28o Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. IV, 



Bibio dcfcctus, mihi, sp. nov. 



&. Darjiling. Long. 3 1 mm. 



Head and appendages wholly black, very shortly pubescent. 



Thorax shining black, with dark brown hairs ; scutellum and 

 sides black. 



Abdomen black with brown hairs, greyish hairs at the tip 

 and at the sides near the base. 



Legs dark brown, hind femora nearly black, somewhat long, 

 distincth' though not greatly clubbed, hind tibiae a little lighter, 

 with darker streaks, also clubbed. 



Wings pale brownish grey ; stigma moderately large and 

 distinct ; 4th longitudinal vein forking distinctly proximad of the 

 posterior cross- vein, the branches moderately diverging ; lower 

 branch of 4th and upper branch of 5th veins shortened, not reach- 

 ing the wing-margin. Halteres black. 



Described from a unique & from Kurseong, taken i3-viii-09 

 [Paiva] ] preserved in the Indian Museum. 



Note. — This species comes in the group containing the Euro- 

 pean species clavipes, varipes, etc. 



Dilophus gfraciosus, Big. 



Redescription. 



(f 2. N.India; China. Long, cf 3mm., 2 3^-31 mm. 



cf. E^^es rather bright reddish brown, some long whitish 

 hairs below the head. Thorax shining, abdomen somewhat 

 roughened ; posterior margin of scutellum, and a scutellar ridge 

 below it, connecting it with the metanotum, bright brownish yel- 

 low. The whole body with short sparse pale hairs. Legs reddish 

 brown, with yellowish hairs (longest on the femora) ; coxae and 

 tarsi tips darker. Wings (damaged) nearly clear, stigma dark 

 brown, distinct but ill-defined ; halteres black, rather large, stems 

 yellow. 



2 . Head black, shining, eyes long, antennae jet black. 

 Thorax bright ferruginous, with a thin black dorsal line, which 

 widens anteriorly and extends along the anterior borders of the 

 thorax nearly to the shoulders. 



Abdomen dull ferruginous, dorsum of segments blackish, the 

 first two or three segments nearly wholl}^ blackish on upper side. 

 Belly ferruginous. Legs black, all the coxae, the fore femora 

 wholly, middle femora wholly, except the tips, and the basal half 

 of the hind femora, bright ferruginous. Wings uniformh^ 5^ellow- 

 ish grey, stigma large, clear cut, black. 



Redescribed from specimens of both sexes in the Indian Museum 

 including the type & and 2 , which were taken in cop. by Major 

 Sage in September 1890 at Dharamsala, Western Himalayas. The 

 other specimens are from Amangarh^ Bijnor District, United 



