igoy.] Records of the Indian Museum. 169 



Platychirus albimanus F. 4 5 2 ; Theog and Matiana. The 

 anterior legs are in most cases a little darker than in normal 

 European forms, but one specimen has them almost entirely 

 pale. 



Syrphus Pyrastri L. ^ a" cf 1 2 ; Simla and Theog. 



5. balteatus De Geer 10 a' a' 3 ? $ ; Simla, Matiana, Theog. 



5. towns Ost. Sack. 2 a' a' 2 $ 9 ; Matiana. 



5. lunigey Mg. icf ; Theog. 



5. umhellatarum F. i a' ; Matiana. 

 The specimens of the above five species are absolutely identical with 

 European ones. Besides these, there are three c^ a* of a species near 

 albostriatus Flu., but certainly not that species — two of them are 

 from Matiana, the other from Simla Again, there are 9 other 

 specimens of Syrphus representing 6 or 7 species, which I have not 

 yet identified. 



Chilosia sp. i ct' ; Matiana. 



SphcBYOphoria sp. 6 cf cf 4 2 $ . 



Eristalis tenax L. i a' 2 2 $ ; Matiana and Theog. Common 

 everywhere, these specimens are of normal type. 



Eristalis solitus Wlk. 2 c a' 3 2 2 ; Matiana and Theog. 

 Whether I have correctly identified the species or not I am not 

 sure, but I have taken it commonly at Mussoorie, Darjiling, in 

 China and Japan, while the Indian Museum Collection contains a 

 good series from various localities in the East (Sikkim, Shillong and 

 Mussoorie). 



Rhingia sp. nov. One of each sex of a new species of this 

 genus which I am describing in a subsequent paper on this group. 

 A cT of this species exists in the Indian Museum Collection from 

 Darjiling (7,000 — 12,000 feet). 



In addition to the above species there is a single cf from Kodiali 

 (8,400 feet) which I am unable to place generically. It is nearest 

 to Br achy palpus, but lacks the enlarged posterior femora with 

 spines beneath. 



In Tachinidce 13 examples represent 11 species, amongst which 

 one is apparently a Gonia. 



Sarcophaga is represented by 2 specimens. 

 i ^ In MuscincB vercB, there are Calliphora vomitoria 1^. {1 cf 4 2 2 ) 

 from Matiana and Simla ; C. crythrocephala Mg. (4 specimens) from 

 Simla and Theog ; Musca domestica L. , cr' 2 from Matiana and 

 Phagu respectively. 



AnthomyidcB. — I find Homalomyia canalicularis L. {5 ^ ^ ] 

 Matiana and Theog) ; an Aricia (222; Theog) with all black legs, 

 and a dozen other species amongst the remaining 44 specimens, 

 mostly small Chortophilce. 



In Aca.ypierata I re:ognise the handsome Dryomyza maculi- 

 Pennis Macq. (allied to the D. jormosa of Japan) ; one specimen 

 having been taken at Simla. I took several of this species near a 

 water tank on the jungly hillside ac Mussoorie. 



Sepedon plumbelcus Wied. ^Dharampur). 



5. crishna Wlk. Matiana ; a male (28th to 30th April, 1907). 



