PLECIA. 165 



J. C. Brown) ; also a pair takeu ia cop. at Bhim Tal 27 ix 07 

 ni .Tf f 'collection, from the Khasi Hills, 17. iii. 07', Mussoori" 

 X. 05, Malabar, o. viii. 07. I have seen it from Bhowali 1.3 vi lo' 

 taken by Mr. Imms on herbage. The species also occurs in' 

 iiorneo and Java. 



Ti/2)e. Presumably in the Genoa Museum. 



In spite of Eondani's remark that the wing is wholly black 

 without a trace of yellow at the base, three or four of the above- 

 mentioned specimens have the wings wholly yellowish brown- 



rV .fl.''^'' ^^. ""^ ^""'^'^ °^ ^'^^^^' identity with this species! 

 In both Flectomyia melanaspis and Plecia fulvicolUs the wings are 

 sometimes more brown than black. The scapal joints and 1st 

 flagellar joint of the antennae are relatively longer than in either 

 ot these species. 



120. Plecia indica, Bnm. 



Plecia indica, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. iv, p. 271 (1911). 



c? $ . Entire body black, with the exception of the dorsum and 

 the upper part of the thorax, above the ridge line about the 

 insertion of the wings ; this part is wholly bright ferruginous 

 red, and very minutely pubescent. 



Antennce as in atru, but the 1st flagellar joint hardly loncrer 

 than those immediately following. Wings blackish, darker "on 

 anterior border ; stigma and halteres black. 



Length 6-9 millim. 



Described from two males and several females in the Indian 

 Museum from Darjiling, 2.X.QS {Bnmetti) ; Theog, Simla Hills 

 IIt^^'v'',- Kumaou, ix. 06 (both Annandale)- Soondriial 



(^epalj, Ivangra \ alley, 4500 ft., and Kimoli, 24. x. 07 • Ukhrul 

 Manipar, 6400 ft. (i^.. IF. Pettigrew). I also took it at Darjiling; 



t. ix:,?''-.^,^^.*''^ I^usa collection from Mussoori, x. 06, and 

 Jvhasi Hills, 17. ui. 07. 



Type in the Indian Museum ; cotypes in the Pusa and my own 

 collection. •' 



121. Plecia atra, Brun. (PI. XII, fig. 13, 16.) 



riecia atra, Brunetti, Ptec. Ind. Mus. iv, p. 272 (1911). 



$ . Entire body deep velvet-black, especiallv on the dorsum of 

 the thorax. 



Antennce oi twelve joints, the scapal two short and subcylindrical 

 the 2nd being wider at the tip ; the 1st flagellar joint is cup-shaped 

 at its base ; the following eight joints of equal size, of flattened 

 bead-shape the twelfth one small, conical; the whole antenna 

 straight and slightly pubescent. Abdomen rough, minutely pubes- 

 cent, ^tngs blackish, anterior part much darker, stigma black • 

 halteres greyish black. The 4th longitudinal vein not forked until 

 some distance from the anterior cross- vein ; upper branch of the 3rd 



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