02 8TRATIOMTIDJ5. 



Described from a J and two $ $ in the Indian Museum taken 

 by me at Darjiling, 6900ft., 2.x. 1908. 



Whether this species is the true B. geniculata of Curtis is not, 

 quite certain, as though it agrees in practically all other points, 

 the difference in the width of the frons in the $ is important : 

 less than one-fourth the width of the head in true yeniculata and 

 nearly one-third in the present form. My specimens are also 

 distinctly a size smaller, 4-5 mm. against about 6. B. genieulafa, 

 Curt., is recorded from Central and Southern Europe. 



61. Beris annulipes, Brun. 



Beris annulipes, Brunetti, Itec. Ind. Mus. vii, p. 455 (1912). 



$ . Head with frons nearly one-fourth the width of the head : 

 brilliantly shining, dark blue, uniformly wide ; occiput shining 

 black, with a little grey hair on posterior ocular orbits ; eyes very 

 shortly but distinctly pubescent ; proboscis reddish yellow. An- 

 tennae with first two joints black, with bristly hairs ; 3rd joint 

 yellowish on basal, black on apical half ; a little grev hair about 

 the base of the antennae. Thorax brilliantly shining violet-blue, 

 with yellow pubescence on dorsum ; scutellum brilliantly shining 

 peacock (greenish) blue, with six strong equidistant shining darker 

 green spines on hind margin. Abdomen violet, moderately shining, 

 sides with brownish yellow pubescence ; venter darker, with short 

 yellow hairs. Legs yellow ; tips of anterior femora with an indis- 

 tinct brown band; hind femora and tibiae with u distinct broad 

 brown apical band on each ; tarsi marked extensively with brown. 

 Wings grey, upper part (except costal cell), as far hindwards as 

 to include the anterior basal and first posterior cells, brown ; 

 halteres yellow. 



Length, 6J mm. 



Described from one example taken by me at Darjiling, 7000 ft., 

 27. v. 1910 ; in the Indian Museum. 



Genus CHORISOPS, Uond. 



CJiorisops, Rondani, Dipt. Ital. Prod, i, p. 173 (1856). 

 Clilontopn, Brauer, Denks. Ak. Wien, xliv, p. 72 (1882). 



GENOTYPE, Beris tibialis, Mg. ; by original designation. 



Differing from Beris by the palpi being elongate, as long as 

 proboscis, and the eyes in the d distinctly though rather narrowly 

 separated. Eyes bare in both sexes. Scutellum with four yellowish 

 spines. Genitalia in c? very protruding. Hind tibife incrassaled 

 after the base, especially in d 1 . Wings with 3rd vein more shortly 

 forked ; 4th vein with an abortive 3rd termination ; lower branch 

 of 5th vein much curved, closing anal cell far before the wing- 

 border ; stigma very distinct. 



Range. Europe, India, Chile. 



