green. 



Length, 8-10 mm. 



Described from a few specimens of both sexes in the Indian 

 Museum (including types) from Kashmir, 1915 (H. T. Pease) ; 

 one $ from the Jhelum Valley, Kashmir, 5200 ft., vii-ix. 1915 

 {Pease). 



This is very like 0. solennis, Wlk., especially in the S , but the 

 difference in the $ § proves them to be quite distinct species, as 

 0. Jcashmirensis has broad postocular orbits and in 0. solennis 

 these are practically absent. The <$ 0. kashmirensis has the 

 facial prominence normally black ; in 0. solennis it is brownish 

 orange and more conspicuous. 



39. Odontomyia dorsoangulata, sp. nov. 



d 2 ' Head of <$ with eyes bare, contiguous for half the 

 distance from vertex to frontal triangle ; vertical triangle narrow, 

 black, with a few short yellow hairs ; ocelli distinct yellow or 

 brown ; frontal triangle and face orange, with a little whitish 

 pubescence ; lower part of head pale yellow, with short white 

 pubescence ; proboscis blackish ; palpi pale yellow ; antennae 

 orange, 3rd joint a little more brownish, with four annulations 

 and a rather long narrow pointed style ; occiput blackish, con- 

 siderably concave. Frons in $ at middle one-third width of head, 

 very slightly narrower at vertex, orange; face and lower part of 

 head orange-yellow ; frons a little more bright yellowish brown ; 

 postocular orbits inappreciable. Thorax black, dorsum with very 

 short close golden yellow or brassy pubescence, which, except 

 towards the sides and shoulders, becomes almost tomentose ; sides 

 of thorax mainly black about the centre, with short whitish 



