New species of the Syrphid genus Callicera. 329 
blacker stripe and apparently four more broad lines the two outer 
ones on each side connected in front just about the suture. Pubes- 
cence fairly dense but not very long except at sides and nearly erect 
on the disc, brownish-grey on all fore part but black on all hind 
part becoming long and rather conspicuous on and about postalar 
calli. Scutellum moderately bright aeneous, large, rather inflated 
and semi-circular, pubescence round margin forming a long con- 
spicuous whitish fringe but on disc not quite so long and tinged with 
brown. 
Abdomen much spoilt by damp, pubescence on two basal segments 
long, pale-brownish on first segment (almost whitish at sides, similar 
to that round margin of scutellum, but rusty on disc), black and 
conspicuous on all second segment (but rusty on disc), erect abun- 
dant and whitish-yellow on third and fourth segments. I think the 
first segment is deep black and that there is on the second segment 
well after the aeneous base a broad transverse deep black band which 
js extended down the middle to the hind-margin. Belly aeneous 
with rather abundant brownish-orange pubescence. 
Legs orange-red with nearly the basal half of femora indetermin- 
ately black, tarsi blackish after most of basal joint, the last three 
joints of tarsi appear to be a little dilated. Femora all with abun- 
dant greyish-white pubescence but front pair with a few incon- 
spicuous black hairs behind above. Front tibiae behind on more 
than tip half with a conspicuous whitish fringe which occurs (though 
much less conspicuous) on middle tibiae, hind tibiae also with some 
inconspicuous short whitish pubescence about the middle. 
Wings rather tinged with brownish about the base and especially 
about the middle and on the stigma, discal cross-vein before one- 
quarter the length of discal cell, upper marginal cross-vein with a 
rounded angle. Alar squamae blackish-brown with fringes of the 
same colour, thoracal squamae more orange-brown with large con- 
spicuous fringes of the same colour. Halteres orange. 
Length about 12 mm. without antennae, which measures 2°75 mm. 
Described from a male in the British Museum taken by 
Lieut. EK. Y. Watson in the N. Chin Hills (5,000 feet) in 
March 1893. 
C. eRRAticA, Walker, List Dipt. Brit. Mus.} iii. 543 
(1849). 9. 
Second antennal joint on the outer side slightly more, but on the 
inner side distinctly less, than half the length of first; first joint 
obscurely tawny, paler at the base than at the tip, bearing scattered, 
all short, black bristles on the end two-thirds, second and third 
