84 ^. Brunetti : Notes on Oriental SyrphidcC. [Vol. II, 



Abdomen clothed with dense Bomhus-Wke pubescence, which 

 is yellowish on basal half (except the extreme base, which is barer 

 and apparently tawny), followed by a wide blackish band of 

 hair ; the tip of the abdomen being clothed with red hair. Belly 

 blackish ; the last segment covered with dense black and reddish 

 hair. Genital organ black, shining. 



Legs reddish brown ; fore femora with broad dark Ijrown 

 band near tip ; middle pair with a black streak on inner under side, 

 and a shorter one on outer side near tip ; hind pair apparently un- 

 marked. All the femora with more or less scattered black hair, 

 which on under sides becomes longer and bristly. All the tibiae 

 with short stiff black hairs. Tarsi with short black hair, mixed 

 with some yellowish ones ; under side of hind tarsi rich golden 

 brown. 



Wings brown ; anterior half and basal half much darker ; 

 centre of ist and 2nd posterior cells very slightly clearer. Hal- 

 teres yellow. 



Described from one cf' in the Indian Museum collection. 



No distinct localit}^ is given on the specimen, the label bearing 

 the statement " Deineches simioides^ Big., sp. nov., Inde," " Inde" 

 being a general expression of that author's to include Malay species 

 as well as Indian ones. 



Owing to the bad condition of the specimen, I would not have 

 described this species, except that, in spite of its state, the specific 

 characters are sufficiently obvious and the generic characters agree 

 perfectly with Walker's description and plate in Ins. vSaunds. 

 Dipt. 



Moreover, the genus has not been recorded from the Orient 

 before, having been established for a species from New South 

 Wales. 



AZPEYTIA, Wlk. 



A, bifascia, mihi. sp. nov. (PI. xiii, figs, i — 5.) 



& . Assam (Margherita). Long. 14 mm. 



Head black, antennte prominence smf)ll ; front, vertex, and 

 lower part of face with strong black hairs ; e3^es absoluteh^ conti- 

 guous for a short space, slightly diverging towards vertex ; an- 

 tennae dark brown, arista black, but base very distinctly thicker, 

 and distinctly ferruginous ; outer ocular orbit with a fringe of short 

 yellow hairs. 



Thorax black, moderately shining, with a rather thick covering 

 of short bright yellow hair, which is, however, invisible if viewed 

 directly from above. This yellow pubescence extends over the sides 

 also. vScutellum nearly of the full width of thorax, tawny, darker 

 at base, covered with thick yellow hair. 



Abdomen black, moderately shining, with very short, rather 

 thick black hair. On the sides of the 2nd segment, a very large 

 pale aenous triangular spot, covered with yellowish grey hair ; 



