378 Miss G. Kicardo on the raiigoniiiiu 



ol)loiig spot. The tliorax has a grcyisli-brown central stri])o 

 and grey lateral stripes. The blaek marks on the second 

 segment consist of two oblong spots converging on the ante- 

 rior border and reaching the hind border; the wings arc 

 similar to those of the female. 



Chrysops MIokosiewiczi, ? , Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) x. 

 p. I-IG (1880). 



C. iranensis, $, Bigot, M«Sm. Soc. Zool. France, v. p. 602 (1891). 



Among the types kindly lent me by Mr. Verrall there is 

 one (? female) specimen with the head wanting, labelled as 

 above and from the Caucasus, but the specific name is crossed 

 out and "iranensis" scribbled underneath ; there is another 

 female specimen only labelled "^N. Persia." Bigot described 

 one female as C. Mhkosieiviczi, from N. Persia or Caucasus, 

 and later two females from N. Persia as C. iranensis; appa- 

 rently he concluded finally that all were one species, which 

 certainly seems likely judging from the descriptions : in this 

 case the name Mlokosieiviczi would have priority j it seems 

 nearly related, if uot identical, with a species described by 

 Wulp from Amoy, China, and named by him C. striatus. 

 Ou comparison of the two specimens of his species in the 

 British Museum Collection with the Bigot specimens, the 

 only difference to be seen is the colour of the tubercle above 

 the antennae, which is nearly wholly reddish in the specimen 

 from K. Persia, not shining black, as Wulp describes ; they 

 are exactly similar in the wing ; the headless specimen has 

 the colouring of the abdomen more greyish than ochraceous, 

 as in C, striatus. Considering the distance between the 

 localities, it is perhaps preferable to keep the species apart 

 for the present, placing, however, the Bigot species among 

 those of the Oriental Region. 



Chrysops cinctus, ? , Bigot, Mem. Soc. Zool. Fr. v. p. G02 

 (1892) ; Wulp, Cat. Dipt. S. Asia, p. GG (189G). 

 ? Chrysops davicrus, Thomson, Eugen. Resa, p. 452 (1868). 



I have examined the type (female) from the Philippines 

 lent me by !Mr. Verrall ; it is darker than the three other 

 s})ecies with blaek bands, and the yellow colour of the abdcj- 

 men is not diaj)hanous ; it is nearly allied to C fasciaius, 

 "Wiedem., and C siynifer, Wlk., but the abdomen is darker 

 and the black bands broader. 



1 believe it to be the same as C. clavicrus, Thomson, from 

 Malacca; and if this proves to be correct, Bigot's name must 

 be sunk. 



