82 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi.. XIII, 



incrassated, in some specimens the basal part is brownish yellow, 

 in others there are two pale spots on outer side, near base, in some 

 examples the whole femur is blackish brown. About the basal 

 half of all metatarsi yellowish. 



Wings grey, with two broad blackish bands, occupying the 

 greater part of the wing, and extending from costa to hind margin, 

 leaving the middle part of the wing rather narrowly clear, and a 

 moderately wide clear wing tip and base. The blackish bands 

 are darker anteriorly. 



Described from a few of each sex in the Indian Museum from 

 Darjiling, 8— ii-viii-09, including cf type, ir-viii-09 (/. T. Jenkins), 

 and type 5 , S-viii-cg (C. A. Paiva) ; Dharampur, Simla, 5,000 ft., 

 iv — v-08 ; Simla, 7,000 ft., ir-v-08 (both N. Annandale). 



Tachydromia gentilis, Brun. 



Platypalpus genfilis, Brun., Rec. hid. Mas. IX, p. 40. 

 Simla, lo-v-og. I took it at Darjiling in May 1910. 



Platypalpus gentilis, Brun. 

 Rec. lud. Mus. IX, p. 40. 

 Sim^a, To-v-09. Also taken by me at Darjiling in May. 



Tachypcza palliditibiae, Brun. 



Platvpalpits palliditibiae. Brun., Rec. lud. Mus. IX, p. 41. 



Simla 1 1 v-08, a unique & . 



Tachypeza incisa, Brun. 



Plntvpal pus iucisus, Brun., Rec. lud. Mus. IX, p. 41. 



Simla, 20 vii-ii ; a unique cf . 



Family PIPUNCULIDAE. 



Pipunculus quartarius, Brun. 



A specimen from Simla, 7-v-io, was provisionally referred 

 to this species by me but a closer examination makes the identity 

 very doubtful. 



Pipunculus uniformis, sp. nov. 



cf . Simla. Long, nearly 2| mm. 



Head Eyes contiguous for about half the distance from the 

 moderately large vertex to the antennae. Frons and face brown- 

 ish, silvery white seen from above. Antennae brown, 3rd joint, 

 at least at the narrowed and lengthened tip, with white pubes- 

 cence, arista black. Occiput moderately puffed out, blackish grey. 



