zoBioN. 375 



Eedescribed from a J and 3 5 5 from Europe, and a d' and 5 

 from Simla, ix, 1898 (Nurse), in the British Museum. This 

 species is widely distributed in Europe. 



294. Zodioii montauum, Brun. 



Zodion ttwnhumm, Jji'uiielti, Rec. Ind. Mu-?. vii, p. 499 (1912). 



5. Head: frons above aiiteiuitc dark reddish-brown on upper 

 part; Avhen viewed from below two large oval whitish-grey dust- 

 spots are visible ; vertex and back of head nearly black, the latter 

 with black hairs, tiie whole of tlie frons, face, and vertex being 

 liairy ; face, cheeks, mouth, and epistome yellow, with (seen from 

 below) a silvery-white sheen. Proboscis black. Antennie black, 

 under side of 2nd joint yellow, under side of 3rd joint red at base. 

 Thorax ash-grey, covered (with the seutellum also) with short 

 black hairs : dorsum and seutellum in certain lights appearing 

 black, except the humeral calli ; sides of thorax also appearing 

 partly black if viewed from diffen-nt directions. Abdomen mainly 

 asii-grey, covered -with rather short black liair ; fore part of most 



Fig. 80. — Zodion moriianum, Enin., liead in profile. 



of the segments black, the colour extending round the sides and 

 also posteriorly in the middle of the dorsum ; extreme tip of 

 abdomen sliining black. Genitalia email, black, shining, luiiry. 

 i^f/s black, pubescent ; coxae with silverv-white sheen in front; 

 anterior femora yellow at base below, hind pair with more than 

 the basal half yellow ; knees and base of tibiie narrowly yellow ; 

 anterior metatarsi rather yellow. Wings with 1st posterior cell 

 narrowly open ; 3rd vein bisinuate froui anterior cross-vein to 

 wing-tip ; the wings are nearly clear, yellowish at base. Halterea 

 yellow. 



Lairflh, 5 mm. 



Described from a single perfect specimen captured by me at 

 Daijiling, 30. ix. 1908, and now in the Indian Museum. 



295. Zodion griseum, sp. nov. 



(S 5 . Head : frons bright mahogany-brown ; ocellar tubercle, 

 a small spot on each side near the vertex and contiguous to tlie eye, 

 and sometimes an indistinct stripe above each a'.^.tcnna, blackish; 

 rest of head orange yellow witli wliitish reflections, the latter 

 extending upwards for some distance at sides of antenna; and 



