8o E. Brunetti : Notes on Oriental Syrphidae. [Vol. II, 



Abdomen all shining violet. 



Long. 13 mm. assamensis, m'lhi, sp. 

 Legs not tawny (metallic V^lue, green, nov. 

 aenous or black : in veniralis " ding}' 

 testaceous "). 



Belly with two very broad testaceous 



stripes . . Long. 9 mm. ventralis, Wlk. 



Belly without pale stripes. 



Long. lo-ii mm. cnprina, Big. 



MILESIA, Latr. 



In this genus there is little to record. 



Only two new species have been described recently ; these are — 



M. balteata, Kert., 1901, Termes. Fiizet., xxiv, 414 ; Sikkim. 

 M. semifulva, Meijere, 1904, Bijd. Dierk., xviii, 19 ; Darjiling 

 (figured). 



To these I add two undescribed species in the Indian Museum 

 collection named by Bigot variegata and himalayensis. 



For a table of most of the species up to 1882, Baron Osten 

 Sacken's notes in the Berl. Knt. Zeits., vol. xxvi, 187, can be 

 consulted. 



Two other species are in the Indian Museum collection deter- 

 mined by Bigot ; two a* a' of conspicienda , Wlk., from Sandakari, 

 and two & & oi gigas, Mcq. (Sphixea), without data. 



M. variegata, mihi, sp. nov. 



{Sphyxca variegata. Bigot, no ni. nud.) 



& . Sikkim. Long. 20 mm. 



Head : vertex narrow^, black, with black hairs ; a smaL 

 yellow triangle just above the juncture of the eyes, which are 

 contiguous for onl}^ a short space. Frons and face bright lemon- 

 yellow, with a broad, shining black stripe on each cheek ; frontal 

 prominence, blackish brown. Antennae red-brown, ist and 2nd 

 joints with one or two strong bristles above and below towards 

 the tips. Proboscis blackish brown. Back of head grey, posterior 

 orbit of eyes with yellow hair, longest below. 



Thorax mainly blackish. Humeral calli with a small oblong 

 spot below each; prsealar calli, meso-, ptero-, sterno-, and meta- 

 pleurse, also posterior border of thoracic dorsum, bright lemon- 

 yellow. Two greyish stripes, narrowed behind, extend from the 

 anterior margin to the centre of the dorsum, where they meet 

 two similar ones extending inwards from either prsealar callus. 

 Scutellum black, the posterior half yellow, with yellow hair; the 

 whole thorax and scutellum covered with short, soft yellowish grey 

 liair. 



