I9I7-] E. Brunetti : Diptera of the Simla District. lor 



diverging. Posterior cross-vein distant from one to one and a half 

 times its own length from anterior cross- vein, which latter is 

 opposite tip of ist vein. Halteres pale yellow. 



Described from six specimens in the Indian Museum from 

 Bhachkahi, Bahraich District, United Provinces, i5-iii-09 ; and 

 Simla, II — 12-V-08 (A^. Annandale). 



Elachiptcra brevicornis ,sp. nov. 



Simla District Long, i^ mm. 



Head bright chrome yellow ; frontal triangle large, black ; 

 antennae chrome yellow, 3rd joint shorter than in the other spe- 

 cies of Elachiptera ; upper side black, arista densely black pubes- 

 cent, a little longer than the joint. 



Thorax, including scutellum, dark blackish grey ; shoulders 

 dull yellowish, sides obscurely blackish. 



Abdomen blackish, belly obscurely yellow. 



Legs all yellow, hind femora not at all incrassate. 



Wings clear ; 3rd and 4th veins practically parallel ; anterior 

 cross-vein opposite tip of ist vein, posterior cross-vein distant 

 twice its own length (or nearly) from anterior cross-vein. Halteres 

 yellowish. 



Described from 8 specimens in the Indian Museum from Barogh, 

 Simla District, 5,000 ft., lo-v-io {N . Annandale). 



Subfamily GEOMYZINAE. 

 Gcomyza tripunctata, Fin. 



For description see Schiner, Faun. Aicstr. II, p. 287. 



A single specimen from Simla, g-v-io, may be this not un- 

 common European species. 



Of the remainder of the Acalyptrate Muscidae there are two 

 or three species of Bphydrinae, a Phytomyzid and one or two 

 Limosinae. 



Family PHORIDAE. 



Trineura ? aterrima, Fab. 



Four specimens from Simla, x-08 (F, M. Howlett), closely 

 resemble this European species, but possess an inner row of four 

 frontal bristles on each side from half to three quarters as large as 

 the outer row, whereas in aterrima these inner bristles are quite 

 small. The specimens probably represent a different, and undes- 

 cribed species. 



