igii.J E. Brunetti : .V^;^^; Oriental Nemocera. 279 



Bibio rufifemur, mihi, sp. nov. 



5 . Darjiling. Long. 6-7 mm. 



Head black ; antennae with a little blackish pubescence ; some 

 short grey hairs behind head. Ocelli close together on a small 

 triangle on extreme vertex ; frons wholly bare. 



Thorax black, a little brownish grey hair on pleurae. Scutel- 

 lum and metanotum shining black, former with a few short black 

 hairs on hind margin. 



Abdomen black, roughened, with black and brown hairs. 



Legs. — Coxae shining black, with microscopic yellow pubes- 

 cence, and a few longer hairs ; tips reddish on outside. Femora 

 bright orange- red, with sparse, very short, yellow hairs, tips black. 

 Remainder of legs black, with short black or brown hairs, tips of 

 tarsi joints narrowly yellowish brown. 



Wings brownish grey, darker anteriorly; costal cell rather 

 dark brown ; stigma distinctly- dark brown, rather small, elongated 

 egg-shaped, not touching 3rd longitudinal vein. Veins on front 

 half of wing brown, 4th, 5th and 6th veins brownish yellow : 4th 

 vein forks rather widely at junction with posterior cross-vein and 

 just be5-ond tip of 2nd vein. Halteres black. 



Described from two 2 $ in my collection, taken by me at 

 Darjiling, 20-X-05. 



Bibio fuscitibia, mihi, sp. nov. 



(f . Western Himalayas. Long. 5-6 mm. 



Head black, with rather long and thick black hairs, mixed 

 with some dark brown ones; antennae and palpi black, mouth 

 greyish white. 



Thorax and scutellum shining black, black haired. 



Abdomen black, moderateh- shining, with blackish and dark 

 brown hairs. 661137^ similar. 



Legs normal ; femora black with brown hairs ; fore tibiae dark 

 brown, ending in a light brown spine, posterior tibiae reddish 

 brown, middle pair darker, black at tips, shortly setose; hind pair 

 with softer hairs, darker towards tips; tarsi brown, darker at tips ; 

 hind metatarsus thickened, one-and-a-half times as long as next 

 joint. 



Wings nearly clear, stigma dark brown, moderately long, and 

 di.stinct : 4th longitudinal vein forking exactly at junction with 

 outer cross-vein, the branches not widely separated. Halteres 

 black. 



Described from a a' in the Indian Museum collection from 

 Phakia, Kumaon district (10,700 ft.), taken by ]\Ir. A. D. Imms, 

 3-vi-09. 



N.B. — This s])ecies bears a considerable resemblance to the 

 European B. lanigcr, Mg., but that species has greyish brown, 

 thicker, woolly hair, and a comparison of specimens of the two 

 species shows them to be quite distinct. 



