. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. MICRODON. 317 Describeil origiiiiilly from one c?, the t)jpe. iu the Indian Museum collection, t'rom Hoondrijal, JNeptil. 13hovvali, 2. vii. 1912 (/«»««); Push, IU08; Chapra, Bengal; .Simla, 1S9S i^Nurse); Khasi Hills, Assam. 245, Microdon ruficaudus, Brun. Microdon nijicaudux, Brunetti, llec. Iiid. Mus. ii, p. 03 (1908). $ . Head above and below antennae entirely ferruginous-red, with short tawny hair; frons one-fourth the widtli of liead; O'jelli very close together ; antennse tawny-red, 3rd joint brownish-hlack. Eyes bare, shining, facets very small.
. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. MICRODON. 317 Describeil origiiiiilly from one c?, the t)jpe. iu the Indian Museum collection, t'rom Hoondrijal, JNeptil. 13hovvali, 2. vii. 1912 (/«»««); Push, IU08; Chapra, Bengal; .Simla, 1S9S i^Nurse); Khasi Hills, Assam. 245, Microdon ruficaudus, Brun. Microdon nijicaudux, Brunetti, llec. Iiid. Mus. ii, p. 03 (1908). $ . Head above and below antennae entirely ferruginous-red, with short tawny hair; frons one-fourth the widtli of liead; O'jelli very close together ; antennse tawny-red, 3rd joint brownish-hlack. Eyes bare, shining, facets very small. Thorax bhickisli, with tiery red-ferruginous hair; scutellum similar. ^I/k/ojh^u obconical, dis- tinctly longer than tliorax ; basal half black; apical half tawny- red with short golden-red hair. Venter bare, basal half black, apical half red. //ty* ferruginous-red, practically bare; coxae, a streak at base below middle femora, hind femora wholly except tip, and a spot at outer side of hind tibia^ at tip, black. Wiufjs tawny-yellow. Halteres tawny. Le)t(/th, l-t mm. Described from the one $ fak(Mi by me in Calcutta, 20. ix. 19')-^. Ti/pe in my collection. Sack has recently recorded this species from Formosa. 246. Microdon flavipes, Brun. Microdoii flavipes, Brunetti, Rec. Iiid. :Mus. ii,p. Di' (1908). S $ . Frons and vertex blackish, the former in c? one-fourth, in 2 one-third width of head at vertex, with dense gold-yellow hair, only visible from above; eyes bare, shining, bright biown, antenna? and antennal stem brown, 3rd joint two to three times as long as 2nd ; 1st as long as 2nd and 3rd together. brown, dorsum black, with gold hair; .scutellum black, with gold b""ig. {i'l.—Microdon flii'ipcs, Bnin., lel'L aiiteiinii in prolilo *. Abdomen orange to brown with gold pubescence, whicii is vi'rv ininuio on 1st three segments, seen only from in front, and forming a gold spot extending over the edges at the sides of the 3rd and 4th segments. Tw
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