40 Records of the Indian Museum. fVoi,. XVII, 



johannis L., Sj-st. Nat. XII, 2, 976 (1767). 



Sch., F., Austr. II, 361 : Brun., Rec Ind. Mus IV, 278: id.. 

 Fauna Brit. Ind. 172, o" 9 : Auctt. var. 

 Bibio rufipt's, Mg.. Syst. Besch. VII, 35 (1*^38). 

 Hirtea praecox, Fab., Syst. Antl., 51 (1805). 

 Hiriea hyalina et praecox, Mg., Klass. I, no, in (1804). 

 Hirtea johannis et pyri, Auctt. 



Tipula pomonac, vSchrk. Fauna Boica III, 79 (1803). 

 Tipula pyri, F., Ent. Syst. IV, 249 (1794). 



Matiana, 28 — 30-iv-07 ; Theog., 2-V-07 (both .Annandale]. 

 Type, location unknown to present author. 

 A common European species. 

 bicolor Walk., List Dipt. Brit. Mus. I, 121, 2 (1848). 



East Indies. Type in British Museum in good condition. 



Van der \\'ul]:> (Cat.) quotes East India as the locality, which 

 is quite different. This error is frequent in his Catalogue. 



obediens Ost Sack., Ann. Mus. Gen. XVI, 395, 9 (1881). 



Hatam, Papua vii, 1875 [Beccari]; Heuvel-Biwak, xi, 9. 

 Type, a unique 9 , in Genoa Museum. 

 plecioides Ost. Sack., loc. cit., 396, 9 (1881). 



Hatam, Pai)ua, vii, 1875 \Beccari\. Type in Genoa Museum. 



rubicundus Wulp., Notes Leyd. Mus. VI, 251, 9 (1884). 



Java \M idler]. Tvpe, a unique 9 , in Lej^den Museum. 

 Possibly identical with obediens Ost. Sack. 

 obscuripennis de Meij., Bijd. tot Dierk. XVII, 86, c^ 2 {1Q04). 

 Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 275, notes : id. Fauna Brit. Ind., 



170, (#> 2 , fig. 18, wing. 

 Darjihng, 16-X-05 [Bruneiti], 27-v-io [D'Abreu]; Kurseong, 

 27— 28-iv-io \D'.ibrci(]\ Chitlong, Nepal ; Mt. Tahe-pum, 4000 

 — 5000 ft., N.E. Burmese Frontier, xi-io [C. IF. Beebe]; Rotung, 

 Dihang Riv., 25-xii-ii [Kemp]; Matiana, 28 — 30-iv-07 [Annan- 

 dale]; Naini Tal, 26-ix-07. Type in Amsterdam Museum. 



hortulanoides Brun. Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 274, & 2 (1911). 



Id., Fauna Brit. Ind.. 169. cf 9 . 



India (probably Darjiling District), type o"; Kurseong, 15-v-io, 

 type 9 ; Darjiling District, vi-i2. Types in Indian Museum, 



proximus Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 275, ^ (1911). 



/(/., Fauna Brit. Ind., 171, o" . 



Darjiling, xi-1910 [D'Abreu]. Type, a unique cr , in Ind. Mus. 



abdominalis Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV. 276, o" 9 (1911). 

 /(/., Fauna Brit. Ind., 172, c^ 9 . 



Western Himalayas; Badrinath, 10.200 ft., Garhwal Distr., 

 27-v-io. d" 9, ivpes in cop. [.i.D. Imins]; Phagu, ii-v-09 

 [.'innandale]. Types in Indian Museum. 



approximatus Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus.IV, 277, 9 (1911). 

 Id., Faun. Brit. Ind., 173, 9 . 



Kurseong, xi-io [D'Abreu]. Type, a uni(|ue 9 , in Ind. .Mus. 



discalis Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 278, 9 (1911). 



