546 
CHARLES T. BRUES 
Aphiochæta limbata n. sp. 
Female. Length 1 "5—1 *7 mm. Brownish black, legs testaceous, wings 
infuscated along the veins. Head piceous, the front sub-opaque, about 
as wide as high, the ocellar tubercle distinct and the frontal groove very 
prominent, forming the bottom of a rather wide median depression. Pro¬ 
clinate bristles forming a trapezoid, the upper ones not quite twice as 
far apart as the lower ones; next row above forming an even curve; the 
following row above also strongly curved down ; ocellar row as usual ; 
all the macrochætæ strong. Antennæ small fuscous, the arista distincly 
pubescent. Palpi yellowish brown, the bristles strong. Dorsum piceous 
brown, with one pair of dorsocentral macrochætæ and four marginal scu- 
tellar bristles. Abdomen entirely dull black, with no stout hairs or bristles; 
genitalia testaceous and venter piceous. Legs rather slender, testaceous; 
the hind tibiæ bare without the least sign of setulæ. Wings slightly in¬ 
fuscated, strongly so along the veins, the latter strong, fuscous ; costa 
reaching very slightly beyond the middle of the wing, its cilia extremely 
short, very thickly placed ; first vein ending midway between the humeral 
cross-vein and the tip of the third ; fourth vein evenly curved, recurved 
at the base ; fifth and sixth faintly bisinuate, the seventh distinct. Halte¬ 
res black, the pedicel brownish. 
Described from two female specimens from Matheran (800 metres). 
East India (Biró, 8. July 1902). 
This species is most easily recognized by the bare hind tibiæ, in¬ 
fuscated wing veins and presence of four scutellar bristles. 
Aphiochæta rustica n. sp. 
Male , Length 1*8 mm. Black, wings nearly hyaline, legs brown. 
Front as wide as high, opaque black, the bristles strong ; four proclinate 
bristles approximated, those of next row above forming a pair on each 
side near the eye, both very close to the eye margin, the upper one 
distincly proclinate ; following row slightly arcuate, the ocellar row as 
usual. Ocellar tubercle and frontal groove present, the former larger than 
usual and not elevated although its marginal line is quite distinct. Post¬ 
ocular cilia stout ; cheeks each with a pair of macrochætæ and a row of 
smaller bristles. Antennæ small piceous, the arista pubescent. Palpi dark 
brown, very strongly bristly below. Dorsum of thorax shining piceous with 
one pair of very widely separated dorsocentral macrochætæ and four margi¬ 
nal scutellar bristles. Abdomen subopaque black, the posterior margins 
of the apical segments faintly whitish ; sides with a few bristle-like hairs. 
