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Var, major ^ mihi. 

 cf . Darjiling. Long. 4 J mm. 



Two males taken by me in company with the typical form 

 appear at first sight to be a distinct species, although on exam- 

 ination it is difficult to point out any character of sufficient 

 strength on which to separate them specifically. They are nearly 

 4^ millimetres in length, the whole of the second segment (abdom- 

 inal) and theba'^al half of the third, are shining reddish ; the fifth 

 segment beine wholly yellowish, with the genitalia. There are four 

 dorso-central bristles on the thorax, and four bristles on the fourth 

 abdominal segment. 



The bristles on the legs in one of the specimens correspond 

 with those in the typical form, but in the other specimen thev 

 are placed more in a uniform row on the outside of the hind 

 tib'se (except one towards the tip in front, and one on the 

 inside). 



The wing spot is slightly larger and very deep black. 



Var, obscuripes, mihi. 

 cf . Darjiling. Long. 3 mm. 



What appears to be a second variety of my rufihasis is 

 represented by two cf cf taken by me in company with it at 

 DarjiHng, 24 — 26-ix-o8, in fields. In one, the four dorso-central 

 thoracic bristles are present, in the second specimen the front pair 

 are very abortive. One example has the tip of the abdomen 

 (fifth segment) yellow, but the other has no sign of this colour at 

 the tip. The leg bristles are as in the typical form, the legs 

 tliemselves being much more blackish, the fore femora being 

 nearly wholly brown in one specimen, and with a blackish upper 

 side in the other. The posterior femora are mainly black, with 

 the bases broadly and their tips more or less narrowly pale, and 

 the posterior tibise almost wholly black, but with a tendency to 

 paleness at the tip of the middle pair. The tarsi are dirty yellow, 

 with blackish tips. 



Sepsis fulvolateralis, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf . Himalayas. Long. 3 mm. 



Head.—Vrons, face and cheeks bright reddish orange, fron-^ 

 touched here and there with black. Vertex blackish ; back of 

 head mainly reddish yellow, but black just behind vertex, 

 Antennte reddish orange, upper side blackish, also the grooves 

 in the face in which they lie; bristle on second joint very large. 

 Mouth blackish, proboscis brownish 3'ellow. 



Thorax. — Dorsum blackish ; four large dorso-central bristles, 

 and five more or less uninterrupted rows of very distinct short stout 

 bristles, the rows often double ; in addition to scattered "short 

 bristly hairs over the whole dorsum. The dorsum is sharply 



