1 66 E. Brunetti: Notes on Oriental Diptera. [VOL. I, 8. selecta Ost. Sack., 1882. Berl. Ent. Teit., xxvi, 236, fig. 13 (wing). Philippines. 9. rubicunda V. der Wulp, 1897. Tijd. v. Ent., xl, 196 ; pi. viii, 6. Nias (Java). In the Indian Museum Collection is a specimen of Teleopsis from Tenasserim which does not appear to be any of the described species. SPHYRACEPHAI.A Say., 1828. Amer. Entom., iii, pi. 52. 1. hearscyana Westw., 1884. Tr. Entom. Soc. Figured by him in Cab. Or. Ent., pi. xviii, 4. Bengal ; Lucknow ; Cawnpore. A single specimen from Bhim Tal, taken by Dr. Annandale between September 22nd and 27th, 1906, is in the Indian Museum Collection. 2. cothurnata Big., 1874. (5) iv, 115. (Diopsis.) Celebes ; Philippines. Diopsis trentepohlii Westw. in Trans. Linn. Soc, xvii, 546; pi. xxviii, 6, introduced into Van der Wulp's Catalogue as from East India, is an African species (Guinea), as noted in the author's corrections to his Catalogue in Tijd. v. Ent., xlii. II.— PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A COLLECTION FROM SIMLA made in April and May 1907. By E. Brunetti. The specimens dealt with in this report are from places of various altitude in the vicinity of Simla, and were captured by Dr. Annandale and his native assistant this year between April 24th and May 8th. In all, there are about 130 species, and, considering the late season, snow still persisting in sheltered spots, this seems a very satisfactory result for a fortnight's work. The more I see of the Himalayan Diptera, the more I am inclined to consider that it belongs faunistically to the Palaearctic Region, and not to the Oriental, except as regards the lesser heights on the southern side. I collected a fair amount of material in 1905 and 1906 during two visits to Mussoorie and one to Darjiling, and the Simla material now under examination strikingly resembles my Diptera from the other two localities, all the collections containing a considerable proportion of European species, these latter, moreover, retaining in most cases their typical form. This is conspicuously the case in the present instance as regards the family Syrphidse, of which, out of twenty-five species captured, I have identified positively ten as commonly distributed European species, showing no varia-
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