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Records of the Indian Museum. [Vo,. XVII, 
Id., 1d., Loew., Berl. Ent. Zeits. II, 106, pl. i, 12. 
Crapitula melanaspis, Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. TX, 256. 
Plecia ignicollis, Walk., List Dipt. Brit. Mus. I, rr6 (1848). 
Plecia melanaspis, Auctores. 
Himalayas (many locs.); Nepal; Assam; N.E. Ind. Frontier ; 
China; Japan; Siberia. Probably common everywhere through- 
out the temperate regions of the Orient, and in Eastern Asia 
from about March to October. Not found in the plains in In- 
dia. Occurs in Australia. Types in the Leyden and Vienna 
Museums. 
Plecia, Wied. 
Auss. Zweifl. I, 72 (1828). 
Brun. Kec. Ind. MusvlV,270:-¢d., Kauna Brit: 
Ind..162: Auctores. 
GENOTYPE, Hirtea fulvicollis F., by designation 
of Blanchard (Hist. Nat. Ins. III, 576, 1840). 
Eupettenus, Macq., Dipt. Exot. 1, 8&8 (1838). 
GENOTYPE E. atra Macq., by original designa- 
tion. 
Rhinoplecia, Bell., Ditt. Messico I, 16 (1859). 
GENOTYPE, Plecia rostellata Lw., as rostrata, sp. 
nov., by original designation. 
fulvicollis F., Syst. Antl., 53 (Hirtea) (1803). 
Plecta fulvicollis, Wied., Auss. Zweifl. I, 73: Macq., Hist. Nat. 
Dipt. 1, 176: Dol., Nat. Tijd. Ned: Ind: X, 407, pl. vi,3-2O0st. 
Sack., Ann. Mus. Gen. XVI, 397: d., Berl. Ent. Zeits. XXVI, 
96: de Meij:, Tijd. v. Hut. LI 59, larva, and\pupay plays 
2: Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV) 271 =| 2d., Paunal Brit. dudesmnoss 
7 @,pl. xii, 12, wing, 15, antenna. 
Plecta dorsalis, Walk., Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. I, 5 (1857), Singa- 
pore, Mount Ophir. 
Plecia subvarians, id., loc. cit., 1, 105 (1857), Sarawak. 
Penthetria thoracica, Guer., Belanger’s Voy. aux Indes Orient., 
Zool., 557, pl. iv, 9 (1833). 
India; Ceylon; Burma; Assam; Java; Sumatra; Borneo; 
Ternate; Celebes ; Dutch Papua; Philippines; probably com- 
mon throughout the Oriental Region (though confined mainly to 
the plains), during the greater part of the year. Type. Pro- 
bably no individual specimen was ever selected as such: the 
species is found in the Fabrician and other older collections. 
tergorata Rond., Ann. Mus. Gen. VII, 462 (1875). 
Ost. Sack., loc. cit., XV1, 397: Brun., Rec. Ind. Mus. IV, 271, 
notes: 7d4., Fauna Brit. Ind. 164, pl. xii, 17, antenna. 
Bhim Tal, 19—27-ix-06, including ~ ¢ ,in cop.; Sukna, I-vii- 
08 [both Annandale]; Kurseong, 6-—g-viii-o0g [Paiva] ; Mussoorie, 
x-06; Bhowali, 13-vi-1o [Jmms]; Shan Hills, Upper Burma, 
26-vi-10 [Annandale and J. C. Brown]; Shillong, 5500-6400 
ft., 29-viii—5-ix-15 [Kemp]; Khasi Hills, 17-iii-o7; Malabar, 
