igii.] E. Brunetti : New Oriental Nemocera. 275 



Legs shining black, pubescent, spines on fore tibiae with a 

 dull carmine tinge, pulvilli yellowish white. 



Wings brownish in cf as in nbscuripennis , Meij. ; in $ ver^^ 

 pale grey, conspicuously lighter than in the & , anterior border a 

 little blackish in the & , but wholly deep black in the 9 . Stigma 

 large, black. Halteres black. 



Described from a cf and 5 in bad condition in the Indian 

 Museum (labelled simply "Ind."), which were returned by Bigot 

 marked '^ hortiilatnis cf 9 ?"; also a perfect 9 obviously of the 

 same species taken at Kurseong, 15-v-io. 



Types in the Indian Museum. 



Note. — This is either a large and well-marked variety of 

 hortulamis, L., or distinct. The differences apparent are, the much 

 greater size of the c^ , hortulanns being generally about 8 to 11 

 mm. in length; the brown, not whitish wings in the cf , the yel- 

 lowish hair in the 9 on the under side of the head and behind 

 the eyes, the hair in this position in hortulanus ( 9 ) being black. 



Bibio obscuripennis, Meij. 



This species w-as abundant at Darjiling during a few days 

 before and after October i6th 1905, when I captured several pairs 

 in cop. in addition to a good number of males and a lesser number 

 of females. My identification of the species was confirmed by Herr 

 Meij ere. 



Its chief distinction from niarci, L., to wdiich it bears a remark- 

 ably close resemblance, is the brown wings in the. cf . In niarci 

 they are nearly clear, with a whitish tinge. The basal section of 

 the 3rd longitudinal vein in both species varies distinctly in its 

 length relative to that of the anterior cross-vein, in some speci- 

 mens being one and a quarter times as long, in others as much as 

 nearly double, and it cannot be relied on exclusivel}^ as a specific 

 character. 



The species is represented in the Indian ^Museum by specimens 

 from the following localities : Chitlong (Nepal) ; Darjiling, 16-X-05 

 [Brunetti]; 27-v-io (6,000 ft.) [D'Abreu]; Kurseong, 23-iv-io 

 [D'Abreu]; ISi ami Ta\, 28-ix-07 ; Matiana (Simla hills, 8,000 ft.), 

 28, 30-iv-07 [Annandale] ; Chinese Frontier, N. W. Burma (4 — 

 5,000 ft.), xi-io [C. W. Beebe]. 



Bibio proximus, milii, sp. nov. 



cf. Darjiling. Long. 5 mm. 



Head wholly black, clothed with black hairs, including dense 

 pubescence on the eyes. 



Thorax wholly black, dull, dorsum rather more shining ante- 

 riorly, pubescence black. 



Abdomen black with black pubescence. 



Legs black: hind femora barely incrassated posteriorly, dis- 

 tinctly less so than in niarci ; hind tibiae more incrassated towards 



