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pale yellowish tinge ; whole abdomen with black bristly hairs. Belly 

 black, pale yellow at base ; genitalia black, hairy, apparently in 

 three pieces, moderately prominent. 



Legs. — Pale brownish yellow, posterior coxae shining brown, 

 middle femora brownish except at base and tip, hind femora with 

 distal half dark brown ; hind tibiae dark brown, hind metatarsi 

 much thickened. All the legs shortly pubescent, the hairs being 

 softer and longer below the femora and shorter and more bristly 

 on the tibiae (especially the hind pair) and tarsi. 



Wings. — Clear, with three distinct broad dark brown bands from 

 the costa towards the hind margin : the first beginning at the basal 

 cross- veins, filling one-half of the basal cells, and one- third of the 

 anal cell, thence disappearing ; the second is rather narrower 

 and in exactly the middle of the wing, reaching from the costa 

 almost to the hind border but leaving a narrow clear margin ; this 

 band encloses the inner cross-vein and nearly fills the basal half 

 of the discal cell ; the third is joined on the costa to the second 

 by the stigma, extends nearly to the tip of the wing, leaving a 

 narrow clear margin, and reaches the posterior border, filling the 

 whole of the second, third and fourth posterior cells. Stigma very 

 dark brown, filling all the cell as far inwards to just above the 

 origin of the third longitudinal vein. Halteres rather long and 

 prominent, pale yellow; clubs black, elongated. 



Described from a perfect unique specimen taken by Dr. 

 Annandale on the Dawna Hills (2 — 3,000 ft.), 2 — 3-iii-o8. In the 

 Indian Museum collection. A very distinct species, and with the 

 appearance of a Chrysopilus. 



LEPTIS, Fab. 

 Leptis apicipennis, niihi, sp. nov. 

 (Plate xii, fig. 7, wing.) 

 5 . Assam. lyong. 6 mm. 



Head. — Frons and face gre}^ dusted, with a large, shining black, 

 inverted heart-shaped tubercle in the middle, and extending on 

 each side to the eyes. Ocelli reddish tawny, semi-transparent, 

 situated on the extreme vertex. First antennal joint bright 

 tawny (rest absent). Proboscis shining chestnut-brown, bare, 

 grey dusted at sides. Palpi large, tawny brown, hairy. Back 

 of head semi-circular, with a weak, irregular fringe of short pale 

 hairs. 



Thorax. — Dorsum brown, moderately shining, sides dark grey- 

 ish. Scutellum ^^ellowish tawny, with a very few short irregular 

 black hairs. 



Abdomen. — Tawny with scattered pale hairs : with a black- 

 ish brown, dorsal, wide, irregular band which occupies the whole 

 of the last two or three segments ; and with a blackish irregular 

 line on the sides of the abdomen. 



