PIPUNCULL'S. 9 



2ud joints black, 3rd brownish-yellow, whitish towards tip when 

 seen from above ; proboscis slightly brownish-yellow ; occiput 

 moderately puffed out. Thorax black, mainly dull, bare, but 

 dorsum a little shining; sides inclined towards blackish-grey; 

 scutelluin and metanotum apparently concolorous. Abdomen 

 black, barely shining ; posterior margin of 1st segment, the whole 

 of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and towards the sides of the 5tli segment 

 brownish-yellow, the colour extending over the sides across the 

 venter; genitalia black. Legs y Alow \ coxae (except tips), femora 

 (except broadly at base and narrowly at tips) black ; middle femora 

 with ciliation of hairs behind; hind femora shining on inner 

 side on the black part. Wings clear, 3rd costal segment brown, 

 the colour filling the apical three-fourths, 3rd segment about equal 

 to the 4th in length, and much shorter than the 2nd ; anterior 

 cross-vein just before middle of discal cell ; 4th longitudinal vein 

 gently angled after quitting discal cell ; anal cell ending at a 

 moderate distance before the margin ; halteres pale yellow. 



Length, 2| mm. 



Described from a type-specimen in the Indian Museum taken 

 by Dr. Annandale at Kurseong, Darjiling District, 28. vi.1910. 



The type is now in very bad condition, and of the legs only one 

 remains. 



A second specimen in the same collection appears to be a 

 variety of this species, the differences consisting in the antennae 

 being all black ; a greater contrast between the scutellum and 

 metanotum, the former being shining black, bare, the latter 

 distinctly grey; and the presence of a wide dorsal black band, 

 connecting the basal and apical black parts, although the yellow 

 colour extends over the sides and across the venter, as in the 

 type. The legs and wings are identical, except that the third 

 costal segment is relatively a littie longer. Size identical. One 

 specimen, a male, taken by Mr. C. W. Beebe, at Tonglu, Darjiling 

 District, 10,000 ft., 22. iv. 1910. 



5. Pipunculus biroi, Kert. 



Pipunculus biroi, Kertcsz, Ann. Mus. Hung, i, p. 466 (1903) ; Bru- 

 netti, Rec. fnd. Mus. vii, p. 487 (1912). 



6 2 . Head in S with eyes contiguous for a considerable 

 space ; frons brownish, grey-dusted, with an elojigate hiack streak 

 just below the middle, and, viewed from above, with a white 

 shimmer immediately above the antenine ; face brilliantly shining 

 white ; antennie rather small, first two joints blackish, the 2nil 

 with a few bristles, 3rd joint yellowish-grey, with a white 

 shimmer when viewed from above ; the long arista black ; proboscis 

 and mouth-parts orange; occiput considerably puffed out, brownish- 

 grey, with a white shimmer in certain lights. In $ , frons with 

 parallel sides, grey-dusted, shining white just above antenna) ; 

 the front eye-facets enormously enlarged. T/tora.v olive-grey; 



