270 Mr. C. G. Lamb on Exotic Helomyzldse, <&c. 



briglitisli orange, as are tlie sides of the scutellum and the 

 nietauotuin ; a darkened stripe runs from the end of tlie 

 calhis to tlie wing-base ; the mesopleura is absolutely bare. 



Wings quite normal, except as described above, somewliat 

 suffused, especially • costally ; veins brown, more orange at 

 base. 



Legs normal. Colour : all yellow, except for tiny side- 

 spots on the tips of middle and hind femora; front and hind 

 tarsi with all joints suffused, middle with last joint black. 

 Bristles : front femur with dorsal row of 6 and hairy below, 

 middle femur with anterior row of 3 or 4, shaggy below, 

 tibia with a crown and shaggy below } hind femur with 

 superior row of 4 on distal half, rather haired below; all 

 libiffi with usual preapical. 



Abdomen pitchy black, with basal segment more orange, 

 sides of all segments (except the last) and the venter orange, 

 genital segment black ; all segments with border-bristles, 

 very long on the sides. 



Size 9-^, wing 8y mm. 



S. Rhodesia : Chirinda Forest {G. A. K. Marshall, Camb. 

 Coll.). 



ScioiuyzidsB. 

 Sepedon, Latr. 



La the Ann. Mus. Nat. Hong. vol. ix. (1911) p. 266., 

 Hendel published a paper on this genus, bringing the species 

 from Asia and Africa up to date ; since then only one species 

 lias been added. The paper is conservative in treatment, and 

 clears up the confusion existent in the species as well as may 

 be. No references are given here, as the above paper is 

 used in what follows. 



Sepedon violaceusy Hend. 

 India : Coimbatore. 



Sepedon lohiferus, Hend. 



A nice series of this interesting form was in the Cam. Coll. 

 under the name javanicus, E,. D. The insect was hitherto 

 only known from Formosa, and its occurrence in the Hima- 

 layan district is of interest. 



India : Showali, Kumaon. 



