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Family BLEPHAROCERIDAE. 



Blcpharoccra indica, Brun. 



Rec. lud. Mus. IV, p. 316. 



Faun. Brit. Ind. Dipt., p. 15(1, fig. 15. 



Phagu, 12 — 15-V-00. Dr. Annandale found this species not 

 uncommon on bathroom windows in Phagu dak bungalow. 



Family BIBIONIDAE. 



Subfamily BIBIONINAE. 



Crapitula mclanaspis, Wied. 



For description see Brimetti, Faun. Brit. Ind. Dipt., p. 161 {Plecioniyia 

 melanaspis). 



Theog, 27-iv-07. Occurs freely in the Himalayas, also in 

 Siberia, China and Japan. 



Plecia indica, Brun. 



Faun. Brit. Ind. Dipt., p. 165. 



Theog, 2y-\v-oy. Also occurs at Mussoorie, Darjiling, Nepal, 

 Manipur and other places. 



PIccia fulvicollis, F. 



For description see Brunetti, Faun. Brit. Did. Dipt., p. 163. 



Kalka, base of Simla Hills, 2,400 ft., i8-vli-ii. 



PIccia impostor, Brun. 



Rec. Ind. Mus. VII, p. 44^i. 



Simla, 2 cf cf , 2 9 $ ; x-oS and x-ir (F. M. Howlett). In 

 bad condition but evidently this species. I described this species 

 as possessing antennae of only nine joints, but though this is true of 

 the d* the List joint being- very small (though distinctly larger in 

 one specimen), the 9 , on closer inspection, is found to possess 

 eight flagellar joints, with a trace (in one antenna only) of a vQxy 

 minute apical additional joint, which however may only be 

 apparent, caused by a stricture in the 8th joint. 



Plecia dilatata, sp. nov. 



cf . This is a species in every way resembling Crapitula 

 melanaspis , Wied. { = Pleciomyia dilatata, niihi), but with the strict 

 venation of Plecia. 



It also naturally closely resembles Plecia impostor but differs 

 in having a 12-jointed antenna, the last joint much narrower than 

 the penultimate but distinctly longer and quite obvious. Also 

 the hind tibiae are distinctly gradually dilated on the apical half 



