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but perceptibly darkened. Halteres whitish yellow, a little 

 brownish at tips. 



Described from one 9 : Rotung, 1400 ft., 26-xii-ii. 



N.B. — From the narrow yellow ring on the femora this 

 species must be near annulipes, Dol., but that species has both the 

 fore femora slightly but distinctly thickened and the fore tibiae 

 conspicuously dilated. The synonymy of tibialis, Dol., with annu- 

 lipes is not mine but from Doleschall's figure of tibialis it evidently 

 stands out by the peculiar construction of its forelegs from all 

 other eastern species of the genus, yet he does not mention this 

 character in his description of annulipes ; in which he says all the 

 femora have a reddish ring. 



CELYPHINAE. 



Celyphus scutatus, Wied. 



Five specimens from Sadiya^ 23-xi-ii, and Rotung, 1400 ft., 

 25-xii-ii. In the Indian Museum in plenty from Calcutta. Tenas- 

 serim, Upper Burma and the Nilgiris. 



Celyphus ? lucidus, Karsch. 



Five specimens appear to be this species. The species is 

 represented in the Indian Museum by a considerable number 

 from various localities, but I cannot identify it with any of the 

 older descriptions. As Karsch notifies lucidns from Ceylon, diiTer- 

 entiating several new species in a table Ijut giving no further des- 

 cription of it. I here append some notes from the specimens 

 before me. 



Brownish yellow ; antennae similar, 2nd joint with a circlet 

 of short bristly hairs near base, arista thickened for three-fourths 

 of its length, and of a dirty blackish grey colour Thorax, viewed 

 from certain directions, with a light but obvious aenous blue-green 

 tinge. Scutellum granulated at sides but hinder part nearly or 

 quite smooth; a faint but distinct middle, pale, very narrow line. 

 Colour of abdomen varying from brownish 3'ellow to blackish 

 Legs brownish yellow, fore femora with a few bristles below. 

 Wings and veins yellowish. 



The Abor specimens were taken as follows : Rotung, 25-xii-ii ; 

 vSadiya, 27-xi-ii ; Kobo, 3-xii-ir ; and Dibrugarh, 17 — rg-xi-ii. 



DIOPSINAE. 



Diopsis indica, Westw. 



Rotung, 1400 ft., 25-xii-ii ; Dibrugarh, 17 — 19-xi-ii. Six 

 specimens. The Indian Museum has a series taken b}^ Mr. Kemp 

 on the Assam-Bhutan Frontier in December, 1910 ; also others 

 from Bhim Tal, Naini Tal, Tenasserim and Rangoon. 



