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Abdomen with a broad basal band of pale pubescence, 
contrasting with the black pilosity of the remainder 
of the abdomen. Eyes covered with yellowish pile. . 
H. cockerelli J. Bequaert. 
3. Small, gray species, 11 to 12 mm. long, with abdominal 
transverse bands of yellowish and brown pubescence. 
Antennae and palpi yellowish-red 
H. cingulata Lichtwardt. 
Larger species, 16 to 20 mm. long; abdomen mostly 
covered with pale yellowish-rufous pubescence, close 
to the base with a narrow, transverse band of black 
hairs. Antennae and palpi black 
H. austeni Lichtwardt. 
Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) cingulata Lichtwardt 
Hirmoneura cingulata Lichtwardt, 1909, Deutsch. Ent. 
Zeitschr., p. 644 ( $ ; India, without more definite local- 
ity) ; 1913, Rec. Indian Mus., IX, p. 333 ( $ ; Phagu, Simla 
Hills). Brunetti, 1920, Fauna Brit. India, Dipt. Brach., I, 
p. 151 ( $ $ ). 
I have seen the female holotype at the British Museum 
and found it to have the characters of Hirmoneura proper. 
The male allotype is at the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 
Brunetti notes that in the male the eyes are narrowly 
separated, the frons being scarcely wider in the female. 
Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) austeni Lichtwardt 
Hirmoneura austeni Lichtwardt, 1909, Deutsch. Ent. 
Zeitschr., p. 643 ($; Assam: Khasi Hills). Brunetti, 
1920, Fauna Brit. India, Dipt. Brach., I, p. 152 (3). 
I have seen three male cotypes at the British Museum 
and found that they have the characters of Hirmoneura 
proper. No additional specimens seem to have been col- 
lected. 
Hirmoneura (Hirmoneura) cockerelli, new species 
Male. — A large, thickset fly, similar in appearance to 
H. austeni Lichtwardt, characterized by the very dark legs 
and the conspicuous, broad band of pale pubescence at the 
base of the abdomen. 
