l66 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi^. VIII, 



stripes, with only a brief space between them, at their middles, as 

 they are united on the anterior margin and practically so near the 

 posterior margin also. Pleurae dark brown ; scutellum con- 

 colorous. 



Abdomen. — Mainly black, base of 2nd segment and whole of 

 3rd, pale whitish yellow. 



Legs. — Anterior pairs pale yellow, tarsi tips brownish ; hind 

 legs yellowish brown, with femora broadly dark brown at tips and 

 on upper side, the colour extending over the sides, but not attain- 

 ing the ventral surface for a certain space be3^ond the all pale 

 yellow base. 



Wings. — Pale grey, subcostal cell darker grey. Tip of wing 

 infuscated as far inwards as just proximad of the up- turned 

 section of the 4th longitudinal vein; but, in the marginal cell, 

 implanted in the infuscated part, is a tear-shaped clear spot in 

 contact with the clear part of the wing. Small infuscations over 

 the origin of the 3rd vein, the anterior cross- vein, and the up- 

 turned section of the 5th vein. Halteres dirty white. 



Described from a unique 9 from Rotung, 6-i3-iii-i2. 



Rhingia binotata, Brun. 



The d* was described by me from a specimen in my own 

 collection from Darjiling, since when a perfect example has been 

 acquired by the Indian Museum from Kurseong. 



A 9 occurs in the Abor collection from the banks of the 

 Siyom River, near Yekshi, taken 3-ii-i2. It resembles the o^; 

 the frons is one-fifth of the head, dark grey, of uniform width, the 

 general colour less bright, the thorax rather more grey than 

 yellowish grey, and the general pubescence grey instead of yellow. 



Rhingia sexmaculata, mihi, sp. nov. 



9 Assam. Long. 8 mm. 



Head. — Frons rather more than one fourth the width of the 

 head, just perceptibly narrower at vertex, the ground colour 

 aenous, brownish yellow-dusted, with short, comparatively fine, 

 black hairs. Ocelli red, distinct, placed in an impressed triangle. 

 Face immediately below antennae, concolorous, the snout orange, 

 comparatively short, being only as long as the lateral width of the 

 eyes ; haustellum blackish, the mouth parts brownish yellow. 

 Antennal protuberance of moderate size, concolorous with frons ; 

 antennae wholly orange, upper margin and tip of 3rd joint very 

 narrowly brownish, arista black. 



Thorax. — Ground colour aenous, brownish yellow-dusted. 

 Two narrow, closely approximated narrow median lighter stripes, 

 and an outer under stripe each side, none of the stripes ver}^ 

 obvious. Scutellum concolorous, posterior margin very narrowly 

 brownish yellow ; dorsum with a few short black hairs. Sides of 

 thorax concolorous, a Httle pale yellow hair about the pleurae and 

 wing bases. 



