380 B. Brunetti : Indian Psychodidce. [Voi,. II, 



are in the main black, but those on the proximal half of the disc 

 (except those in the immediate vicinity of the third vein) are dis- 

 tinctly more erect than the others, and are distinctly grey. A 

 thick row of bushy, long, black bristly hair on nearly the whole 

 length of the seventh vein. Wing-border with fringe of black 

 hair which is rather short on the apical half, longer on the basal 

 half of the costa, and longest and thickest on the basal half of 

 posterior border. Towards the ends of some of the veins are a 

 few silvery white, irregularly placed, elongated scales. 



The genital apparatus consists of a single, horny, pointed, bare 

 appendage of moderate size, projecting rather prominently. 



Described from ten 5 2 in the Indian Museum collection from 

 Kurseong, taken by Dr. Annandale, 5-vii-o8. A 2 from Siliguri, 

 North Bengal, 18 — 20-vii-o7, is in the same collection. 



N.B. — I suspect that this species is the 2 of spinicornis on 

 account of all the specimens of that species being . a' cf , and all 

 those of appendiculata 2 2 ; taken into consideration with the fact 

 that they were nearly all captured at the same time, and in the 

 same locality. I also found both sexes at Darjiling from September 

 20th this year up to October 2nd, the females being rather common 

 on windows and attached to the under side of large leaves on the 

 hillside, in both situations in company with an abundance of Psy- 

 clioda hengalensis. As I know of no other species in the family 

 varying sexually to such a striking extent as occurs between the 

 present two forms in the first joint of the flagellum, I refrain from 

 uniting both forms under one name: should they represent one 

 species only, the name spinicornis must stand. 



Pericoma annandaici, mihi, sp. nov. 

 2 . Darjiling district. lyong. 2 mm. 



Head : Frons with long greyish white bristly hairs, and a few 

 black bristles about the mouth. Eyes black, facets large, those on 

 upper border of eyes bronze. Antennal scape thickly clothed 

 with long white scales, and on upper side with some blackish brown 

 ones ; flagellum of thirteen elongated, cigar-shaped, light brown 

 joints, clothed rather thickly with long greyish white, bristly hairs. 

 Palpi well developed, long, black, thickly clothed with black scaly 

 bristles and hairs. Back of head black, iDare. 



Thorax moderately shining black, with long black hair which 

 in certain lights has a blackish grey tint. Humeral calli bare, 

 distinct, shining black. 



Abdomen black, with black bristly hairs. Ovipositor brown, 

 of moderate size and normal shape. 



Legs brown, with black and grey hairs, and both black and 

 white bristles, the latter less numerous than the black ones. The 

 tips of the tibiae have a few white scales, the metatarsi are nearly 

 wholly clothed thickly with white scales, and there are also a few 

 at the extreme tips of the tarsi. 



