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yellowisli, ivst blackisli ; pubescence pale, long, sparse. Legs 

 orange ; about basal half oi: anterior, and two-thirds of hind, 

 feuioru, black ; an indefinite brown ring on apical half of hind 

 tibia? ; tips of anterior tarsi and all of the hind pair dark. Pubes 

 cence of legs pale yellow ; some black hairs behind anterior 

 femora and a row of black bristles down outer side of hind tibite. 

 Winys nearly clear ; stigma pale yellow ; halteres orange ; squanue 

 yellowish with deeper edges. 



Length, 10-12 mm. 



Described from 'd 6 6 and 1 5 from the tSimla District ; 

 Matiana, 8000 ft., 28-;i0. iv. 1907 {Aiuumdale). 



The only discrepancy with Verrall's description in the above 

 specimens lies in tbe black, instead of yellow, hairs on the face. 

 The species has a wide range in Europe and jVorth America, 



60. Syrphus griseocinctus, sp. nov. (Plate II, tig. lo.) 



(S . Head: eyes with close, short greyish jndjescence ; vertical 

 triangle black with long black hairs; frons com[)aratively small, 

 sinning brownisli-yellow, with ratlier long and dense black i)ubes- 

 cence ; antennal prominence shining black with narrow orange 

 front margin ; face pale brownish-yellow, with yellowish-grey 

 dnst and soft pale yellow pubescence. Antenna) all-black, also 

 arista. Pacial bump shining brown, bare, upper part of mouth- 

 border narrowly black ; cheeks with traces of orange. Occipital 

 margin yellowish-grey with yellow fringe. Thorcw slightly 

 greenish-ajueoiis with dense yellow, rather long pubescence; 

 pleurae yellowish-grey; hind corners of dorsum and scutellum 

 brownish-yellow, translucent. Pubescence on pleunc yellowish, 

 on side margins of dorsum more orange, on scutellum maiidy 

 black, with pale hairs at base. Ahdo))ien: 1st segment aeneous, 

 rest black ; hind margin of 4th segment broadly, and more than 

 apical half of oth, rather shining; a narrow grey band with 

 parallel sides across middle of 2nd segment, and similar bands 

 just behind base of 3rd and 4tli segments, none of the bands 

 reaching the side margins ; last segment all shining black. Pubes- 

 cence golden-yellow except that of 2nd segment, w hich is almost 

 all yellow, but has some darker hairs intermixed on hinder part. 

 Venter dusky blackish, a little shining. Legs: coxte, basal half 

 of anterior femora, more than basal half of hind i)air, a|)ic;d half 

 of hind tibiie, anterior tnr.si towards tips and hind ])air wliolly, 

 black ; rest of legs orange. Pnbescf nee on femora pale yellow, 

 on rest of legs following the ground-coloiu". Wings pale g'cy ; 

 stigma distinct, brownish-yellow; lialteres dark. 



Lenglli, 115 mm. 



Described from a single rT in the Indian ]\Iuseum from Hogar- 

 kote, Kunuion, W. Himalayas, NOdO ft., 20. iv. 1014 ( '/'//</< r). 



The species closely resembles ii'(fu<dis, Walk., but is recognised 

 by the pubescent eyes and by the absence of the long, dense black 

 hair on th« hind legs. 



