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Four species allied to the punctiim, F., of Europe; these are 

 himalayensis , rufibasis (with two varieties), similis and julvolateralis, 

 all new. 



BB. Wing spot indistinct; sometimes opened out hindwards, 

 and fading away — ^never very pronounced. 



In this group areftast/^m, Wlk.,Meijere's apicalis and limbata, 

 with my new ones, flava, rufipectus, lineatipes, tincta, dilaia and 

 dissiniilis. 



N.B. — Belonging to Group A are fascipes, Wlk., linearis, Wlk., 

 and monostigrna , Thorns., but from the descriptions it is impos- 

 sible to tell whether they fall in my Group B or in BB. 



AA. Wing entirely clear. 



The species falling in this division appear divisible into two 

 main groups, which I will designate the indica and hicolor groups 

 respectively. 



1. indica, Wied,, group. — Mainly reddish yellow species of 

 comparatively larger size. These are indica, W., rufa, Mcq., 

 trivittata. Big., spectahilis , Meij., tenella, Meij., and my new species 

 hrevicosta, adjuncta and brevis. Lateralis, Wied., belongs here, 

 but neither Meij ere nor myself have been able to recognise it. 



2. bicolor, Wied.. group.— Mainly black species of com- 

 paratively smaller size. These are bicolor, W. {javanica, Meij.), 

 coprophila, decipiens and beckeri of Meij ere, and my new species 

 hunieralis, nepalensis, pubipes and fasciculata, 



A last species, viduata, Thoms., is a somewhat isolated one, 

 large, black, and with an ant-like appearance. 



N.B. — Belonging to Group AA but not to be determined more 

 closely owing to the brevity of the descriptions are nitens, com- 

 piicata and lateralis of Wiedemann; revocans, frontalis and testacea 

 of Walker. 



The genus Nemopoda is, so far as my experience goes, not 

 Oriental {vide postea). 



Walker's two species of Piophila (the second one with a 

 doubt) — contecta and disjiincta — I know nothing of ; van der 

 Wulp's ruficornis I have identified from Meijere's description ad- 

 ding, moreover, a variety from Calcutta [flavi fades). 



The genus Saltella now becomes Oriental as well as Palsearc- 

 tic, as a species occurs in Bengal, and a second in South India, 

 both herein described. Two other species of this sub-family 

 appear in van der Wulp's Catalogue, Ccphalia bicolor. Big., and 

 Megamerina anmdifera, Big. Of these I also know nothing, and 

 would prefer to regard them specifically and genericall}' as 

 uncertain. 



Of the localities mentioned in this paper, Theog (8,ooo ft.), 

 Phagu (8,700 ft.), Matiana (8,000 ft.) and Dharampur (5,000 ft.) 

 are all in the Simla (7,000 ft.) District in the W. Himalayas. 



The following localities are all in South India (in Travancore 

 State) and were visited recentl}' (1908) by Dr. Annandale, all being 



