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segment, and the hind margins of 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments 

 yellow ; a little 3^ellow tomentum on hind part of 4th segment. 



Legs. — Coxae black; femora lemon-yellow, anterior pairs a 

 little brown on apical half, and with a black irregular streak on 

 underside ; hind pair lemon-yellow on basal half, brownish- 3'ellow 

 on apical half, with an intermediate black band, which is consider- 

 ably wider on the underside. Tibiae brownish-yellow, a little darker 

 towards tips, hind pair moderately curved. Tarsi light brown. 



Wings grey, anterior part as far as spurious vein on basal half, 

 and as far as 3rd vein on apical half, rather dark brown. Halteres 

 yellow. 



Described from one cr and several 9 2 , Darjiling District, 

 1000-3000 ft., May, 1912. 



N.B. — Three other species of Ceria are present, all apparently 

 undescribed. The first is near fruhstorfen, represented by a good 

 series of both sexes from Darjiling District and Singla ; of the 

 second three specimens {cf 9 ) from Singla are present; of the third, 

 which is near apicata, four specimens {cf 9 ) are present from Singla. 



CONOPIDAE. 

 Physocephala quadrata, mihi, sp. nov. (PI. xiv, fig. 5). 



& 9 Darjiling. Long. 7^-9 mm. 



Head yellow or brownish-yellow. Frons just over one-third 

 the width of the head, barely wider on its upper part, dull yellow, 

 more or less irregularly infuscated with black, sometimes nearly 

 whoU}^ black. Mouth opening more or less blackish, proboscis 

 black, twice as long as the head. Antennal 1st joint reddish- 

 brown, 2nd black above, reddish-brown below, brighter on apical 

 fourth, the colour at the tip often encroaching on upper side also : 

 3rd joint black aloove, reddish-brown at least on basal part of 

 underside. In some examples the whole tip of the 2nd and base 

 of the 3rd are reddish-brown above as well as below. Occiput 

 blackish, more or less black infuscated here and there. 



Thorax wholly brownish-yellow ; a quadrate dull black spot 

 ne.irly filling the dorsum, but not attaining the margin, although 

 connected with the anterior margin by a short broad black stripe. 

 Scutellum and metanotum probably reddish-brown normally, the 

 latter with a little gold tomentum at the actual sides. Sterno- 

 pleurae and mesopleurae with a little silvery-white shimmer. 



Abdomen brownish-yellow or reddish-yellow ; ist joint black, 

 2nd with a black streak on dorsum at base, 3rd with about 

 the middle third or more black, 4th, 5th and 6th with more 

 than basal half black, a broad band of bright gold tomentum 

 on hind margin of 3rd and 4th segments; apical half of 5th and 

 about the same of the 6th in a* (and nearly whole of 6th in $ ) 

 similarly dusted with gold tomentum, which is, however, less 

 bright. The 5th segment is very short in the cf and the 6th con- 

 siderably lengthened, although in the 9 both are normally shaped. 



