100 Records of (he Indian Museum. [Vol. XIII, 



Sepsis viduata, Thorns. 

 Eugen. Resa, p. 586. 

 Simla, X-1911 (F. M. Howlett). 



Sepsis lineatipes, Brun. 

 Rec. Iiid. Miis. Ill, p. 354. 



Simla, X-1911. 



Enicita annulipes, Mg. 



Syst. Bescli. V, p. 292. 



Simla 24-iv-07; a — 13-V-13; ii-v-oS; vii-ii; below Simla, 

 16-V-09 (all N. Annandale); Simla, x-ii (F. M. Howlett); Phagu, 

 3-V-07; Barogh, lo-v-io; Kufri, ir-v-09. Apparently common at 

 all the hill stations. 



Four specimens in the Indian Museum belong to a genus near 

 Madiza that I am unable to recognise. They are from Simla, 

 12 — 13-V-13 and Theog, 2-V-07. 



Subfamily OSCININAE. 

 Chlorops nigricornis^ sp. nov. 



North-West India. Long. 2 mm. 



Head bright yellow; ocellar spot small, black, generally 

 produced forward into a fine line. The configuration of the 

 large impressed triangle, so common to many species, is more or less 

 emphasised by very narrow brownish outlines. Antennae yellow- 

 ish, 3rd joint black, arista black, yellow at base. Proboscis a 

 little brownish, palpi pale yellow. Occiput yellow, centre part 

 black. The head appears in certain lights to glisten with a bril- 

 liant silver hue in many places. 



Thorax deep yellow, with the three usual stripes shining bright 

 brown or dark brown, sometimes barely separated. The outer 

 ones in some specimens very nearly attaining the front margin, 

 none of them quite reaching the hind margin. Three distinct 

 black spots on the pleurae. Scutellum pale yellow, a little blackish 

 at base in the middle. 



Abdomen blackish, base rather broadl}^ more or less yellowish, 

 sometimes towards sides only, sometimes to the extent of its full 

 width. Abdomen tip pale yellow, margin of segments narrowly 

 yellow, belly yellowish. 



L^gs all yellow except the brownish tarsi tips; none of the 

 femora thickened. 



Wings clear, normal ; 2nd and 3rd longitudinal veins parallel, 

 the latter ending some distance before the wing tip, slightly curved 

 upwards at its end ; 2nd vein lying closer to the ist for some dis- 

 tance from its base than in the other species ; 3rd and 4th veins 



