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intermediate small ones, a more or less regular row along the 

 whole of the under side. Fore femora in 9 simple. All the femora 

 in both sexes minutely pubescent, the middle ones bearing a 

 small spine (sometimes two) on the under side near the middle, 



Tibiee : fore pair in a" generallv reddish yellow, narrowed at 

 base (where there are two short black spines), also about the middle, 

 in front of which are two small enlargements, of which the upper 

 one bears three or four very short bristles. Fore pair in 9 simple. 

 Middle tibise with three or four bristles on the outer and hinder 

 sides, placed on the apical half. Hind tibiae with two bristles in the 

 middle, on outer and hinder sides, and one on the outside near the 

 tip, but neither the number nor the exact position seem to be 

 constant The hind tibiae bear at the tip several bristles of var^^- 

 ing length. In both sexes the colour of the four posterior tibiae 

 is black, with rather close, black pubescence, especially on the 

 hind pair, but the base and tip are often pale. 



Tarsi : yellowish brown, black towards the tips ; with black 

 bristly hairs below, which are strongest below the metatarsus in 

 the cf . 



Wings nearly clear : small transverse vein placed at about 

 three-fifths of the discal cell. The spot at the tip of the second 

 longitudinal vein is narrow on the bent up portion of that vein, 

 below which it is enlarged, with a tendency to turn outwards 

 towards the tip of the wing. It is never squarish in shape 

 nor does it ever reach the third vein. This latter is very faintly 

 suffused towards, but not at, its tio. Halteres pale. 



Described from a considerable number of both sexes taken by 

 me at Darjiling, i6-ix-o8 — 2-X-08, mostly in fields of grass, mixed 

 plants and weeds. Also in the Indian Museum from Darjiling, 

 io-viii-09, and Pashoke, Sikhim (2,800 ft ), 5-ix-09. It is a well- 

 marked species, but shows considerable variation, especially in the 

 colour of the legs and at the base of the abdomen. The minute 

 rows of spines on the thoracic djrsum are often inconspicuous 

 or absent, and there seems a tendency towards occasional extra 

 spines on the legs and on the fourth segment of the abdomen. 



N.B. — A careful examination of all the specimens convinces 

 me that they represent but a single species, and that the size, 

 presence or absence, of the anterior pair of dorso-central thoracic 

 bristles is a variable character, as about half the total number of 

 specimens captured show four spines (the front pair generally 

 slightly smaller, and not infrequently of different lengths in the 

 same specimen) and the remainder show little or no trace of them, 

 a few specimens having them of quite small size. 



Sepsis punctum, Fab. 



(Plate xiii, fig. 3.) 



A specimen taken by me at Shanghai, i6-iv-o6, agrees with 

 the descriptions of punctum, F., as given by Schiner, but from 

 comparison with four males of this species in the Indian Museum, 



