1909.] Records of the Indian Museum. 421 



Antennae brownish yellow, with a trace of bluish grey dust on 

 upper side of two basal joints. Back of head blackish grey, with 

 a thick fringe of long whitish grey hair which is absent on the 

 upper part. lyower facets of eye barely smaller than upper ones. 



Thorax. — Dark brownish black, moderately shining : humeri 

 shining brown; sides of thorax brown, light bluish grey dusted. 

 Scutellum dark brown, with erect brown hairs. 



Abdomen. — First four segments mainly 3^ellow, but dark brown 

 at the upper side of the first at the base, and a narrow dark brown 

 dorsal line, with a narrow line at each side of the abdomen ; these 

 three lines extending over the four segments. Posterior border 

 of fourth segment dark brown, the colour extending forward in 

 the centre, till it joins the dorsal stripe. Remainder of abdomen 

 dark shining brown, the posterior border of each segment bear- 

 ing a little bluish grey dust. Belly yellowish. The whole abdo- 

 men with moderately long hairs of similar colours to that of the 

 respective parts on which they are placed. Genitalia moderately 

 large, dark brown, shining, with black hairs. 



Legs. — Coxse, dark brownish with bluish grey shimmer ; 

 femora yellow, basal third in fore pair, basal half in middle pair 

 and basal two-thirds in hind pair black ; tibiae yellow, knees brown ; 

 basal half of tarsi yellow, apical half black. lyCgs with very short 

 black hairs. 



Wings. — Very pale grey, apical half a little darker ; discal 

 cell three times as long as broad ; no distinct stigma ; a brownish 

 irregular streak from the centre of the fore border, reaching to 

 about half way across the wing. Halteres yellow, knobs black; 

 tegulae blackish with yellow edges. 



Described from three & & in fairly good condition, in the Indian 

 Museum collection. The type is from Sadiya and the others from 

 Tenasserim. 



Atherix cinctat niihi, sp. nov. ' "" 



(Plate xii, fig. i, wing.) , :| 



$ . x\ssam. Long. 10 mm. 



Head. — Frons dull black, bare, the part immediately above 

 antennae with ash-grey reflections and a few hairs. Vertex black- 

 ish, only slightly indented ; ocelli dull red-brown. Eyes brown, 

 with a bronze reflection, facets of uniform size. Back of head 

 grey, with a fringe of short, black hairs on upper half, which are 

 replaced by longer, scattered white hairs on lower half. Antennae 

 dark brown, normal, first joint hairy above only, second joint 

 hairy above and below. Face below antennae ash-grey : palpi 

 and proboscis cinereous grey, with scattered hairs, the former with 

 some strong black hairs at tip. 



Thorax. — Ground colour blackish, with traces of cinereous 

 grey close pubescence, which in perfect examples probably covers 

 all the dorsum and sides ; with also some scattered longer hairs 

 over the whole thorax. Scutellum blackish, with scattered yellowish 



