480 Records of the Indian Museum. LVOEs- VT. 
Two pairs taken 7 cop.; Tenmalai (Travancore, S. India), 
22-xi-08, by Dr. Annandale. and also a pair taken by him in Cal- 
cutta, 27-11-07, in the Indian Museum offices, 
Phycus brunneus var. brunnipes, mihi, var. nov. 
9. Burma. Long. 54—74 mm. 
Three 2 2 in the Indian Museum from Mandalay (12-iii-08) 
and Moulmein (28-ii-o8) taken by Dr. Annandale appear to represent 
a variety, as they possess a broad brown ring on the posterior 
femora which leaves only a very narrow part yellow at both 
base and tip, the front femora being brownish yellow. The scutel- 
lum is wholly black, with a little greyish tomentum ; the abdomi- 
nal bands milk white, whilst the wings in one example are practi- 
cally clear, in the second faintly brown tinged at tip, and in the 
third the veins are distinctly brown suffused towards the tips 
The sex appears to be female. 
Phycus nigripes, mihi, sp. nov. 
2? #. Darjiling District. Long. 10 mm. 
Very near brunneus and brunnipes but differing as follows. 
Lower half of frons wholly shimmering silvery white, without the 
large shining jet black spot immediately above the antennae which 
is so conspicuous in both those forms; 3rd antennal joint cylindri- 
cal, much narrower than in the other species. Median dorsal stripe 
faint; abdominal bands very narrow, milk white, only the one on 
the 2nd segment really distinct. Legs wholly black, including 
coxae, which have a little bluish-white shimmer. Wings clear, 
with a distinct blackish suffusion towards tip, extending from the 
costa covering about the distal half of the 2nd longitudinal 
vein, reaching irregularly to the hind margin, just encroaching on 
the discal cell, and with a small irregular clear space in each of 
the two submarginal cells. Halteres knobs wholly black. From 
the narrow frons and the appearance of the abdomen I conclude 
the single specimen isa@m. Kurseong, 27-iti-ro[ Annandale]. Quite 
a distinct species. 
Thereva flavolineata, mihi, sp. nov. 
@. Assam. Long. lo mm. 
Head,—Frons small, black, with black hairs, ocelli red. Eye 
facets larger in front. Face grey, with long stiff black hairs above 
the antennae and with long greyish hairs below them. Antennae 
Ist joint black (rest missing), oral orifice reddish yellow. Back | 
of head grey, with greyish hairs; vertex and upper border of 
eyes with black hairs. 
Thorax.—Dorsum dark brown, with two well-separated, mode- 
rately wide, chrome yellow stripes; dorsum covered with mixed 
brown and yellow hairs, the former mainly on the darker parts. 
