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beiug present. Midille tibia) bright lemon-yellow ( J $ ), with 

 sott pale yellow hair, which is very long behind, in the d; 

 whereas in the $ they are almost bare, except forsome moderately 

 long pale yellow hairs behind. Hind tibia? blackish-brown 

 (darker ni ^ ) ; tips narrowly brown ( c? ), or this colour spread 

 more or less over upper side towards tip ( $ ) ; in d" the hind 

 tibijB have a tnnge of long and very thick dark brown liairs on the 

 tront, outer and liinder sides, longest on the latter, whilst in the 

 $ they have only very short black hairs, which attain to a short 

 row of bristly hairs on upper side, and some moderately long silky 

 brownish-black hairs on lower side. Tarsi blackish-browif, with 

 short black hairs ; basal joint of middle pair pale yellow in $ 

 above and below; under side of hind pair with gold-brown short 

 pubescence. Wincfs pale grey, a little darker yellowish-brown 

 trom the anterior margin to about the 3rd longitudinal vein. 

 Halteres tawny. Squamie pale yellow, with long yellow hair 



Zenr/th, 13-22 mm. 



Described from a d from Assam (Sibsagar) and a $ from 

 Sikkim, both in the Indian Museum collection in excellent con- 

 dition. A furtiier series from Darjiling District confirms the 

 characters of the species. Darjiling, 7000 ft., 31.iii 1894 

 (Bnufham); Sibsagar, Assam {S. E. Paul); Khasi Hills, Assam 

 i^laden; Godwin- Austen) and Lower Eanges, 187S (Chennell); 

 - ,^n}'^. ^'^^^^y^ Sikkim, V. 1894 {Bingham)--, S. Shun States, 

 4000 ft., XI. 1899 (5.Vta»0; Domdami Valley, Tenasserim, 

 2/.V111. Ibyd {Bingham). The identitv of mv himalayensis with 

 balteata, Kertesz, was pointed out by de Meifere (Tiid. v Ent li 

 p. 229, 1908). J V J ^H.n, 



212. Milesia ferruginosa, Bnm. 



Mi/e.uaferruffmosa, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. i>68, pi. xiv, 



d 2 • ^^'(td rich shining yeUowish or vellowish-brown. in <S 

 eyes very closely approximate, but not absolutely contiguous for 

 a distance of about 10 facets. Vertical triangle elongate orai'i.re- 

 brown, raised above level of eyes, x\ith black pubescence; fnms 

 and face bright chrome- to orange-vellow ; antenna? and arista 

 orange. Proboscis, palpi and labella blackish. Occiput dusted 

 with bright yellow. Jn $, with a large, approximately oval, 

 bright yellow-uusted spot on each side of middle of frons con- 

 tiguous to eyes; traces of yellow dust on cheeks and above 

 mouth-opening, where are also a few short yellowish hairs. Frons 

 just above antennae one-third the width of' the head, diminishing' 

 to half that width at vertex, with a few scattered black hairs" 

 Thorax brownish-yellow; dorsum mainlv filled by three nearlv or 

 quite contiguous black stripes of equal width, not attaining 

 anterior margin, but the two outer stripes reaching posterior 

 margin ; the spaces between the stripes on anterior part occu- 

 pied by two narrow dusi-lines, broadest in front, and extendinrr 



