PIPUNCULDS, 11 



half. All femora with iiiinute bristles on apical half of under 

 side ; inner side of hind femora very shining blat-k ; middle 

 femora with a ciliation of hairs on hinder side. Wings clear, 

 iridescent : stigma pale brown, rather weak ; anterior cross-vein 

 more nearly at one-third than middle of discal cell ; halteres 

 brownish. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Fig. 2.—PipHncidus major, Bruu., -wing. 



Described from ?> 6 6 and 2 $ $ in the Pusa collection from 

 Piisa, Beno-al, 20. iii. 1^13 {tijpe 6 ), 7. xi. 1912(^y^)e $ ), 7. i. 1^13, 

 7. iv. 19137 



Types sent to the British Museum. 



7. Pipunculus campestris. Latr., var. himalayensis, Brun. 



Pijjunculus campestris, Lair., var. hiuKtlarjcnsis, 15raiietti, liec. iud. 

 Mils, vii, p. 487 (1912). 



cf . Head: frons blackish-grey, with a little grey shimmer 

 above the antennae ; vertex shining black ; antennse black, some- 

 what short, 3rd joint with a grey sliimmer; arista only twice as 

 long as the antennae; eyes contiguous for a considerable distance, 

 facets almost uniform in size; back of bead dark grey, occiput 

 rather well pulled out. Thorax blackish, sides lighter; scutellum 

 shining blackish ; metanotum with silvery-grey tinge. Abdomen 

 blackish, greyish towards the sides, the colour with a tendency to 

 extend a littie along the margins of the segments; hypopygium 

 black, short, wide, with a distinct depression in centre. Le<j6 

 black, dull; femora brownish-yellow at base and ti[), with some 

 traces of a greyish shimmer ; basal half of tibiae and under side of 

 part of tarsi brownish-yellow ; middle femora with ciliation of 

 hairs on hinder side. Ulngs ch^ar ; stigma pale brown ; 3rd 

 costal segment a little longer than the 4th ; anterior cross-vein iit 

 about one-third of the discal cell; 4th longitudinal vein slightly 

 curved after quitting the posterior cross-vein ; halteres black. 



Length, 2;J mm. 



Described from two S 6 i" the Indian Museum, taken i)y me 

 at Darjiling, 2'J. v. liJln (ti/pe) and 29. ix. 190«. 



These two specimens vary so little from typical /''. ccanpeslris, 

 which is one of the commonest European species, liaving a 

 wide distribution and therefore likely to occur in the Himalayas, 

 that it seems impossible to regard them as other than a variety. 

 The length of the arista being only twice instead of thrice the 



