IQI7.] E. Brunp:tti : Diptera of the Simla District. ^^ 



Thorax rather dark cinereous brown, sides dull, metanotum 

 grey. 



Abdomen rather dark cinereous brown, ist segment a little 

 greyish on hind corners, 5th segment barely longer than 4th ; 

 genitalia concolorous above, large, blacker and shining below, 

 as broad as last segment of abdomen. 



Legs mainly black, tips of femora brownish yellow ; base and 

 tips of tibiae brownish yellow, apparently to an irregular extent ; 

 tarsi more or less brownish yellow, darker towards tips. Hind 

 femora shining black on inner side. 



Wings clear, stigma weak, brownish ; anterior cross vein at 

 about one-third of the discal cell ; halteres dirty yellow. 



Described from a unique cf from Simla, October, 1908 {F. M . 

 Howlett). In the Pusa collection. 



Family SYRPHIDAB. 

 Subfamily SYRPHINAE. 

 Bacha tinctipcnnis, Brun. 



Rec. Iiici. Mas. II, p. 51, pi. xi, fig. 6. 



Kufri to Phagu, 21-V-16. First described from Bhim Tal. 

 Paragus indicus^ Brun. 



Pipizella iiidica, Brun., Rec. IiuL Mu%. II, p. 52.. 

 Paragus iiidica, id., he. cif., XI, p. 201. 



Matiana, 28 — 3o-i'v-07. Also occurs in Nepal. 



Chilosia nigroacnea, Brun. 



Rec. Ind. Mits. XI, p. 204. 



A unique pair, the cf from Matiana, the $ from Simla, 

 7-V-10. 



Chilosia plumbiventris^ Brun. 



Rec. Ind. A/us. XI, p. 205. 



A single 9 from Simla, 7-v-io. 



Syrphus, Fab. 



Nearly a dozen species of this extensive Palaearctic genus 

 occur in the Simla District, but in view of the fact that several 

 are identical with European species it would be risky to describe 

 those I cannot satisfactorily determine. 



Syrphus balteatus, DeGeer. 



For description v. N'errall, Byitish Flies, \'III (Syrphidae), p. 390. 



Simla, 26-iv-o7 {Capt. Evans); Theog, 27-iv-07 ; Valley of 

 Sutlej River, 6-v-io. 



