60 SXRATIOMYILLK. 



very easily overlooked; a little pale yellowish-white pubescence 

 about the shoulders, sides, and tip. Venter in 6 with greater 

 part of centre of each segment and the hind border yellowish, 

 rest black; in $ the yellow part is much paler or even whitish, 

 and of much less extent ; in some specimens almost confined to 

 hind borders except on the 2nd segment. Legs mainly black ; 

 knees more or less broadly brownish yellow; hind tibiae pale 

 brown with a more or less distinct, moderately narrow ring at 

 middle and tip ; all tarsi brownish yellow, a little darker above at- 

 tips ; pubescence on legs yellow. Wings pale grey : anterior and 

 basal parts brownish or yellowish brown, limited by discal cell 

 and anal cell; halteres pale yellow, occasionally green. 



Length, 10-12 mm. 



Described from several of each sex in the Indian Museum; 

 Jhelum Valley, 5200 ft., and Srinagar, 0000 ft., Kashmir, vii-ix. 

 1916 (H. T. Pearse). Described originally from China. 



Type in the British Museum. 



31. Stratiomyia micropilosa, sp. nov. 



$ . Very near barca, Walk., differing as follows : — 



The large yellow postvertical spot is entirely absent, as are the 

 two elongate frontal ones, the latter being replaced by a rather 

 obscure subquadrate median chestnut spot just above antenna?; 

 lower posterior orbit of eyes whitish, not yellow. The dull 

 yellowish pubescence on dorsum of thorax almost microscopic and 

 much sparser ; scutellum wholly yellowish, with coucolorous 

 tomentum. Abdominal spots brownish orange; side-spots on 

 2nd segment more triangular, their upper angles only just touch- 

 ing front corners of segment; those on 3rd segment similar but 

 slightly smaller; those on 4th segment smaller still, but partaking 

 more of the nature of a triangular spot than a linear one as in 

 barca. Tibise more narrowly pale at base; hind pair similar to 

 anterior tibiae. 



Length, 12 mm. 



Described from a single 5 in the Indian Museum from Maymyo, 

 Burma, v. 1910 (II. L. Andrewes). 



32. Stratiomyia fulvescens, sp. nov. 



3 ■ Head with eyes shortly but not conspicuously pubescent, 

 the very narrow inner orbits contiguous for about half the distance 

 from vertex to frontal triangle ; vertical triangle black, elevated, 

 with some brownish-yellow hairs; ocelli dull yellowish; frontal 

 triangle small, black with brownish hairs; face and head below 

 antennas wholly black, with rather thick and long w'hitish-erey 

 pubescence ; occiput black, with grey pubescence, no definite 

 posterior orbit to eyes ; proboscis brow r nish yellow. Antennae 

 black, tip of 2nd joint dark brown ; 1st joint about five times as 

 long as 2nd; 3rd a little longer than first two together. Thorax 



