376 B. Brunetti : Indian Psychodidce. [Voiv. II, 



the length of the wing. The first longitudinal vein ends at the 

 centre of the costa ; the third ends at the extreme, slightly blunted, 

 tip of the wing ; the fourth divides from apparently a common stem 

 just below the divergence of the second and third ; the fourth fork- 

 ing a little beyond the fork of the upper prong of the second ; the 

 seventh is curved downward at the tip. The wings have a small spot 

 of snow-white scale-like bristles at the tip of all the veins (not always 

 very distinct), and two rather larger, similar spots on the costa, one 

 before the tip of the first longitudinal vein, and the other before the 

 uppermost branch of the second longitudinal vein. The under side 

 of the wing in certain lights shows a brilliant iridescence, due to 

 numerous, scattered, small scales of variegated colours. 



In all remaining points, as in squamipennis, but a very distinct 

 species. 



Described from one 5 in the Indian Museum collection taken 

 in Calcutta, 27-viii-07. 



Psychoda atrisquamis, mihi, sp. nov. 

 2 , Calcutta. Long. i|- mm. 



Very near squamipennis and argenteopunctata. The wings are 

 almost entirely clothed with soft black hairs, and the basal and 

 central portions with thick black scales which, in certain lights, 

 and from the under side view , appear partly iridescent. At the tip 

 of each vein is a small bunch of snow-white, moderately long, scale- 

 like hairs. The legs are almost wholly black, with a few small 

 white scales at the tip of the tibiae, and (at least, on the hind pair) 

 a few at the tips of the metatarsus and succeeding joint. 



Type (a perfect unique ? ) in the Indian Museum, taken on a 

 window of the Museum building by Dr. Annandale, 22-vii-o8. 



N.B. — It is possible that this may be identical with argenteo- 

 punctata, as, though they appear quite distinct when viewed side 

 by side, it is difficult to specify any strong point of difference, 

 except that this species is coal-black, whilst argenteopunctata is 

 brownish. 



Psychoda nigripennis, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf $ . Himalayas (Simla and Darjiling districts) ; Bengal. 

 Long, f to i|- mm. 



Body yellow, wholly covered with greyish brown hair, which 

 in certain lights appears whitish. 



Head: Eyes jet-black, facets very large. Antennae ; basal 

 joints short and not broader than the flagellum., yellow, with some 

 black bristles ; second joint spherical ; flagellum of fourteen joints, of 

 which the first ten are flask-shaped (as in bengalensis) ; the eleventh 

 has no " neck," and is roughly ovate; the twelfth, thirteenth and 

 fourteenth are very minute, the two former cup-shaped, the ter- 

 minal joint spherical. The verticels of greyish white hair on each 



