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Three "b 'b in the Indian Museum Collection from Nepal (4,500 

 feet) taken in October, agree pretty closely with Walker's descrip- 

 tion, as does a b in the same collection captured by Dr. Annan- 

 dale at Bhim Tal, 19th to 22nd September 1906, also at an 

 altitude of 4,500 feet. From this height to the plains and so low 

 a latitude as Singapore and the East India Islands would be by 

 no means an excessive range for a Dipteron, 



Van der Wulp mentions 2 b 'b from Papua, 



S, fapuanns Big., 1879. 

 Ann. Soc. Ent Fr. (1879), 223. 

 9 Bigot Collection. 



S. longipes Wlk., 1861. 



Pr. Linn. So., v, 232. 



h Dorey (Papua). A male from Erima (Astrolabe Bay) 

 Papua, is recorded by Van der Wulp. 



S. dehilis Wlk., 1861 ; /.c, v, 274. 

 'b Batjan. Near redhibens Wlk. 



5. inficitus Wlk., 1861 ; I.e., v, 274. 

 b Batjan. 



Ptecticus Loew., 1855. 



. i ,, Verh. Zool. Bot., v, 142. 



Table of species. 



A Black species ; wings blackish (slightly 

 tawny in front in tenebrifer). 



lyong. 18 mm. . . . . remeans Wlk, 



,, 14 mm. . . , . illucens Sch. 



,, 10 to 12 mm. .. .. tenebrifer Wlk, 



A A Yellow species (sometimes much marked 



with black). 

 B Wing with basal half yellow tawny, re- 

 mainder blackish or grey. 

 Posterior femora black . . Long, about 15-16 mm, rufes- 



cens V. d. Wulp. 

 Posterior femora reddish yellow, 



1. Disc of thorax ferruginous, 3 indistinct darker 



lines. Abdomen with shining black dorsal 

 bands. Posterior tibiae in b with brown 

 ' band . , . . Long. 14-15 mm. aurifer Wlk. 



2. Male genitalia black. 4th abdominal segment 



with a very large brown spot. 5th all black- 

 ish. Thorax all tawny, unmarked. Long 15 mm. 



apicalis Lw. 



