19 1 1. J E. Brunetti : y^ew Oriental Nemocera. 261 



Thorax yellowish, with three wide, dark, soft reddish brown 

 stripes. Sides yellow, with black streaks. Some bristles on the 

 dorsum. Scutellum yellow, with a few bristles. 



Abdomen brownish yellow, blackish towards tip, posterior 

 borders of basal segments widely black. Belly apparently con- 

 colorous. 



Legs brownish j-ellow , minutely pubescent : tips of the 

 femora, of the tibiae and of the tarsal joints blackish. 



Wings pale grey: anterior border a little yellowish on basal 

 half; posterior border pale blackish, slightly deeper at tip. A dark 

 irregular band from the costa, reaching to the discal cell, and 

 another, of about equal width, placed between the first and the 

 infuscated wing tip. The clear space immediately adjoining the 

 infuscated wing tip encloses a pale blackish oblong spot placed 

 lengthwise on the costa. Outer side of the discal cell with a 

 black suffusion, a black round spot in the ist basal cell; posterior 

 cross-vein and the anal vein narrowly black suffused. Halteres 

 pale yellowish brown. 



Described from a specimen in good condition in the Indian 

 Museum collection from Siliguri (18 — 20-vii-07). 



N.B. — This species is very near Van der Wulp's maciilipennis, 

 but I believe it quite distinct, differing in the wing marks, and in 

 the wholl}^ yellowish hind femora, these joints in Wulp's species 

 having a black ring in the middle. The palpi, too, in Wulp's 

 species are blackish and the thorax is described as yellow with 

 black stripes. 



Rhyphus fcnestralis, Scop., var. nov. indicus, mihi. 



& 5 . Himalayas and Assam. lyong. 4-5 mm. 



A number of specimens in the Indian Museum, from the 

 Himalayas, show a difference from the usual form of this common 

 European species, the difference being constant in all the specimens 

 examined. 



The apical spot in the wing is distinctly black, clearer cut, and 

 of a different shape. In fenestralis (typical) it is brownish, and its 

 inner sides form a right angle, and, at the edge of the wing, the 

 spot extends distinctly below the 3rd longitudinal vein ; whereas 

 in indicus, it is quite black, the edge much more clearl}^ cut, and 

 the distal half of the spot does not extend below the 3rd longitudi- 

 nal vein, although above this vein it reaches the wing tip as usual, 

 so that the inner form of the spot is not a right angle, but irregu- 

 lar. Moreover, the abdomen is darker, especially in the 9 in 

 which sometimes the usual black bands extend over nearly all the 

 abdomen. The alxlomen in the & is lighter than in the $ , and 

 shows traces of a dorsal line of elongated spots. In size, the variety 

 is slightly larger, and all the examples have the brown ring on the 

 hind femora, but though always present, it varies in intensity, and 

 is darkest in the & . 



