igi/.] R. Brunetti : Dipteya of the Simla Oislncf. 6r 



Sciara parallela, Brun. 



FaiDi. Brii. fini. Dipt., p. 147. 



A single & from vSimla, g-v-og. 



There are yet two or three small and obscure undetermined 

 species of Sciara from the Simla District. 



Subfamily MACROCERINAE. 

 Macrocera alternata, Brun. 



Faun. Brit. hid. Dipt., p 52. 



Simla, x-08 (F. M. Howlett). One 9 ; the dark bands on the 

 2nd and 3rd segments cover the whole hinder half of each seg- 

 ment. 



Macrocera brunnea, Brun. 



FniDi. Brit. Ind. Dipt., p. 53, pi. i, fig". 5. 



Phagu, 12-V-09. 



Macrocera inconspicua, Brun. 



Faun. Brit. hid. Dipt., p. 54. 



Simla, x-08 (F. M. Howlett). Three & &. 



Subfamily CEROPLATINaE. 

 Platyura limbata, nom. nov. 



For P. marginata, mihi (preocc. Mg. 1804). 



Simla, x-08 (F. M. Howlett). 



Platyura rufescens, Brun. 



Isoneuromyia rufescens, Brunetti, Faun. Brit. hid. Dipt., App. p. 559. 



Simla, 20-vii-ii. I accept Mr. Edward's opinion (in litt.) that 

 Isoneuromyia is not distinct from Platyura. 



Subfamily SCIOPHILINAE. 

 Mycomyia bifascipennis, Brun. 



Faun. Brit. hid. Dipt., p. 72. 



Simla, x-08 (F. M. Howlett). The large basal dark patch on 

 the wing in this specimen is interrupted at its middle, so as to 

 form a smaller basal spot and a median stripe composed of two 

 oblong spots placed diagonally, one above the other ; the upper 

 one reaching from the costa, across the tip of the basal cell nearly 

 to the upper branch of the 5th longitudinal vein ; the lower spot 



