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spots approximate, the third similar but rather shorter ; fourth seg- 

 ment with a row of four bristles. 



Minor characters concern the frontal black spot, of which the 

 upper margin takes the form of a V ; also the scutellum, of which 

 only the extreme base is black, whilst the black band in front 

 of it is narrower. 



Described from 3 $ 9 in the collection of the Indian Museum, 

 two taken b}' Dr. Annandale between the 28th and 30th of April, 

 1907, at Theog (alt. 8,000 feet) in the Simla district, and one from 

 Dharampur in the same district (alt, SjTQO feet), taken between 

 May 6th and 8th. 



Types in Indian Museum collection. 



Note.— The other species of Limnophora recorded up to the 

 present from the East are — 



L. bengalensis, ^. De^v. Essai sur les Myodaires, 518. Bengal. 



L. macei, R. Desv. Loc. cit., 519. Bengal. 



L. prominens, vStein. Tijd. voor Ent., xlvi, 106. Java, 



L. nigripennis, Stein. Loc. cit., 108. Java, 



Anthomyia phtvialis, L. (Plate xv, lig, 6, 2 .) 



A single male of this pretty species was taken by Dr, Annan- 

 dale at Theog on May 2nd this year. It is very common through- 

 out Europe and North America, and probably occurs right across 

 the Palsearctic region to Japan and China, and may perhaps be 

 found at many places in the Himalayas, I believe it has not 

 been recorded from India before. 



Anthomyia biseiosa, Thoms. (Plate xv ; fig. 4, cf \ fig. 5^ 9 .) 

 Ant'iomyia hisetosa, Thorns. Eugenie Reise, p. 555. 

 Described first in the " Eugenie Reise " from China ( 9 ), this 

 species has come under my notice several times lately. I took 

 it myself at Mhow, nth to i6th April 1905, and at Hongkong 

 5th March 1906, whilst the Indian Museum possesses specimens 

 from Calcutta taken in May this year. The appearance of the 

 thorax of this species is the same as that of the two species of 

 Limnophora described above, while the abdomen is similar to that 

 of A. pluvialis ; it is very distinct, and I do not think there can 

 be much doubt about the identification of the species with that 

 of Thomson. 



Head — 



In the male : eyes separated by only the narrowest possible 

 silver-white dividing line, extending to the vertex ; lower part of 

 face greyish white, more or less silvery seen from above, with, on 

 each side of the lower part of the cheeks, a triangular black spot 

 bearing one strong bristle and some smaller ones ; antennae black, 

 arista bare ; a row of bristles along under part of head ; vertex 



