LASIOPA. — OXTCERA. -'3 



or practically contiguous in S , broadly separated in 2 ■ Proboscis 

 short or lengthened, porrect, with moderately large labella ; palpi 

 witb three distinct joints. Thora.v elliptical ; scutellum utiarmed. 

 Abdomen broader than thorax, elliptical, arched, five segmented. 

 Ler/s moderately long and stout. Wiw/s with 3rd vein distinctly 

 forked ; 4th longitudinal vein with four faint veinlets, of wbicli 

 the 4th originates near or directly from the 2nd basal cell. 



Eanr/e. Europe, West Asia, North Afi'ica, 8outh Africa, Orient, 

 New Zealand. South America. 



Life-liistori/ mdvnown. I'lie perfect insects occur on nmbelli- 

 ferous and other flowers, and often become rather sluggish in tlieir 

 habits. 



2t). Lasiopa villosa, F., var. himalayensis, Brmi. 



Xemotclus viUosa, Fabriciiis, Ent. Syst. iv, p. 270 (1794). 

 iM&iopa villoAd, var. Iiitualai/cnsis, }3finietti, Rec. Ind. Mus. i, p. 117 

 ^1907). 



J § . Head black, with rather long, shaggy, yellowish-grey 

 hair ; eyes in J not quite contiguous ; frons in 5 one-tliird width 

 of head, sides parallel, with rather long golden-yellow pubescence; 

 face similar, with a rather small elungnte spot on each side in $ 

 at level of antenna;, contiguous to inner margin of eye ; proboscis 

 dark brown, not prominent ; underside ol head with greyish 

 pubescence ; antennse bhickish brown. Thorax black, with yel- 

 lowish-grey pubescence, which is sborter in the $ . Ahdomen 

 black : an elongate yellowish spot towards each side on hind 

 border of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments, all the spots subeqnal ; 5th 

 segment with distinct yellow hind margin. Legs blackish brown. 

 Winc/s brownish grey ; halteres whitish yellow. 



Lnu/th, 9-10 mm. 



Described from three si)ecimens in my own collection from 

 Mussoorie, v. 1905 (Brunetti), and others from Kumaon, W. 

 Himalayas, 6300 ft., 11. v. 1911 (Kemp); Naini Tal, vi. 1893 

 [Lucknow Museum]; Dungagali, Hazara Dist., 8000 ft., 21-24. 

 v.\9l5 (FletcJier). 



The only difference from typical European specimens is that 

 the abdominal yellow spots are not turned up and widened at 

 their inner ends. 



Genus OXYCERA, J/r/. 



Oxifcera, Meigen, Illig. Mag. ii, p. 265 (1803). 

 Hypoleon, Dunieril, Expos. Meth. Natur. (1801). 

 lietcroxycera, Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (3) iv, pp. <'-"' & 85 

 (1856). 

 Genotype, Musca Jiypoleon, L. (^Europe) ; by designation of 

 Curtis, 1833 (as trilineata, F.). 



Head with epistoma smooth, a little arched ; eyes from bare in 

 both sexes to densnly pubescent in ^ (in which case $ has some 

 pubescence too), contiguous in J for a considerable distance, the 



