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their bases on the sides of the segments, and their apices meeting 

 the moderately broad concolorous dorsal stripe, which does not 

 reach the posterior border of the 2nd segment. The extreme bases 

 of these two segments are very narrowl}" brown, the 4th segment 

 has a ver}' indistinct trace of the commonl}^ present blackish gre^^ 

 spots. Thoracic dorsum lightly 3'ellowish gre}^, that of the abdo- 

 men slighth^ bluish grey. Basal half of tibiae pale, in certain lights 

 the whole of the middle pair appears pale. Frons \ width of head ; 

 with face, whitish grey. Anterior ends of outer pair of thoracic 

 stripes rather deeply black, enlarged into a spot of considerable 

 size just above the shoulders. 



N .B. — This specimen is evidently quite distinct from calcitrans, 

 yet I can compare it for purposes of description with no other. It 

 was sent to JMr. Austen, who returned it, marked, " ? brunnipes 

 Grunb. or sp. nov. closely allied." It appears to me, however, 

 that it can hardly be brunnipes, Griinb. (an African species, but 

 which, of course, may quite easily occur in the Orient as well), 

 as that species is said b}^ its author to have a frons onl)^ ^ the width 

 of the head, whereas in the present example the frons measures \. 



From Griinberg's description I should expect a considerably 

 larger proportion of the tibiae and tarsi to be brown than is the case 

 in this specimen. I therefore venture to describe it as new. 



In the Indian Museum, from Sylhet, Assam, taken by Ivt.-Col. 

 Hall, 31-1-05. 



For purposes of comparison, in the event of my being in error 

 as to its specific difference from brunnipes, I append a translation 

 of both sexes of Griinberg's species. 



Originall}' described from German East Africa , onh' the d- was 

 mentioned, but immediately following this description was that of a 

 supposed different species, scllata . this being now accepted as the 

 9 of brunnipes. 



Stomoxys brunnipes, Griinb., 1906. 



Zool. Anzeig., xxx, cy , 89 ; 2 (5. sellata , Griinb.), 90. 



{Description of & : translation.) 



Black, with brownish yellow, partly greyer dusted. 



Frons in cf one-eighth width of head, with narrow velvet- 

 black stripe ; sides of frons, and the cheeks, shining j^ellow grey 

 dusted. Antennae black, with brownish yellow arista. Palpi 

 brownish yellow. 



Thorax yellowish grey dusted, grey on shoulders and between 

 the black stripes on fore border. The black stripes converge in front 

 of the suture, but they are sometimes separated behind it, by the 

 presence of narrow intermediate spaces. 



Abdomen brownish yellow dusted, the segments with broad 

 blackish band on posterior borders. When viewed from behind, 

 a black dorsal line can be distinctly seen, which is expanded on the 

 fore borders of the segments. 



