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its comparatively narrow abdomen and general appearance and also 

 the absence of yellow side lines to the thorax, separate it. 



As it seems to all intents and purposes a Syrphus, it is left in 

 this genus, at least for the present. 



Asarkina salviae, Wied, 

 One cf , typical, Sadiya, 23-xi-ii. 



Asarkina aegrotus, F. 



One cf , Sadiya, 28-xi-ii. The wings are infuscated on the 

 entire basal half instead of bearing, as in typical forms, a broad 

 cross band, but other specimens in the Indian Museum have only 

 the shortest possible clear space at the wing base. 



Melanostoma mellinum, L. 



Two specimens of this common and widely distributed 

 Palaearctic species: Dibrugarh, 17 — 19-xi-ri and Kobo (400 ft.), 

 3-xii-ii, both females. It is common in many Himalayan 

 localities. 



Melanostoma orientalis, Wied. 



One 2 , Sadiya, 28-xi-ii; two 5 9 , Dibrugarh, 17 — 19-xi-ii. 



Very near scalare, F. of Europe, as Wiedemann says; it is still 

 nearer mellinum, L. The absence of the bump above the antennae 

 seems to have been overlooked by Wiedemann, but it appears a 

 sound and consistent specific character. The antennae are des- 

 cribed as wholly bright orange yellow, but in one or two examples 

 seen by me from other localities, as well as in the present specimens, 

 there is a little brown on the upper side and the tip of the 3rd 

 joint. Also, the frons is rather more gre\'-dusted. The species is 

 in the Indian Museum, as determined by me, from Bangalore and 

 Mergui. 



Melanostoma univittatum, Wied. 



Four &&, Dibrugarh, 17 — 19-xi-ii, agree exactly with the 

 description, as do other specimens in the Indian Museum from 

 Bangalore and Mergui. 



Sphaerophoria scutellaris, F. 



Sadiya, 23 — 28-xi-ii, Rotung, 1400ft., 26-xii-ii, Kobo, 400 ft., 

 30-xi-ii, four specimens in all, both sexes being present. One 

 of the most widely distributed species of Syrphidae, extending 

 (probably) over the whole of the Orient, North and South Africa, 

 the Canaries, "Madagascar and Formosa. 



