IQI5.] E. BruNETTI: Notes on Oriental Syrphidae. 225 
Sphegina tricoloripes, mihi, sp. nov. 
(Plate xiii, fig. 9). 
2 Western Himalayas. Long. 7 mm. 
Head.—Frons blackish grey, nearly one-third the width of the 
head, uniform in width, vertical triangle not very distinct; face 
blackish grey. Upper mouth border well produced, proboscis 
moderately long, brownish yellow. Antennal prominence distinct 
but small, antennae blackish; 3rd joint slightly produced above 
at base; occiput blackish grey. 
Thorax dull blackish, with two rather narrow, well separated, 
greyish dorsal stripes from anterior margin to scutellum; shoulders 
a little greyish. Scutellum rather shining black, with a pair of 
apical pale bristles, convergent and weak. 
Abdomen.—Tawny brown, much contracted at base, widening 
rapidly from middle of 2nd segment to tip of 3rd, thence gradually 
narrowing. Upper side of last segment a little obscure. A few 
long whitish hairs at sides at base of abdomen, the remainder of 
the dorsal and ventral surfaces practically bare. Belly tawny 
brown. 
Legs.—Front pair with coxae, base and tip of femora, basal 
half of tibiae and the metatarsi yellow, the remainder black. 
Middle pair similar, but the very short coxae obscure. Hind pair 
much enlarged, with obscure coxae. Of the hind femora the basal 
fourth is bright lemon yellow, the remaining portion having the 
proximal half black and the distal half reddish brown; the 
extreme tip is black. Under side beset with several rows of very 
short spines, and an additional row of about 8 or g longer ones. 
Tibiae distinctly but not greatly curved, pale yellow, rather less 
than the apical half black; tarsi all black, metatarsi distinctly 
enlarged and lengthened. 
Wings pale grey; subcostal cell yellowish from tip of auxi- 
liary vein; 4th longitudinal vein curved upwards to 3rd in a very 
rounded loop; 5th vein bent upwards at a slightly obtuse angle; 
halteres yellow. . 
Described from a single @ in the Indian Museum presented 
by Dr. A. D. Imms, taken by him at Bhowali, Kumaon Dis- 
trict, 5700 ft., 2-vii-Io. 
Rhinobaccha gracilis, Meij. 
One specimen in the Indian Museum taken at Pattipola, Cey- 
lon, 3-vil-10, the exact locality from which the type came, agrees 
with every generic and specific character as given in Meijere’s 
description. 
I am uncertain as to its sex having seen only the one, but it 
is apparently a o@. 
The genus was described by Meijere in the Tijd. v. Ent. li, 
315 (1908). 
