lQo8.] kccofds of the Indian Museum. 89 



SERICOMYIA, Mg. 



S. himalaycnsis, mihi^ sp. nov. (PI. xiii, ligs. 6, 7, 8.) 



cy . vSikkim. Long. 12 mm. 



Entire frons, cheeks and lower part of head bright yellow, 

 with some yellow hair immediately below eyes, at the sides of the 

 cheeks, and lower part of head behind ; eyes comparatively rather 

 small, contiguous for onh' the shortest space, facets very small, 

 especially on lower part, but with no distinct line of demarcation ; 

 vertex verj^ small, slighth^ raised, with a few black hairs ; a few- 

 black hairs also just above the antennae, which are rather small, 

 black and plumose above and below. 



Thorax ^^ellowish grey, entirely covered with moderately thick 

 yellow hair, which is longest at the sides and on the posterior 

 border ; dorsum cinereous, with short yellow pubescence, and black 

 hairs in the centre, this pubescence being hardly visible from above. 

 Scutellum tawny, with rather long yellow hair. 



Abdomen bright yellow with a black band, indistinct in the 

 middle, on the posterior borders of 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments ; the 

 whole abdomen with minute yellow pubescence and some longer 

 yellow hair at the tip ; belly bright yellow. 



Legs tawny, with thin yellow hair ; femora (except tips) 

 brownish ; posterior pair nearly black ; tarsi tips brown. 



Wings pale grey, a dark brown moderateh' broad band from 

 be3-ond the tip of costal cell, reaching from the fore border to the 

 upper part of the discal cell and the lower transverse vein. 



Described from one & from vSikkim in the Indian Museum 

 collection. 



This genus has not been previously recorded from the (3rient. 



CHRYSOTOXUM. 



C. sexfasciatum, niihi, sp. nov. (I'l. xiii, hg. 9.) 

 $ . India. lyong. ij mm. 



Entire head yellow, with an orange central facial line below 

 antennae. Vertex shining blackish bronze reaching from eye to 

 eye, moderately broad in front of the three ocelli, back of head con- 

 tinuously yellow above, but whitish behind lower portions of eyes, 

 yellow haired above, white haired on lower part of orbit. P'ace 

 minutely yellow haired. Eyes bare, facets very small. Antennae 

 protuberance brown, black at base above ; antennae, ist two 

 joints, tawny brown, 3rd joint black, base tawny brown, arista 

 tawny brown. Proboscis yellow, base black. 



Thorax tawny yellow, parts of the pleurae brassy, sides of 

 dorsum lemon-3'ellow , dorsum aenous with two narrow central pale 

 stripes placed near together ; , scuteUum lemon-yellow, centre 

 darker ; whole dorsum of thorax and scutellum clothed with short 

 soft pale yellow hair. 



