1912. ] E. Brunetti: New Onental Diptera. 497 
Physocephala albofasciata, mihi, sp. nov. 
(Pi, xvi’ fies. 3. 1A.) 
@” @. Bombay Presidency. Long. Io—12 mm. 
Head and front yellow, epistome paler and more livid; vertex 
with a brown V-shaped mark; proboscis red, extreme tip black. 
Sides of front, seen from above, brilliantly silvery white. Eyes 
brown. Antennae reddish tawny, 2nd joint one and a half times 
as long as 3rd; apical half of 3rd joint black. Vertex and back 
of head yellow, posterior orbit of eyes silvery white. 
Thorax.—Tawny brown, dorsum and humeral calli cinereous 
grey, middle of dorsum dark brown. Side-stripe and metanotum 
shinine silver grey. Scutellum tawny brown. 
Abdomen tawny; 2nd segment narrow, of uniform width, 3rd 
widening suddenly. Posterior borders of segments silvery white; 
last two segments entirely tawny, with some short, irregular black 
hairs. The # has a moderate-sized process under the 4th seg- 
ment. Inthe @ the abdomen is a little darker, with more brown 
tie stte 
Legs all reddish tawny, with silvery white reflections on the 
outside of the tibiae; hind femora very slightly thickened. 
Wings.—Clear, pale brownish yellow from the anterior border 
as far back as about the posterior cross-vein. Discal cell quite clear. 
Described from 27m and4 ? 2 in the Indian Museum collec- 
tion from Karachi, west coast of India. 
Physocephala nigrofasciata, mihi, sp. nov. 
(PIR xxvii fess 5p. 102) 
@. Koygar (Central Asia). Long. 13 mm. 
Head yellow, not shining and without silvery reflections; pro- 
boscis of considerable length, much more than double the length 
of the head, black. Antennae tawny, tip dark brown. Back of 
occiput yellow; eyes brown. 
Thorax.—Brown, dorsum black. Humeri and posterior border 
just above scutellum yellowish; metanotum black with yellow sides. 
Scutellum tawny brown. 
A bdomen.—Reddish tawny, 2nd segment only, moderately con- 
tracted, with yellow posterior border ; 3rd and 4th segments with 
broad black, posterior borders, and some black hairs. Rest of 
abdomen reddish tawny, with a few black hairs; tip black. Pro- 
cess under 4th segment. 
Legs.—All reddish tawny ; coxae black. Wings pale grey, with 
a blackish band reaching to the tip of the wing, and downwards 
into the discal cell; costal cell clear. Halteres reddish tawny. 
Described from a single @ in the Indian Museum collection 
taken at Koygar, on the Yarkand Expedition. 
N.B.—This might almost be put in the genus Coops so moder- 
ately contracted is the base of the abdomen. 
