1g912.] E. BrunETI1: New Oriental Diptera. 487 
be described as black, with grey posterior borders (interrupted in 
the middle) to the segments, this colour being continued over the 
sides and across the belly, and which colour is, moreover, of uniform 
width at all times except being rather wider on the Ist segment. 
Pipunculus biroi, Kert. 
Specimens of this species are in the Indian Museum from 
Rangoon, taken by me 23-xii-04 to 3-i-05; Calcutta, where it ap- 
pears to be not uncommon from at least the middle of August to 
the end of November; Puri (Orissa Coast), 18—r1g-i-08 ; and Port 
Canning, near Calcutta, 6-xii-o7; Bhagalpur (Bengal), on sandy 
banks of R. Ganges, 16-ii-Io [Chaudhuri]; Paresnath, Chota 
Nagpur (4,500 ft.), r1-iv-og [Annandale]. I also took a few at 
Darjiling, 23-ix-08 to 2-x-08, on the hillsides in grass and weeds. 
Pipunculus campestris, Latr. himalayensis, mihi, var. nov. 
¢”. Darjiling. Long. 2? mm. 
Head.—Frons blackish grey, with a little grey shimmer above 
the antennae. Vertex shining black. Antennae black, somewhat 
short, 3rd joint with a grey shimmer; arista only twice as long as 
the antennae. Eyes contiguous for a considerable distance, facets 
almost uniform in size. Back of head dark grey, 
Thorax.—Blackish, sides lighter. Scutellum shining blackish, 
metanotum with silvery grey tinge. 
Abdomen.—Blackish; the segments greyish towards the sides, 
the colour with a tendency to extend a little along the margins of 
the segments. Hypopygium black, short, wide, with distinct de- 
pression in centre. 
Legs.—Black, dull ; femora brownish yellow at base and tip, 
with some traces of a greyish shimmer. Basal half of tibiae and 
under side of part of the tarsi brownish yellow. 
Wings.—Clear; stigma pale brown; 3rd costal segment a little 
longer than the 4th; anterior cross vein at about one-third of the 
discal cell; 4th longitudinal vein slightly curved after quitting the 
posterior cross vein. Halteres black. 
Described from two males in the Indian Museum, taken by me 
at Darjiling, 29-v-10 (type) and 29-ix-08. 
N.B.—These two specimens vary so little from typical cam- 
pestris, which is one of the commonest European species, possessing 
a wide distribution and therefore likely to occur in the Himalayas, 
that it seems impossible to regard them as other than a variety. 
The length of the arista being only twice instead of thrice the length 
of the antenna, the absence of any shining black segment in the 
abdomen, and the almost bare thorax are the only differences. 
The frons is about one-tenth the width of the head (measured 
immediately above the antennae), as is shown in Verrall’s figure,! 
1 British Flies, viil, 99. 
