1907.] Records of the Indian Museum. 215 



S. sanguinipes mihi, sp. nov. 



cr 9 , Soerabaya, Java, long. 7-8 mm. 



Parous depressed, yellow, becoming brownish above, and nearly 

 black on vertex, with a silvery leaden reflection seen from behind. 

 Face below antennae bright yellow, unmarked, cheeks a little 

 darker ; antennae, ist joint reddish yellow, bare ; 2nd joint black, 

 with short stiff hairs ; 3rd black, slightly pale at base on upper 

 side, with dorsal white arista. Proboscis yellowish brown with 

 a few hairs. Thorax dull black, dorsum smooth and bare ; lower 

 part of sides with silvery leaden reflections seen from behind. 

 Abdomen blackish leaden, sometimes with brownish reflections ; 

 bare, a few short hairs at tip. Legs, fore coxae yellow, four pos- 

 terior coxae yellowish brown, all the coxae in certain lights showing 

 silver}^ white reflections : fore femora red, with black tips ; middle 

 femora generally all reddish, but sometimes yellowish for a greater 

 or less part from the base, tips black ; posterior femora, basal 

 two-fifths bright yellow, the rest brilliant red, tip black ; fore tibiae 

 dark brown or black ; four posterior tibiae variable, brown, reddish 

 brown or blackish ; tarsi dark brown or black ; the fore pair dis- 

 tinctly wider than the middle and posterior pairs in both sexes. 

 Wings grey, blackish towards tip , and slightly yellowish on anterior 

 margin ; halteres yellowish white. Described from about 30 

 specimens in the Indian Museum collection (where the type a' and 

 2 are deposited) and my own. 



With the exception of one $ taken near Calcutta, May 27th, 

 1907, in the Indian Museum, all the examples referred to were 

 collected by me in the East and the)^ record the following data : 

 Soerabaya, Java, i6th to 25th July, 1906 (in woods) ; Rangoon 

 (about) February 9th, 1906 ; Hong-Kong, 5th March, 1906 ; and 

 Calcutta, 22nd January, 1907 (in grass near ponds). 



5. fuscinervis mihi, sp. nov. 



$ , Soerabaya, Java, long. 6 mm. The single example of this 

 species was taken by me in company with the preceding, July 25th, 

 1906. 



It varies by the wings being pale grey ; without any yellowish 

 colour on the anterior part ; with the three longitudinal veins 

 widely suffused from the discal vein to the wing border. Although 

 I have only seen this one specimen, the wing suffusions appear to 

 make it quite a distinct species. In all other respects it agrees 

 with sanguinipes. In my collection. 



S. ferruginosus Wied., 1830. 



Ausser. Zweifl., ii, 577. 



A common species in Calcutta and Rangoon, probably extend- 

 ing over a considerable area in this region. Its uniformly light 



