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25. Para^is indicus, Bran, (PI, I, fi^. 8.) 



Pipizella indica, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 52 (1908). 

 Paragus indietis, id., op. cit. xi, p. 201 (1915). 



<S $ . Head yellow; vertex, eyes, iiiouth and proboscis black ; a 

 black central line on face in S find $ ; in $ also on frons, slightly 

 narrowing on vertex ; just below the antennte it is hardly one-third 

 the widtli of the head. Thorax smooth, shining black, \\ ilh a little 

 gold-brown hair on the posterior half, and a little white hair on 

 the lower anterior portion of the sides. Abdomen shining black, 

 minutely pubescent, especially on last segment, and distinctly so 

 along the sides of all the segments. Legs tawny-yellow, basal half 

 of the anterior, and basal three-fourths of the hind femora 

 black ; tibiae yellowish-white towards the base. Wings clear, 

 stigma very pale yellow : halteres yellow. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Described from a c? and two $ $ in the Indian Museum 

 collection from the Simla District and from Katmandu in Nepal. 

 Matiana {ti/jie cJ' and $, Annandale) ; Simla, x. 1918 (Hotvlett); 

 Mussoorie, x. 190() {Hoivlett) ; Darjiling, 6000 ft. {Brunetti.}; 

 Katmandu, Nepal; Allahabad, 19, ii. L906, 25.iii. 1906, 6. x. 1905 

 (all Iloivlett) ; Chapra, Bengal: Pusa, 27. x. 1913 ; Tenmalai, 

 Travancore (Annandale). 



P. indicus is very near atratus but apparently distinct. The 3rd 

 antennal joint seems blacker, especially in the S ; the abdomen 

 is uniformly white-haired without sign of definite hair-spots ; the 

 pubescence of the scutellum is longer and more yellowish, the 

 hairs behind the vertex are also yellow or yellowish ; and finally 

 the anterior tibiae and tarsi are practically yellow to the tips of 

 the latter ; the bind tarsi seem to be relatively longer than in 

 atratus. 



20. Paragus atratus, de Meij. 



raraf/us atratus, deMeijere, Nov. Gain. Res. V. Zool. i, p. 85 

 a906); id., Tijd. v. Ent. li, p. 284 (1908); Brunetti, Rec. Ind. 

 Mus. xi, p. 202 (1915). 



(S $. Head: eyes practically touching (in Java specimen) or 

 not quite touching (in Indian specimen) immediately above the 

 very small frontal triangle (which is bright chi'ome-yellow), but 

 contact is only at a point; vertical triangle shining black, 

 gradually widening to vertex ; eyes sparsely wiiitish-puhescent, in 

 2 bare. Face bright chrome-yellow, shining, with a little 

 whitish pubescence ; mouth-border blackish-brown, the colour 

 carried upwards a little along median line of face. Antenna) w ith 

 1st and 2nd joints black, 3rd rather dark brown ; occipital margin 

 with some whitish pubescence on lower part. Eyes in $ 

 bare; frons shining blue-black. 77torrt.r, scutellum and abdomm. 

 shining black, punctate ; the former with short greyish pubescence, 

 longest on mesopleura, short on abilumen ; a white hair-spot 



