DIPTERA FROM NEPAL n 



Mesonotum matt black, somewhat bluish grey pollinose. Scutellum matt black, unicolorous. 

 Thoracic pleura black, bluish grey pollinose. Only one prominent humeral. Prescutellars 

 long. Acrostichal hairs in eight rows. Anterior dorsocentrals three-fourths length of posteriors, 

 distance between anterior and posterior dorsocentrals slightly shorter than distance between 

 anterior pair. Anterior scutellars divergent ; posterior scutellars three-fifths length of anteriors. 

 Sterno-index about 07 ; median sternopleural slender. Legs yellowish brown ; femora 

 darker ; fore femur with a row of about ten short black stout setae anteroventrally on distal 

 two-thirds, ventrally with a stout seta near apex. Preapicals well developed on all legs ; apicals 

 prominent on mid leg. Wings narrow, deeply fuscous especially along costa. Costa with 

 sparse long black setae besides the usual strong fringe. C-index about 4-5 ; 4V-index about 

 15 ; 4C-index about 06 ; 5x-index about 2-7 ; Ac-index about 15. Ci-bristles two, well 

 developed ; C3-fringe on basal one-fifth. Halteres yellowish white. Abdomen black, slender ; 

 caudal tergite with about three pairs of long stout black bristles. 



Periphallic organs : Genital arch black, broad, much narrowing above, with microtrichia and 

 scattered macrotrichia, toe broad and triangular. Clasper absent. Cercus fusiform, brownish 

 black, with thick microtrichia, which are especially long at lower apex. Phallic organs : 

 Aedeagus orange-brown, rod-like, straight, apically curved ventrally, basally swollen laterally ; 

 apodeme thick, straight. PI about 1-3. Anterior paramere slender, straight, tapering, orange- 

 brown, with a few sensilla in a longitudinal row on distal half. Posterior parameres fused to 

 form a broad triangular medially pointed black lobe. Ventral fragma short, p.f. =ABCDEF 

 gHikLMN. Hypandrial plate setigerous. 



Taplejung District, between Sangu and Tamrang, mixed shrubs in deep gorge, 

 c. 5,200', 10.xi.1961, 1 cJ, 1 ex. (R.L.C.). 



Distribution : Nepal (new locality), Europe. 



The J genitalia agree with those figured by Basden and Collin (1958 : Text-fig. 5) 

 for the European form. 



APSINOTA van der Wulp 

 Apsinota van der Wulp, 1887 : 178. 



Type-species : Apsinota pictiventris van der Wulp, 1887 : 178 (Java). 



Key to Species 



1 Front with a pair of dark longitudinal stripes. Mesonotum uniformly greyish white, 

 somewhat bluish pollinose. Acrostichal hairs in about four rows. Anterior 

 scutellar about twice as long as the posteriors. Legs entirely yellow ; mid tibia 

 with row of long setae anteriorly ....... rufipes (p. 11) 



- Body larger and darker. Front with two pairs of dark longitudinal stripes. Mesono- 

 tum dark greyish black, with two pairs of bluish white longitudinal stripes. 

 Acrostichal hairs in six rows. Anterior scutellar about one and a half times the 

 length of posteriors. Legs yellow ; tarsi fuscous ; mid tibia without a row of long 

 setae anteriorly ......... pictiventris (p. 13) 



Apsinota rufipes sp. n. 



(Text-figs. 16-22) 



cJ, $. Body about 2-7 mm., greyish white, blue pollinose. Head round, slightly broader 

 than thorax. Eyes large, dark purplish red, bare. Antennae with second segment orange-grey, 

 shortly setose ; third elliptical, bright orange-grey, pubescent. Arista with about seven dorsal 

 and three ventral long branches and a small terminal fork. Palpus black, elongate, with short 

 setae below. Ocellar triangle greyish white. Periorbit short, narrow, one-third as long as front. 

 Male front narrow ; anteriorly wider, two-ninths as broad as head width, greyish white, pollin- 



