66 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XIII, 



and probabl}^ Yunnan in South China. It has been taken ' ' at 

 light." 



Subfamily SCATOPSINAE. 

 Scatopse nigronitida, Brun. 



Rec. I lid. Mits. IV, p. 281. 



Dharampur, 5,000 ft., 14-V-08, ''on trunks of trees" {N , 

 Annandale). 



Family SIMULIIDAE. 

 Simulium indicum, Becher. 



'Jour. Asint. Soc. Bengal, LIII, p. 199. 

 Brunetti, Fn/in. Brit. liui. Dipt., p. 191. 



Simla, 24-iv-07. Occurs in Mussoorie, Darjiling, Sylhet, the 

 Khasi Hills, and Manipur, probably the most widely distributed 

 species of the genus in India. It is a vicious '' biting " fly. 



Simulium senile, Brun. 



Rec. hid. Mus. IV, p. 288. 

 Phagu, 8-V-07, a unique &. 



Simulium aureohirtum, Brun. 



Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, p. 287. 



Simla, x-iQir, both sexes not uncommon. Occurs also in 

 Assam and Bombay. 



Family CHIRONOMIDAE. 



Subfamily CERATOPOGONINAE. 



Ceratopogon (s.g. Prohelia) decipiens, Kieff. 



Mem. Ind. Mus. II, p. 182, pi. .\i, fig. 10. 



Simla 10-V-08, a single cf . 



Culicoidcs montivagus, Kieff. 



Mem. Ind. Mus. II, p. 188, pi. viii, fig. 3. 



Simla, ii-v-08. 



Subfamily TANYPINAE. 

 Tanypus himalayae, Kieff.' 

 Rec. Ind. Mus. VI, p. ,:;,vv 

 Barogh, lO-v-io. 



I KielTer Ins described his species oi 'fnjivpus under the inadmissible generic 

 name of Pelopin. 



