108 LEPTID.K 



with soft pale yellowish-white pubescence. Abdomen 7-segmented, 

 2nd the broadest, dark blackish grey with soft pale yellowish- 

 white pubescence ; genitalia small, inconspicuous. Legs black ; 

 knees and femora more or less brownish yellow at base, the 

 colour on the fore pair extending beyond the middle ; hind tibia? 

 widened towards tips, hind metatarsus distinctly incrassate ; the 

 whole of the legs shortly pubescent ; anterior tibiae unarmed, 

 posterior tibiae with two distinct yellowish spines. Wings as in 

 Lejptis, except that the anal cell is closed just before the border, 

 pale grey; stigma blackish, very elongate; two indistinct pale 

 blackish suffusions, the first, from the origin of the 2nd vein, 

 embracing the anterior cross-vein, the base of the discal cell, and 

 the posterior cross-vein ; the second runs from the fork of the 

 3rd vein to the hinder side of the discal cell, along its outer side ; 

 costal cell rather broad, the costa curving outwards slightly; 

 halteres brownish yellow. 



Length, 5-6 mm. 



Described from two <5 6 in the Indian Museum from Badrinath, 

 Garhwal District, 10,200 ft., 27. v. 1910 (Dr. A. D. Imms). 



Genus PARA&THR0PEAS, nov. 

 Genotype, Pararthropeas tliereviformis, sp. nov. 



Head transverse, as broad as thorax ; eyes bare, with very small 

 facets of uniform size ( $ ) ; proboscis rather short, thick ; palpi 

 as long as proboscis, cylindrical, straight, bare, porrect ; irons 

 narrow, with parallel sides ; face broader, with nearly parallel 

 sides, not projecting beyond eye-margins ; occiput flattened, or 

 slightly concave ; antennae longer than breadth of head, cylindrical, 

 barely appreciably narrower towards tip ; 1st and 2nd joints short, 

 bristly ; 2nd shorter than 1st, as broad as long ; 3rd divided 

 by eight impressed lines into nice annulations of equal length, 

 except the 1st, which is considerably the longest; last joint 

 bluntly pointed, without style. Thorax oblong, humeri promi- 

 nent, nearly bare, with no obvious bristles, minutely pubescent ; 

 scutellum transverse, unarmed. Abdomen subcylindrical, about 

 twice as long as thorax, slightly flattened, with nearly parallel 

 sides for some distance, gradually narrowing to tip, 7-segmented, 

 the last segment very short. Legs of moderate size and strength ; 

 hind femora considerably incrassate, with a row of small blunt 

 spines on underside ; posterior tibiae with two spurs, front tibiae 

 apparently unarmed ; tarsi as long as tibiae, front pair distinctly 

 longer ; claws distinct, three pulvilli. Wings with auxiliary vein 

 ending at about middle of costa, 1st longitudinal ending a little 

 beyond ; 2nd vein beginning at about middle of wing, ending a 

 little beyond 1st vein ; 3rd vein beginning shortly after 2nd, 

 forked at half its length, the branches gradually diverging, the 

 lower branch ending at wing-tip ; anterior cross-vein near base of 

 discal cell, which is twice as long as broad; 5 posterior cells, 

 1st gradually widening from base to tip ; 2nd and 3rd truncate at 



