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blackish abdomen above ; black legs with coxae and basal half of 

 femora (anterior pair, wholly) red. 



Siniulium indicum Becher. One specimen from Simla is this 

 species, whilst a second, from Phagu, appears to be an undescribed 

 species. 



Anopheles sp. (one specimen), 



Culex mimeticus Noe. One example, determined by Dr. 

 Annandale. Theog, 2nd May. 



Of ChironomidcB , which were rather common around water 

 tanks, at least ten species are present, amongst the males ; these 

 being distributed over twenty specimens of both sexes. 



' The TipulidcB are represented by ten specimens of a prettily 

 wing-marked Trichocera and three or four other Limnobiince , in fair 

 condition. Also by Pselliophora, sp. (two specimens), Dharampur ; 

 a large handsome species which is already in the Indian Museum 

 Collection from Nepal, Bhim Tal and Shillong. Though it is so 

 conspicuous a species, I have been unable to identify it with any 

 of the published descriptions. 



Rhyphus fenestralis Scop. ^ d d 4 ? 9 ; one from Matiana 

 the rest from Simla. Agreeing with the European form of this 

 common species, which occurs generally on windows ; the specimens 

 are slightly larger than usual. 



Bombylius major ly. 3 $ ? ; Matiana and Kodiali (8,400 feet). 

 Two of the specimens (the abdomen of the third is denuded of hair) 

 show a very faint pale dorsal line from the tip of the abdomen nearly 

 to the base. Otherwise they agree exactly with Palsearctic specimens. 



Bombylius sp. Dharampur. i d with clear wings. The ab- 

 domen is denuded, which precludes the possibility of naming the 

 species. 



Thereva sp. Theog. i 9 near the European annulata but 

 differing sufficiently to make it specifically distinct. 



Asilus {sensu latu) 3 cf a' , 2 2 2 ; Theog and Simla. A moder- 

 ate-sized grey species which might belong to any one of the con- 

 siderable number of European and Oriental genera described under 

 this genus in its widest sense. Dr. Annandale also took a 2 of 

 the same species at Lucknow, 21st April, 1907. 



In EmpidcB, three specimens appear to represent Pachymeria, 

 Hilar a and Tachydromia respectively. 



Dolichopus , sp. 2 2 2 ; Matiana. 



Pipizella ; a & and 2 from Matiana probably of the same 

 species. 



Chrysogaster sp. 2 cf d^ ; Matiana. 



Melanostoma mellinum L. 2 ct' a' ; Theog and Simla. 



M. scalar e F. i a' ; Matiana. A series of thirteen females 

 from Simla, Theog and Matiana al o appear to be the true scaL.re. 



M. ambiguum Flu. i a" ; Mat.ana. 



M dubium Lett, i 2 Matiana. I named this species from 

 " VeriaL's British Flies," havmg no European species at hand 

 to compare it with, bu. it is notxeable that Verrah records it 

 from an a.tilude of 3,000 feet in Scotland. 



