1907-] Records of the I ndiaii Museum. iig 



Oxycera indica mihi, sp. nov. 



5 N.W. India. Long. ^\ mm. Head entirely lemon yellow, 

 except a rather wide black band on the vertex reaching from eye to 

 eye. Four small black spots arranged in the form of a square, all 

 placed at an equal distance from the base of the antennae, which 

 latter are tawny brown, darker at the tip. lyower part of head 

 yellow behind, a moderately wide yellow band encircling the head 

 — passing behind the vertex. The whole head, including the 

 eyes, sparsely pubescent with short pale yellow hairs. Proboscis 

 prominent, black. Thorax aenus black above, with short, rather 

 close yellowish white hair ; underside black. Sides lemon yellow 

 from anterior corners of dorsum to beyond root of wings. 

 Scutellum lemon yellow, base narrowly black ; two very small 

 spines. Abdomen pale yellow, with very short yellowish white 

 hairs and black marked as follows : a large diamond-shaped spot 

 spread over the centre of the ist and 2nd segments, a minute 

 spot on each side of the base of the 2nd segment ; rather more 

 than the basal half of 3rd, 4th and 5th segments black, — these 

 bands being joined to one another in their centres and the upper 

 one to the large diamond spot on 2nd segment. Belly yellow. 

 Legs lemon yellow, pubescence yellow, minute ; a black ring 

 on all the femora and the posterior tibiae. Wings colour- 

 less, veins pale yellow on anterior portion. Halteres pale yellow. 



Described from 2 ? ? in perfect condition in the Indian 

 Museum Collection. Type from Bareilly, United Provinces (15th 

 to 22nd March 1907); the second specimen from Rampur Chaka 

 (23rd to 31st January 1907). In the type the upper pair of spots 

 on the front are larger than the lower ones ; in the other example, 

 all four are of uniform size. A larger specimen taken at Calcutta 

 (June 22nd) has four complete black abdominal bands, the first 

 being basal. 



This species differs from 0. manens Wlk. by the latter having 

 the abdomen entirely black. 



Clitellaria Mcig., 1803. 



Illig. Mag., ii, 265. 



Tabic of species. 

 Antennae black. 



Thorax with three green stripes . . Long. 5 — 7 mm. flavi- 



ccps Wlk. 

 Thorax " with a band and stripe of 



grey tomentum " . . Long. 10 mm. notabilis Wlk. 



Antennae tawny red. 



Thorax with yellowish hairs on 



dorsum . . Long. 7 mm. heminopla Wied. 



Thorax with 3 interrupted downy 



bands . . Long. 8 mm. varia Wlk, 



