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pubescence, base of 3rd, 4th and 5th segments with a moderately 
broad lead coloured band. 
Legs yellow ; an‘indistinct broad brownish ring on apical half 
of hind femora; the apical half of hind tibiae blackish except 
broadly at tip; upper side of hind metatarsi brown, rest of hind 
tarsi black. 
Wings clear; subcostal cell dark brown except on the narrow 
basal part; halteres yellow. 
Described from one perfect 2 in the Indian Museum from 
Cherrapunji, 2—8-x-14 [Kemp]. 
SPHEGINA, Mg. 
One species described by me recently, (vistriata, 2 , from a 
unique specimen from Rotung (N.-E. Front. India), 6—13-iii-12 
(Ree; Ind. Mus., viii, 165, 2, pl. vi, 1913). Type in Indian 
Museum. 
Sphegina bispinosa, mihi, sp. nov. 
@ 9 Assam, FE. and W. Himalayas. Long 53 mm. 
This species is remarkably close to the tolerably common and 
very widely distributed S. clunipes, Flin. of Europe, but differs in 
two essential characters. 
In the first place there is a short tooth-like black spine on the 
side of the basal abdominal joint lying immediately behind the 
halter. Three or four stiff black bristles lie behind the spine. 
The second specific character is that the costa is a little. 
brownish about the middle, the colour spreading slightly over the 
base of the 2nd longitudinal vein. The turned-up portions of the ath 
and 5th longitudinal veins, with the posterior cross vein, are all 
distinctly brown suffused. 
Described from a & (type) from Margherita, Assam,a 2 (tye) 
from Darjiling (7000 ft.) taken by me, 29-v-10; alsotwo ? ¢ taken 
by Mr. Imms near Bhowali, Kumaon, Western Himalayas 
(5700 ft.) in July, 1go09. 
Type » and @ in Indian Museum. 
Sphegina asciiformis, mihi, sp. nov. 
2 Darjiling. Long. 4 mm. 
Head.— Frons aeneous black, with a little yellowish grey 
tomentose dust along the eye margins. Antennae with rst and 2nd 
joints dark brown, 3rd joint black with long dorsal arista placed at 
the base of the joint. Mouth parts reddish brown. Occiput dark 
grey. 
Thorax.—Yellowish grey-dusted, alittle lighter on the shoulders ; 
three moderately wide dorsal infuscated stripes, separated from 
each other by less than their own width. Scutellum shining black, 
