1909.] E. Brunetti : New' Oriental SepsincB. 367 



Museum, whilst I have taken it myself at Rangoon, i8-viii-o6, 

 Manila, i3-iii-o6, vSoeraba^^a (Java) and Mussoorie, these being in 

 my own collection. Thomson recorded it from China. 



It is an easily recognised species, from its larger size (5 — 6 

 mm.), dull black colour, the abdomen bearing whitish cross-bands • 

 its whole appearance resembling that of an ant. 



Enicita annulipes, Meig. 



This common European species is quite common at most of 

 the Himalayan hill stations, but it does not appear to frequent 

 the plains except occasionally close to the base of the Himalayas. 



Locs. — Simla (7,000 ft.), 24-iv-07, 6-V-07, 12-V-08 [Annandale']; 

 Phagu (Simla District, 8,700 ft.), 3-V-07, cf 9 in cop. [Annan- 

 dale']; Kufri (8,000 ft., Simla District), ii-v-09 [Annandale]; 

 Darjiling (5,000 ft.), 26-ix — i-x-08 [Bninctti]\ (7,000 ft.), 7-viii-09, 

 common; Kurseong, 4-vii-o8 [Annandale]; Mussoorie, 20 — 24-V-05 

 [Brunetti]; Kichha (plains of Naini Tal District), 4-iv-09; Pashoke 

 (2,200 ft ), 5-ix-09, and Gangtok (6,100 ft.), 9-ix-09 (both Sikhim) ; 

 Shillong; Siliguri (base of Darjiling Hills), 18 — 20-vii-07. Manipur 

 (Assam, 6,400 ft.), vii-08, two pairs in cop. [Pcttigrcie;]. 



I have not seen any specimen from the plains, except the 

 single one from Siliguri and one from Kichha, which places, it will 

 be noted, are at the foot of the hills. 



NEMOPODA, R. Desv. 



Of this genus I have not seen a specimen from the Orient, 

 A species has been described by Bigot {retronoiata, Ann. Soc. Ent. 

 Fr., 1886, p. 391) from Celebes, but there is no certainty of it be- 

 longing to Nemopoda, although van der Wulp's Catalogue has it 

 under that genus. Three " species" of Nemopoda by Bigot figure 

 in the Indian Museum collection all as nomina nuda. These are 

 " N . jusciventris ' ' which is certainl}^ 5. indica, W. ; " A^. formicio- 

 des" which is 5. viduata, Thoms.; and " pallipes," which is too 

 damaged to recognise. The last being a female, its real genus 

 cannot be ascertained. 



PIOPHILA, Fin. 



A 9 specimen taken by Dr. Annandale at Calcutta, i5-vii-o8, 

 and another at Kurseong, 9-vii-o8, agree perfectly with Herr 

 Meijere's redescription of P. yuficornis, v. Wulp, 



A second specimen also in the Indian Museum is a cf 

 and differs from ruficorms by the whole face and under side of the 

 head being yellow; moreover the front tarsi are not dilated. 

 The scutellum bears four spines as in typical ruficornis but the 

 bristles on the thorax are too damaged to describe with certainty. 

 I have named it as a var, {flavi fades) of ruficornis, and am not sure 

 that it is not a distinct species. Taken in Calcutta, i7-iv-o7. 



Van der Wulp's measurement was 2 mm,, my variety is 2|-, 

 the Calcutta specimen above mentioned, 3|-. 



