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8. selecta Ost. Sack., 1882. Berl. Ent. Teit., xxvi, 236, fig. 13 



(wing). 

 Philippines. 



9. rubicunda V. der Wulp, 1897. Tijd. v. Ent., xl, 196 ; pi. viii, 6. 

 Nias (Java). 



In the Indian Museum Collection is a specimen of Teleopsis 

 from Tenasserim which does not appear to be any of the described 

 species. 



SPHYRACEPHAI.A Say., 1828. Amer. Entom., iii, pi. 52. 



1. hearscyana Westw., 1884. Tr. Entom. Soc. Figured by him 



in Cab. Or. Ent., pi. xviii, 4. 



Bengal ; Lucknow ; Cawnpore. A single specimen from Bhim 

 Tal, taken by Dr. Annandale between September 22nd and 

 27th, 1906, is in the Indian Museum Collection. 



2. cothurnata Big., 1874. (5) iv, 115. (Diopsis.) 

 Celebes ; Philippines. 



Diopsis trentepohlii Westw. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xvii, 546; 

 pi. xxviii, 6, introduced into Van der Wulp's Catalogue as from 

 East India, is an African species (Guinea), as noted in the 

 author's corrections to his Catalogue in Tijd. v. Ent., xlii. 



II.— PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A COLLECTION 

 FROM SIMLA 



made in April and May 1907. 



By E. Brunetti. 



The specimens dealt with in this report are from places of 

 various altitude in the vicinity of Simla, and were captured by 

 Dr. Annandale and his native assistant this year between April 24th 

 and May 8th. In all, there are about 130 species, and, considering 

 the late season, snow still persisting in sheltered spots, this seems 

 a very satisfactory result for a fortnight's work. 



The more I see of the Himalayan Diptera, the more I am 

 inclined to consider that it belongs faunistically to the Palaearctic 

 Region, and not to the Oriental, except as regards the lesser heights 

 on the southern side. 



I collected a fair amount of material in 1905 and 1906 during 

 two visits to Mussoorie and one to Darjiling, and the Simla material 

 now under examination strikingly resembles my Diptera from 

 the other two localities, all the collections containing a considerable 

 proportion of European species, these latter, moreover, retaining 

 in most cases their typical form. This is conspicuously the case 

 in the present instance as regards the family Syrphidse, of which, 

 out of twenty-five species captured, I have identified positively 

 ten as commonly distributed European species, showing no varia- 



