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From a careful comparison of the specimens with four 9 9 

 from Austria, four 2 9 taken by me in Wales, and a 9 taken 

 by Dr. Annandale in Mull, Scotland, 4 — 6-X-07 (^H '^^ the Indian 

 Museum), I find no other difference from typical fenestralis. I have 

 no European & present to compare with, but in indica both sexes 

 appear equally common. 



This new form appears common in the Himalayas, the Indian 

 Museum possessing it from Simla (7,000 ft.), 24-iv-07 and io-v-09 

 [Annandale, common] ; Matiana, Simla district (8,000 ft.), 28 — 30- 

 iv-07 [Annandale^] Darjiling (7,000 ft.), 5 — g-viii-OQ [Paiva, com- 

 mon); also from Ukhral, Manipur (6,400 ft.) [Pctttgreie]. 



Rhyphus punctatus, F. 



Though I have no specimen to compare them with, I have 

 little doubt that three $ 9 in the Indian Museum represent this 

 species, agreeing almost perfecth' with Schiner's description. Two 

 are from Kurseong, Darjiling (5,000 ft.), 10— 26-ix-09 [Lynch], 

 and the third from the same place taken on g-ix-OQ by Dr. 

 Annandale. 



Rhyphus distinctus, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf ? . Darjiling district. Long. 3-4 mm. 



Head. — Eyes absolutely contiguous in o^ from the conspicu- 

 ousl}' raised ocellar triangle, which occupies the whole vertex, 

 almost to the base of the antennae. Under side of head blackish 

 grey. Frons in 2 one-fourth the width of the head, and, with 

 vertex and face, whitish grey ; under side of head somewhat yellow- 

 ish. Antennae wholly black with a little short grey pubescence, 

 tips of both scapal joints sometimes narrowly brownish yellow; 

 palpi black. Back of head with some soft long hairs, proboscis 

 yellowish. 



Thorax brownish yellow ; with three moderately broad, some- 

 what reddish brown stripes ; the outer ones extending from just 

 below the anterior margin, nearly to the posterior one. The middle 

 stripe extends from the anterior margin nearly to the scutellum, 

 tapering gradually ; often narrowly divided in front : there is also 

 a small unicolorous transverse mark just below each shoulder. 



A dorso-central row of stiff hairs, gradually diminishing in 

 length extends from the posterior margin forwards, thence curving 

 towards and over the humeral swellings, 



There is a lateral row of 6 or 7 long stiff hairs above each 

 wing and some post-alar ones. Scutellum brownish yellow, with 

 a broad median brown band, and the extreme edges brown : 

 metanotum shining dark brown. 



Abdomen dark reddish brown, with a moderate amount of 

 soft short yellow hair ; hind margins of segments more or less 

 narrowly yellowish, sometimes the posterior corners of the seg- 

 ments also. Basal segment sometimes lighter coloured. Belly 

 yellowish, more or less dark marked, genitalia inconspicuous. 



