270 Mr. C. G. Lamb on Exotic Helom^'z'ulffl, dye, 



briji^litisli orango, as are the sides of the sciitellum and the 

 nietiiiiotuin ; a darkened stripe runs from tlie end of the 

 calhis to tlie wing-base ; the mesoplenra is ab?oh\tely bare. 



\Vings quite normal, except as described above, somewhat 

 suffused, especially costally ; veins brown, more orange at 

 base. 



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

 spots on the tij)S of middle and hind femora ; froiit 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 

 sn})erior row of 4 on distal half, rather haired below ; all 

 tibial with usual preapical. 



Abdomen pitchy black, with basal segment more orange^ 

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

 genital segment black ; all segments with border-bristles, 

 very long on the sides. 



Size 9y, wing 8^ mm. 



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

 Coll.). 



SciomyzidaB. 

 Sepedon', Latr. 



In the Ann. Mus. Nat. Hong. vol. ix. (1911) p. 26G, 

 Hendel published a paper on this genus, bringing tiie species 

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

 I'as 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. 



Seped»n violaceus^ Hend. 

 India : Colmbatore. 



Sepedon lobiferus, Hend. 



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

 under the name j.avanicus^ R. 1). The insect was hitherto 

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

 layan district is of interest. 



India : Showali, Kumaon. 



