PLECIA. 165 



/. C. Brown} ; also a pair taken in cop. at Bhim Tal, 27. ix. 07. 

 In the Pusa collection, from the Khasi Hills, 17. iii. 07, Mussoori, 

 x. 06, Malabar, 5. viii. 07. I have seen it from Bhowali, 13. vi. 10, 

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

 Borneo and Java. 



Type. 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; 

 yet there can be no doubt of their identity with this species. 

 In both Pleciomyia melanaspis and Plecia fulvicollis the wings are 

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

 flagellar joint of the antennae are relatively longer than in either 

 of these species. 



120. Plecia indica, Brun. 



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. 



Antennae as in atra, but the 1st flagellar joint hardly longer 

 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. 08 (Brunetti) ; Theog, Simla Hills, 

 27. ir. 07, and Kumaon, ix. 06 (both Annandale} ; Soondrijal 

 (Nepal), Kangra Valley, 4500 ft., and Kimoli, 24. x. 07 ; Ukhrul, 

 Manipur, 6400 ft. (Eev. W. Pettigrew). I also took it at Darjiling, 

 10-16. x. 05. In the Pusa collection from Mussoori, x. 06, and 

 Khasi Hills, 17. iii. 07. 



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

 collection, 



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

 Plecia atra, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. iv, p. 272 (1911). 



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

 the thorax. 



Antennce of 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. Wings 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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