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extreme edge of the abdomen^ except just before the tip, with a 

 fringe of short bright yeUow hair. 



Legs whohy brown, with 3'ellow hair on outer side of all 

 tibia?, on the coxae, and on hind femora ; the latter with a fringe 

 of brown hair on more than the apical half below. 



I'Fzngs yellow, veins tawny brown, stigma tawny brown, placed 

 near tip of wing ; halteres and tegulse yellowish brown. 



Described from the type-example in the Indian Museum collec- 

 tion. 



It is interesting to add a second species to this curious genus 

 originally described b}' Walker from Papua. The inflexed portions 

 of the 3rd and 4th longitudinal veins (Verrall's subapical and pos- 

 tical veins) are considerably curved, exactl}' as in Merodon. 



LYCASTRIS, Wlk. 



L. albipes, Wlk. (PI. xi, figs. 14, 15.) 



(Syn. Xiphopheroinyia glossata , Big.) 



A (f from Mussoorie in the Indian Museum collection agrees 

 with the author's description, except that the pubescence is yellowish 

 instead of white, yet I have no doubt of it being this species. 

 Walker says the legs are white. The specimen only possesses one 

 leg (fore leg), which is yellow with black base to the femora. 



L. flavohirta, mihi, sp. nov. (PI. xi, figs. t6, 17.) 

 cf . Darjiling. lyong. 10 mm. 



Antennse protuberance and snout all shining black, except a 

 yellowish streak each side, commencing broadly at the e^-e, just 

 below the antennse, and gradually narrowing, extending nearly to 

 the tip of the snout. Proboscis black. AntenucC black, 3rd joint 

 dark reddish brown, arista bare. Eyes quite bare, contiguous only 

 immediately above the antennse, thence diverging rather widely 

 to the vertex, which is yellowish black with a few long grey hairs ; 

 ocelli distinct, small, well separated. Sides and under side of head 

 with pale yellow hairs, shortest above, longest near the mouth. 



Thorax aenous, blackish grey at sides, dorsum and sides with 

 long pale greenish yellow hair, thickest on posterior part. vScutel- 

 lum unicolorous, with long yellow hair. 



Abdomen bright yellow, ist segment wholly aenous black on 

 dorsum, the colour extending to the 2nd segment in the form of 

 a triangle on the base of the segment. The whole abdomen covered 

 with long soft hair, which is greenish yellow on basal segments, 

 and bright yellow on the rest. Belly wholly yellow, with short 

 yellow hair. 



Legs bright yellow, coxse, and about basal half of femora, 

 black ; anterior tarsi wholly, middle pair at tip, black ; posterior 

 metatarsus very long, and with extreme tip of tibiae red, tips of 

 posterior tarsi black. A\] the femora have a fringe of yellow hair, 



