474 A Monogi^aph of Cutieidae, 



both united, posterior cross-vein longer than the mid nearly 

 three times its own length distant from it \ fringe dark 

 and dense. 



Halteres with pale stem and fuscous knob. 



Length. — 3 • 5 to 4 mm. 



$ . Palpi long and thin, longer than the proboscis by the 

 last and nearly half the penultimate segments, with a few spines 

 or hairs only on the two apical segments, the two segments 

 nearly equal, black, remainder of palpi dull yellowish -brown. 

 Fore ungues unequal, uniserrated ; hind equal and simple ; 

 mid (?). 



Wings with short fork-cells, the first sub-marginal considerably 

 longer and narrower than the second posterior ; its base a little 

 nearer the base of the wing, its stem about two-thirds the length 

 of the cell ; stem of the second posterior slightly longer than the 

 cell ; posterior cross- vein longer than the mid, sloping backwards 

 and about two-and-a-half times its own length distant from it ; 

 with the exception of the apical portions of the veins there are no 

 lateral vein scales, only a narrow single row of median ones. 



Halteres pale with fuscous knob. 



Length. — 4 mm. 



Habitat. — Peradeniya, Ceylon (E. E. Green). 



Time of capture. — May. 



Observations. — Described from two £'u and several 9 ' s - It 

 generally resembles L. fraudatrix, Theobald, but the £ can at 

 once be told by the different palpi and antennal organs. 



Lophoceratomyia fraudatrix. Theobald (1905). 

 Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung. III., p. 94 (1905). 



Head black, with a pale triangular median frontal area. 

 Thorax brown. Abdomen black, unbanded. Legs uniformly 

 brown, paler at the base. Wings unspotted, veins and scales 

 brown, with slight ochreous tinge. Male with rich deep brown 

 antennal hairs and black tuft-organs. 



9 . Head black, with some small narrow-curved pale and 

 dull golden scales in front, sides with dull creamy small flat 

 scales, similar grey ones, forming a line around the eyes ; pro- 

 boscis brown ; palpi brown ; antennae brown, basal segment 

 black. 



Thorax brown, with very small and small scattered pale dull 



