414 Mr. G. H. Verrall’s Notes on Syrphide 
3. Syrphus adligatus. 
Wied., Auss.-eur. Zweifl., ii, p. 122. 
Iam of opinion that a single female taken by Col. 
Yerbury may belong to this species, rather than to “8S. 
claripennis? Loew, etc.,” as suggested by him, though he 
also suggested a comparison with S. adligatus. Identifica- 
tions from a single specimen, especially when a female, 
cannot be conclusive in such groupsas this. The specimen 
was captured at Aden, February 23, 1895. 
4. Syrphus xgyptius. 
“Syrphus xgyptius, Wied., Auss.-eur. Zweifl., ii, p. 138. 
? Sceva scutellaris, Fabr., Syst. Antl., p. 252, 15. 
? Syrphus splendens, Dolesch., Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind., x, p. 
410, pl. 1, fig. 3. 
? Syrphus javanus, Wied., op. cit., 11, p. 181. 
Very common. Can this species be kept distinct from 
S. scutellaris (Fabr.)? Specimens from Ceylon and India 
appear to be nearer to wxgyptius than to scwtellaris. 
Wiedemann’s type was from Egypt,—Fabricius’s from 
Tranquebar, not Mogador as erroneously stated by Loew 
(Dipt. Sud.-Afr., p. 303). It is a common species in 
Ceylon and also in the Deccan (neighbourhood of Poonah 
and Mahableshwar?), though the specimens from this 
locality are not properly labelled.” 
I see no objection to sinking S. egyptius under S. scutel- 
laris, It is very divergent from the European species of 
Syrphus, and tends towards Sphxrophoria. The species is 
very variable, as the basal abdominal band is often entire, 
even in the female, though in that sex the abdominal 
bands are narrower and much more sharply defined. I 
doubt whether S. javanus is a synonym, but I think that 
S. splendens is only a variety with dark rings on the hind 
femora and tibie. 
5. Asarcina salviw, Fabr. 
“ Scxva salvix, Fabr. 
? Syrphus ericetorum, Fabr., Spec. Ins., ii, p. 425. 
One specimen from Aden. 
There seems considerable doubt as to the name under 
which this species should stand—ericetorum appears to 
have priority, and though Fabricius (Syst. Antl., p. 250) 
