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continued almost to the wing margin, nearly straight. Alulae 

 large, thoracic squamae rather large, dirty white with rather thick 

 dark fringe ; halteres very small, bright yellow. 



Described from a single perfect & , Singla, April, 1913 

 N.B. — This species has every appearance of a large Calliphora. 

 There can belittle doubt of it belonging here. The head, thorax 

 and abdomen are closely apphed to one another, answering to 

 Walker's expression " body subfusiform " ; his "' wings acute " is 

 another point of resemblance, and the purplish-blue colour of the 

 only species previously known, chalcopyga, W., is a final similarity. 



Ceria javana, W. 

 Four 9 9 , Darjiling, 1000-3000 ft. 



Ceria trinotata, Meij 



A good series of both sexes in inferior condition from Darjiling, 

 1000-3000 ft., and Singla. 



Ceria triangulifera, mihi, sp. nov. (PI. xiv, fig. 10). 



& $ Darjiling, 1000-3000 ft. Long. 12-13 mm. 



Head. — Eyes in & contiguous for a very short space only, 

 ocellar prominence occupying the whole of the vertical surface ; a 

 little gold hair immediately above the point of junction of the eyes. 

 PVons wholly black, remainder of front part of head down to the 

 mouth opening rather bright lemon-yellow. A large semicircular 

 black spot (convex side uppermost) embracing the antennal prom- 

 inence, joined to the upper black part of the frons by a some- 

 what narrow black stripe, and also joined by a black stripe below 

 the antennae to an irregular elongate-triangular spot on the face 

 (apex downwards), with rounded angles and incurved on the two 

 sides. The lowest part of this triangle does not quite reach the 

 mouth opening. Cheeks lemon-yellow with a broad black stripe 

 from lower corner of eye to lower corner of cheek. Mouth parts 

 blackish. Antennal prominence ferruginous brown; basal half of 

 1st joint, apical half of 2nd and the 3rd joint black, the three joints 

 forming an elongated club. A broad, bright yellow band behind 

 the vertex and upper part of hind margin of eyes. Occiput black, 

 yellowish towards sides. 



Thorax dull black with just perceptible black pubescence and 

 lemon-yellow more or less oval spots placed as follows : on humeral 

 calli, at each end of transverse suture, on mesopleurae and one 

 placed transversely on the sternopleurae. There is also a faint 

 yellow Hne extending indistinctly along the suture. Scutellum 

 yellow, with a basal, rather small, black, semicircular spot ; 

 metanotum black. 



Abdomen black ; 2nd segment often with a narrow dull reddish- 

 brown tinge at base and tip. A large yellow spot at sides of ist 



