. Fig. 15.—Dischistus resplendens, Brun., wing. hairs between them ; the sides with thick nearly white hairs. In the 5 the shoulders have yellow instead of white hairs, and the coloured scales appear more numerous. In both sexes some long black hairs occur over the dorsum, and the venter is black, with grey hairs and a few coloured scales. Legs black; tibiae and metatarsi pale brownish yellow, with short spines, hind pair darker ; tarsi with rather long black bristles. Wings rather dark grey, brownish on anterior part; venation normal; halteres blackish ; tegulae brownish, with yellowish-grey
. Fig. 15.—Dischistus resplendens, Brun., wing. hairs between them ; the sides with thick nearly white hairs. In the 5 the shoulders have yellow instead of white hairs, and the coloured scales appear more numerous. In both sexes some long black hairs occur over the dorsum, and the venter is black, with grey hairs and a few coloured scales. Legs black; tibiae and metatarsi pale brownish yellow, with short spines, hind pair darker ; tarsi with rather long black bristles. Wings rather dark grey, brownish on anterior part; venation normal; halteres blackish ; tegulae brownish, with yellowish-grey fringe. Length, 5-6 mm. Described from one 6 (type) from Dharampur, Simla Hills. 51)00 ft., 6-8. v. 1907, and five $ $ from Sukhwani, Nepal! 15. ii. 1908, Naini Tal, 14-17. iv. 1907, and Mergue, Assam ; all the specimens being in the Indian Museum. It is common at Dehra Dun in March and April; Theog, Simla Hills, 14. v. 1909 : and in the British Museum from Mahagany, Ceylon, 15. ii. 1891 (Col. Yerbury), 217. Dischistus ardens, Walk. Bombyliios ardens, Walker, List Dipt. Brit. Mus. ii, p. 284 (1849). " Body black, clothed with long bright tawny hairs; head clothed with brown hairs in front and about the base of the feelers, which, like the mouth, are black ; the latter is more than half the length of the body; eyes piceous ; legs ferruginous, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; thighs darker than the
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