. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. zoBioN. 375 Eedescribed from a J and 3 5 5 from Europe, and a d' and 5 from Simla, ix, 1898 (Nurse), in the British Museum. This species is widely distributed in Europe. 294. Zodioii montauum, Brun. Zodion ttwnhumm, Jji'uiielti, Rec. Ind. Mu-?. vii, p. 499 (1912). 5. Head: frons above aiiteiuitc dark reddish-brown on upper part; Avhen viewed from below two large oval whitish-grey dust- spots are visible ; vertex and back of head nearly black, the latter with black hairs, tiie whole of tlie frons, face, and vertex being liairy ; face, cheeks, mouth, and epistom
. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. zoBioN. 375 Eedescribed from a J and 3 5 5 from Europe, and a d' and 5 from Simla, ix, 1898 (Nurse), in the British Museum. This species is widely distributed in Europe. 294. Zodioii montauum, Brun. Zodion ttwnhumm, Jji'uiielti, Rec. Ind. Mu-?. vii, p. 499 (1912). 5. Head: frons above aiiteiuitc dark reddish-brown on upper part; Avhen viewed from below two large oval whitish-grey dust- spots are visible ; vertex and back of head nearly black, the latter with black hairs, tiie whole of tlie frons, face, and vertex being liairy ; face, cheeks, mouth, and epistome yellow, with (seen from below) a silvery-white sheen. Proboscis black. Antennie black, under side of 2nd joint yellow, under side of 3rd joint red at base. Thorax ash-grey, covered (with the seutellum also) with short black hairs : dorsum and seutellum in certain lights appearing black, except the humeral calli; sides of thorax also appearing partly black if viewed from diffen-nt directions. Abdomen mainly asii-grey, covered -with rather short black liair; fore part of most. Fig. 80.—Zodion moriianum, Enin., liead in profile. of the segments black, the colour extending round the sides and also posteriorly in the middle of the dorsum ; extreme tip of abdomen sliining black. Genitalia email, black, shining, luiiry. i^f/s black, pubescent ; coxae with silverv-white sheen in front; anterior femora yellow at base below, hind pair with more than the basal half yellow ; knees and base of tibiie narrowly yellow ; anterior metatarsi rather yellow. Wings with 1st posterior cell narrowly open ; 3rd vein bisinuate froui anterior cross-vein to wing-tip ; the wings are nearly clear, yellowish at base. Halterea yellow. Lairflh, 5 mm. Described from a single perfect specimen captured by me at Daijiling, 30. ix. 1908, and now in the Indian Museum. 295. Zodion griseum, sp. nov. (S 5 . Head: frons bright mahogany-brown ; ocellar tubercle, a small spot on each side near the vertex and contiguo
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