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centre, 1820 m, 12 May (No. 92); 1 g: ibid., State Farm for cow and cattle (No. 91b); 1 g: Tsemtala, 10 km NW from Kabul city centre, 1800 m, 18 May (No. 107); 1 g: Kabul, Tshelsotun, 1850 m, 27 May (No. 135); Prov. Parwan: 1 g: Estalef, 1950 m, 15 April (No. 30); Prov. Herat: 1 g: southern slopes of Paropamisus Mts., about 10 km N from Herat, 1150 m, 21 May (No. 115); Prov. Nangarhar: 1 <5: Jalalabad, 560 m, 8 May (No. 83). - A widely distributed Holarctic species, locality data from Afghanistan by SABROSKY (1961). Desmometopa microps Lamb, 1914 - Prov. Kabul: 32 S, 9 g: Bini Hesar, 6 km SE from Kabul city centre, 1820 m, 12 May (No. 92) (8 ex. Prov. Nangarhar: 1 g: Jalalabad, 560 m, 8 May /No. 83/; 6 <?, 14 g: in USNM). ibid., 580 m, (No. 85). - Described from the Seychelles but it is rather widespread on the tropical parts of the Old World. New for Afghanistan. Desmometopa m-nigrum (Zetterstedt, 1848) - Prov. Kabul: 2 p: Kabul, Aliabad, University Park, 1800 m, 1-2 June (No. 143); Prov. Kandahar: 32 o, 29 g: Kandahar, 1000 m, 23 May, (No. 128) (8 additional specimens in the USNM); Prov. Nangarhar: 27 <?, 8 g: Jalalabad, 560 m, 8 May (No. 83) (+ 3 ex. in USNM); 100 6, 17 g: ibid. , 580 m (No. 85) (+ 2 ex. in USNM). - Almost cosmopolitan but hitherto it has not been recorded from Afghanistan. Desmometopa singaporensis Kertész, 1899 - 1 g: Kabul, Darulaman, 1820 m, 18 June (No. 159); Prov. Nangarhar: 2 5, 7 o_: Jalalabad, 580 m, 8 May (No. 85); 2 S, 6 g: ibid., 560 m (No. 83) (2 ő*, lg additional specimens in USNM). - Widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical zones of the World, including the Mediterraneum, known also from Iran (Hennig, 1965). New for Afghanistan. Desmometopa varipalpis Malloch, 1927 - Prov. Nangarhar: 1 <?, 3 g: Jalalabad, 560 m, 8 May (No. 83). - A very interesting Oriental species, new for the fauna of Afghanistan. Leptometopa latipes (Meigen, 1830) - 2 S: Kandahar, 1000 m, 23 May (No. 128); Prov. Nangarhar: So, 4 g: Jalalabad, 580 m, 8 May (No. 85). - Widespread in the Holarctic and Oriental regions, known also from Cuba. New for Afghanistan. Leptometopa rufifrons (Becker, 1903) - Prov. Kabul: 2 6, 2 g: Tshemtala, 10 km NW from Kabul city centre, 1800 m, 18 May (No. 107); Prov. Herat: 1 p: southern slopes of Paropamisus Mts., about 10 km N from Herat, 1150 m, 21 May (No. 115); Prov. Kandahar: 3 g: Kandahar, 1000 m, 23 May (No. 128). - A South Palaearctic species, first record from Afghanistan by SABROSKY (1961). Leptometopa niveipennis (Stróbl, 1900) - Prov. Kabul: lő, 2 g: Paghman river, 16 km W from Kabul city centre, 1850 m, May 1, 10 (No. 62, 90); 1 g: Kabul, Aliabad, 18501920 m, 4 May (No. 73); 112 ó*, 102 g: Bini Hesar, 6 km SE from Kabul city centre, 1820 m, 12 May (No. 92); 2 ê, lg: ibid. , State Farm for cow and cattle, netted in stable for calves (No. 91a); 163 6, 53 g; ibid., Bini Hesar lake, 1780 m, 17 May, 1 June (No. 106, 142); 1 S: Kabul, Aliabad, 1800 m, University park, 1-2 June (No. 144); 11 6, 1 g: Kabul, Tshelsotun, 1850 m, 27 May (No. 135); Prov. Herat: 20 ê, 11 g: Hari Rud river, about 8 km SW Herat, 950 m, 20 May (No. Ill); ló*, 2 g: southern slopes of Paropamisus Mts., about 10 km N from Herat, 1150 m, 21 May (No. 115); ló", 3 g: Hari Rud river, about 15 km SE from Herat city centre, 950 m, 21 May (No. 120); 1 g: Herat, 1000 m, city park, 21 May (No. 121); Prov. Kandahar: 2 o, 1 g: Kandahar, Arghandab river, 5 km from Kandahar, 1000 m, 23 May (No. 126); 4186 o, g: Kandahar, 1000 m, flowering Umbelliferae (No. 128); Prov. Ghazni: 1 g: 2 km SE from Moqur, 1970 m, 3 June (No.

146); Prov. Nangarhar: 1 g: Dast-e Gambe^ ray, 8 km NNE from Hydroelectric Plant of Band-e Darunta, 650 m, 8 May (No. 82); 4 7 g: Jalalabad, 560 m, 8 May (No. 83); 622 6, g: ibid., 580 m (No. 85). - 5315 specimens. CARNIDAE Meoneura hennigi Gregor, 1971 - Prov. Kabul: ló*, lg: Kabul, Aliabad, 1850-1920 m, 3 April, on donkey droppings (No. 9).- Described from Pakistan (Tirich valley, 3650 m), and from Afghanistan (Ishmurkh valley, 4500 m). It is a very interesting montane species, closely related to M. inversa L. Papp, 1976, from Mongolia. Meoneura glaberrima Becker, 1910 - Prov. Kabul: 5 S: Kabul, Aliabad, 9-11 April, University park (No. 16); 22 ó", 3 g: ibid., 1-2 June, 13 June (No. 143, 148); 2 6, 1 g: Paghman, 2500 m, 5 May (No. 76); 5 o, 3 g: Kabul, Darulaman, 1820 m, 18 June (No. 159). 41 specimens. - Hitherto known from Corsica and from Tunisia. New for the fauna of Afghanistan. The genitalia of the males from Afghanistan were compared with that of the holotype from Corsica.