igi/.J R. Bkunktti : Diptera of Ihe Simla District. 65 



and the hind tarsi are distinctly incrassate. The hind legs in 

 C. nielanaspis & are similar, but in P. imposter there is no trace 

 of any thickening of either tibia or metatarsus. 



Two cf o* , one not in very good condition, from Siml i, x-i i 

 {F. M. Howlett). Type presented to the British Museum by Mr. 

 T. B. Fletcher, the co-type in the Pusa collection. 



Bibio johannis, L. 



For description v. Briinetti, Faun. Bi-it. Iiid. Dipt., p. 174. 



Matiana, 28 — 30-iv-07 ; Theog , 2-V-07. Common in Europe. 

 Bibio obscuripennis, Meij. 



Bijd. tot. de Dierk., XVII, p 86. 

 Brunetti, Faun. Brit. Ind. Dipt., p. 170. 



Matiana, 28 — 30 iv-o/, near flowering crabapple trees, on 

 which however they did not settle. Apparently common at many 

 places in the Himalayas : Nepal ; N E. Burmese Frontier ; Naini 

 Tal. I took it freely at Darjiling, 16-X-05. 



Bibio abdominalis, Brun. 



Rec. Ind. Mils. IV, p 276. 



Pha^u, ii-v-09. A conspicuous species, as the abdomen is 

 wholly black in the rf and reddish yellow in the $ . 



Bibio discalis, Brun. 

 Kec. Ind. Mils. IV, p. 278. 



Phagu, ii-v-09. Two 5 9 , taken between Kufri and Phagu, 

 18 — 21-v- 16 (N. A nnandale and S. Kemp), may be a variety or a 

 closely allied species. The aritennal scape, pal'>i, proboscis, 

 thorax and scuteilum are all wholly black, the wings distinctly 

 brownish, the costa darker, the stigma dark brown, con-picuous 

 There are no pale anterior and side margins to the thoracic dorsum. 



Bibio hortulanoidcs, Brun. 



Rec. Ind. Mils. IV, p. 274. 



Kufri to Phagu, 8,000-9,000 ft., i8-v-i6. Very near B. hortu- 

 lanus, a common species in Europe. The cf is black and the 9 

 reddish, as in abdojuinalis. 



Dilophus gratiosus, Big. 



'Jour. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, LIX, p. 265. 

 Brunetti, Faun. Brit Ind. Dipt., p. 178. 



Simla, X-08 and x ri (F. M. Howlett) ; Theog, 2-V-07 ; Phagu. 

 II-V-09 ; also occurs in the plains, at Darjiling and Upper Burma 



