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Oriental N emestrinidse 
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the sides of the thorax and the base of the abdomen is 
yellow in brunnea , pale brown in coffeata. 
Subgenus Neohirmoneura J. Bequaert 
Key to Species 
1. Small species, 11 to 13 mm. long. Abdomen black- 
haired at base ; otherwise with alternating transverse 
zones of yellow and black pubescence. Antennae, 
palpi and legs reddish-yellow. Wings tinged with 
gray, darker along anterior margin 
H. annandalei Lichtwardt. 
Larger species, body 15 to 17.5 mm. long, wing 17 to 
20 mm. long 2. 
2. Smaller. Wing 17 mm. long, tinged with blackish- 
gray H. orientalis Lichtwardt. 
Larger. Wing 20 mm. long, of a uniform pale, semi- 
opaque brown. Antennae, palpi and legs tawny or 
brownish-yellow. Frons of male wide, occupying 
about one-seventh of the width of the head 
H. philippina C. S. Banks. 
Since I have seen none of these three species and since 
their published descriptions are not comparable, the key 
must remain unsatisfactory. The published figures of 
H. orientalis show a broad alula and two submarginal cells 
in the wing. It is assumed that the same is true of H. an- 
nandalei and H. philippina. I have my doubts as to the 
specific distinctiveness of orientalis and philippina. 
In 1932 (Zoolog. Anzeiger, C, p. 15) I included in 
Neohirmoneura , H. oldenbergi Lichtwardt, of eastern Si- 
beria, on the strength of the statement in the original 
description, “Augen kahl.” In his recent monograph of 
Palearctic Nemestrinidse (1933, Fliegen der Pal. Region, 
Lief. 75, p. 40), P. Sack redescribes the species from the 
type and states : “Augen lang und dicht hellbraun behaart.” 
This is, however, an error. Dr. Walter Horn, who at my 
request kindly examined the type, writes that the eyes are 
bare. 
Hirmoneura (Neohirmoneura) annandalei Lichtwardt 
Hirmoneura annandalei Lichtwardt, 1913, Rec. Indian 
Mus., IX, p. 333 ($ $ ; W. Himalaya: Simla, 7,000 ft.; 
