488 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. Vink 
and as is the case in European specimens before me. Mr. Verrall, 
however, says in the text that the frons is only one-twentieth the 
width of the head. 
This species in typically marked specimens is easily distin- 
guished from bzvot by the apical black half of the tibiae, and from my 
cinereo-aenous by its black antennae and halteres, and the mainly 
black legs. However, three specimens in the Indian Museum appear 
to show an intermediate form, which may possibly bea third species. 
The antennae are white tipped, the body colour dark grey, the 
abdomen quite similar to that of bivoz but the tibiae show the black 
apical half in two specimens and distinct traces of them in the third, 
which would associate the form with my new variety himalayensis. 
The greyish thorax and abdomen and distinctly whitish-tipped 
antennae seem to prevent them being any form of campestris. 
Moreover in one of the two males (the third, the Sahelwa speci- 
men, is a 2), the tip of the antennae is produced into a long black 
bristle as in my new species filicornis. This specimen (the one 
from Theog) will be the type should the form be specific, as the 
bristle is absent in the second » although the specimen is in good 
condition. They show the following data: Simla, g-v-og; Theog, 
Simla Hills, 13-v-o9 [both Annandale]; Sahelwa, Bahraich District, 
United Provinces, India, IT-iii-og. 
Pipunculus flevocinctus, mihi, sp. nov. 
@”. Darjiling District. Long. 24 mm. 
Head.—liyes contiguous for a considerable distance. Back of 
head, frons and face wholly black. Antennae with Ist and 2nd 
joints black, 3rd brownish yellow, whitish towards tip when seen 
from above. Proboscis a little brownish yellow. 
Thorax.—Black, mainly dull, bare, but dorsum a little shin- 
ing. Sides inclined towards blackish grey. Scutellum and meta- 
notum apparently concolorous. 
Abdomen.—Black, barely shining; posterior margin of Ist seg- 
ment, the whole of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and towards the sides of 
the 5th segment brownish yellow, the colour extending over the 
sides across the belly. Genitalia black. 
Legs.—Yellow. Coxae (except tips); femora (except broadly 
at base and narrowly at tips) black. 
Wings.—Clear, 3rd costal segment brown, the colour filling the 
apical three-fourths; 3rd segment about equal to the 4th in length, 
and much shorter than the 2nd. Anterior cross vein just before 
middle of discal cell; 4th longitudinal vein gently angled after 
quitting discal cell. Anal cell ending at a moderate distance before 
the margin. Halteres pale yellow. 
Described from a type specimen in the Indian Museum taken 
by Dr. Annandale at Kurseong, 28-vi-Io. 
N -B.—A second specimen in the same collection appears to be 
a variety of this species, the differences consisting in the antennae 
