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covered with dense orange-yellow pubescence, the space between 

 these spots bearing yellow pubescence, tlie rest of the segment 

 dense black pubescence ; 'M'd and 4th segments with a broad band 

 of dense yellow pubescence on anterior margins and a not very 

 conspicuous jcneous band across middle of black part of each ; the 

 black parts with dense black pubescence, but the side maigins of 

 abdomen with yellow pubescence ; last segment shining black 

 with black pubescence. A'enter pale yellowish on about basal 

 half, narrowly grey at base, rest black, all witli ])ale yellow 

 pubescence. Legs black, basal half of fore tibiae and about tliree- 

 t'ourtlis of middle pair brown, pulvilli orange; hind femora 

 distinctly thickened, hind tibise curved ; pubescence of legs mainly 

 yellowish, but black on hind legs except on upper side of femora, 

 where it is yellowish. Wiiir/s yellowish-grey, generally distinctly 

 but irregularly brownish from stigmatic region to tip, also slightly 

 at base ; balteres brownish-yellow. 



Lenr/fh, 12 14 mm. 



Described from a few examples from Sikkim in the Indian 

 Museuu). Singla, Darjiling District, 1500 ft. {Lord CarmichaeVs 

 collector). Originally described from a specimen from Java, in 

 AVestermauu's collection, jirobably now in A'ienna Museum. 



137. Eristalis intricarioides, sp. nov. 



o. Head: frons and face with straight but not parallel sides, 

 gradually widening from vertex to lowest point of eyes, where the 

 face is twice as wide as the frons at the vertex. Frons at base of 

 antenna) about one-third the width of the head ; rather dull black, 

 covered with yellowish dust (except just above antennjc) and long 

 black pubescence; tip of frons shining brown. Face but little cut 

 away below antenna, but thence considerably produced into a long 

 blunt epistome with bluntly conical tip, descending a cousiderable 

 distance downwards below eyes themselves in profile, but not 

 extending forwards beyond base of antenna; : wholly black with n 

 little grey dust and ratb(M- long shaggy yellow hair. Antenna; with 

 1st and 2nd joints blackish, -ird dull reddish-brown, arista brownish, 

 strongly plumose on basal three-fourths. Eyes with rather dense 

 brownish-yellow pubescence. Occiput greyish-brown with a little 

 yellow hair ronnd margin. T/iora.r black with (a|)parenlly) 

 inicrosco|)ic black tomentum, wholly covered (sides included) with 

 dense brownish-yellow pubescence, with dai'kcr brown hairs 

 intermixed ; pubescence paler or pleuric ; scutdlum dull orange- 

 yellowish w ith only bright yellow long hairs. Abdomen, black ; 

 sides of 2nd segment at base more or less greyish; 1st segment 

 and base of 2nd except at sides, with long, conspicuous, pale vellow 

 pubescence ; rest of abdomen apparently all covered with rich, 

 long, dense, brownish-red ])Ubesceiu»'. A'enter hlackisii-grcy with 

 (apparently ) a litt le sparse yellow ish hair, /.er/.s lilack, with ytdlow 

 pubescence; some black hair on hind sideof ton- fV-mora. Wimfs 

 palo grev ; stignia rtMlnccd tna small black s|)ot at tip of iinxiliary 



