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Scutellum black. Abdomen black, on the second segment appears 

 a large pale yellowish almost square spot and a minute triangular 

 greyish spot in centre on posterior border, on third and fourth 

 segments appear three small triangular greyish spots situated on 

 the posterior borders of segments ; under side black with yellow 

 spots. Legs black, the middle tibiae yellow, black at extreme apex, 

 pubescence of legs black. Wings hyaline with a dark brown 

 base, costal border reaching to the apex, and a median band, the 

 brown colouring at base extends beyond the middle of both basal 

 cells, leaving a narrow hyaline band between them and the cross- 

 band which is broad extending into the apical cell, becoming 

 paler in the fifth posterior cell^ its upper border irregular, at the 

 base of branches of third vein it is produced, reaching towards the 

 apical spot and thus giving rise to the clear spot or incision men- 

 tioned above ; the apical spot extends over the anterior branch of 

 third vein. 



2 . Facial black tubercles are smaller. Forehead covered 

 with gre3^ tomentum, the frontal tubercle black, transverse, but 

 small, not reaching eyes. Thorax grey with three very distinct 

 black stripes. Scutellum identical. Abdomen greyish, the two 

 black spots uniting in centre on first and second segments well 

 marked, on third segment appears a zigzag black band on its 

 anterior border, and on following segments a small ill-defined 

 black spot on each side of median line ; the abdomen of the only 

 female specimen is not in very good preservation; under side 

 greyish with black markings. Legs yellow, knees and tarsi black- 

 ish. Wings similar to those of male. 



The male from Persian Gulf mentioned in Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (7), ix, p. 376, appears a different species, the abdomen 

 having only median grey spots ; it is probably a new species. 



This Walker species bears a strong resemblance to the 

 Palaearctic species Chrysops puncti fer a, IfOew , recorded from Syria, 

 in the wing-markings and in the abdominal markings, especially 

 of the male, but it is distinguished b^^ the slightly incrassate first 

 joint of antennae, and larger frontal triangle in the male, and also 

 in the female by the more greyish colour of the abdomen. 



Chrysops Indiana, cf 9 , Ricardo. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), ix, p. 379 (1902). 



One male from Nilghiri Hills, 88, 112 (Hampson). 



One female from Khasi Hills district, India, 96, 135 

 (Chennell, 1878). 



A species allied to C. dispar , Fabr., but in the wing approach- 

 ing C. jasciatus, Wied. ; it is larger and more robust than 

 C. dispar, Fabr. 



Yellow, with a black bifid stripe on the second segment, 

 enclosing a small, almost round, yellow spot, but the black does 

 not join on the posterior border. 



