422 E. Brunetti : Oriental LeptidcB, [Voi,. II, 



grey hairs and reddish brown posterior border carrying a fringe of 

 black and grey hairs. 



Abdomen. — Shining dark blackish brown, shoulders promi- 

 nent, forming tawny brown calli with grey hair. The under side 

 of the first segment is in front continued in a yellow scaly process 

 extending downwards till it reaches the hind coxse. The first 

 and second segments are occupied by a pale bluish grey transverse 

 band, narrowly interrupted in the middle, and extending over the 

 sides to a considerable extent. This band carries pale concolorous 

 hair which is continued along the lower sides of the whole abdo- 

 men to the tip. The dorsum is clothed with short black pubes- 

 cence which, beginning with the third segment, extends round the 

 sides until it meets the hne of grey side hairs. A very narrow 

 bluish grey border to the fourth and fifth segments, the extreme 

 edge in the fifth and sixth segments being orange-brown. 



^Legs. — Blackish brown, minutely pubescent : apical half of 

 all femora and the whole of the middle tibiae reddish tawny. 

 Some whitish grey hairs below femora; hind tibiae shortly pubes- 

 cent, with reddish bronze reflections. 



Wings.— 'Vdle grey, apical half pale brownish. No distinct 

 stigma, but an ill-defined rather broad brown band runs from the 

 stigmatic portion of the costa towards the posterior border, but fades 

 away before reaching it. Discal cell three times as long as broad ; 

 anal cell closed just before the border. By a strong convergence 

 of the veins the fourth posterior cell {termin, O.S.) is almost closed ; 

 thus (if a stable specific character) separating this species from 

 all other Oriental species in this genus. Halteres yellowish, knobs 

 black, rather large. Tegulse cinereous grey. 



Described from one ? from Margherita, and two $ 2 from 

 the base of the Dawna Hills, Amherst District, lyower Burma, the 

 latter taken by Dr. Annandale, i-iii-o8 ; all in the Indian Museum 

 collection and in good condition. 



Athcrix metatarsalis, mihi, sp. nov. 

 (Plate xii, fig. 5, wing; 6, hind leg.) 



cf . Lower Burma. Long. 5 mm. 



Head. — Vertex small, prominent, with a few bristly hairs : eyes 

 contiguous for a moderate distance, the facets of the lower third 

 much smaller. Antennae pale yellow, with a few bristles and nearly 

 straight arista. Face bluish grey, palpi black. Lower side of 

 face with some long black hairs. Back of head grey encircled 

 with a row of irregular bristly hairs of different lengths. 



Thorax. — Rich shining brown with a semi- livid tinge towards 

 the sides in front ; sides with bluish grey reflections. Scutellum 

 concolorous, with a row of minute black bristles on posterior border. 

 Dorsum of thorax with scattered minute black bristles. 



Abdomen. — First joint pale yellowish with a few black hairs and 

 bristles ; remainder shining black. Dorsum of second with a slight 



