204 SYRPHID.B. 



one ou each aiiterioi" coruer, these spots narrowest at tlieir inner 

 ends, which nearly meet in centre ot' anterior margin. Pubescence 

 of 2ncl segment agreeing with groimd-colour, that of 3rd and 

 Ith segments wholly brownish-orange ; 5th segment black w ith 

 yellowish-grey pubescence. Sides of abdomen with orange-yellow 

 short pubescence. Venter yellowish, generally with blackish bands 

 corresponding with tliose of the dorsum ; but varying to entirely 

 pale yellowish except the blackish tip. Legs: femora all black, 

 pubescence dark, except some pale yellowish pubescence on upper 

 side of hind pair towards base. Tibise black, 1st pair pale on 

 basal thn'd, 2nd pair on about basal half ; hind pair wholly black but 

 with some white pubescence at tip on hinder side and a fringe of 

 dark brown dense pubescence on rest of hinder side. Tarsi black, 

 middle pair brownish-orange for more than basal half ; hind pair 

 with orange-brown pubescence. Wimjs yellowisli-grey ; a dark 

 brown suffusion over stigmatic region, extending from casta over 

 base of submarginal and tip of 1st basal cell, slightly clouding 

 anterior cross-vein and base of discal cell. Extreme base of wing 

 dark brown for a short distance ; squamae dark brown. 



Lemjth, 12-14 mm. 



Described from a number of both sexes from various sources. 

 Sylhet ; Sikkim {Knyvett, De JSiceviUe. Stoliczlca) ; Darjiling Dis- 

 trict, 1000-3000 ft. {Lord Carmkhaers collector) ; Nilgiris, 3000 ft. 

 (Andrewes) ; Sibsagar, X.E. Assam (S. E. Paul) ; Mazbat, Assam 

 [Kemp) ; Dunsiri Valley, Assam (Godivin- Austen) ; above Tura, 

 3500-3900 ft., 15. vii-30. viii. 1917 (Kemjy); Lower Ranges, 

 Ivhasi Hills, Assam, 1878 (Chennell, a long series of d" o , 2 $ in 

 British Museum). Generally distributed through the East as far 

 as Japan. The synonymy of Walker's four species, the types of 

 all of which are in the British Museum, is due to Major Austen. 

 E. andrctiinon is from Sylhet, exterus from India, no closer data 

 being available. U. inamames was described from the Sandwich 

 Is., and dutamu'f without record of locality. 



Genus HELOPHILUS, Meig* 



Hdophihts, Meigeu, Syst. Beschr. iii, p. 368 (1822). 



Elophilus, Meio-en, Illig. Mag. ii, p. 274 (1803). 



Dollcho(/iina, Macquart, Dipt. Exot. ii, 2, p. 65 (1842). 



Lejops, Iloiidani, Dipt. Itul. Piod. ii, p. 33 (1857). 



Mesembrius, Kondani, t. c. p. 50. nota (1857). 



Anasirnt/ic, Scliiner, Cat. Syst. Dipt. Eur. p. 108 (1864). 



Eunierosi/rplms, Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (6) ii, P>ull. p. cxxviii 



(1882), and iii, p. 228 (1883). 

 Euvhimyia, Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (6) iii, p. 226, and Bull. 



p. XX {Eurimyia) (1883). 



* For a table of, and notes on, the Oriental species, see Brunetti, Rec. Ind. 

 Mus. ii, p. 65 ct seq. ; also de Meijere, Tijd. v. Ent. Ii, p. 229 (1908). 



