. Fig. 27.—Hyhos apicis, Brun., wing. rather broadly, base of hind tibiae less broadly, and hind tarsi wholly (except tips) pale yellowish brown. Bristly hairs as in nigronitidns. Wings nearly ckar ; stigma oval, brown ; halteres brownish yellow. LengtJt, 3| mm. Described from one S in the Indian M?iseum from the western base of the Dawna Hills, Lower Burma, ].iii. 1908 {Amiandale). 271. Hybos geniculatus, THf^p. Hybos yenicidata, Wulp, Termes. Fiizet. xxii, p. (1897). "J. Shining black ; antennae l)lack, 3rd joint nearly elliptical,, not longer than 2nd, arista longer than antennae.


. Fig. 27.—Hyhos apicis, Brun., wing. rather broadly, base of hind tibiae less broadly, and hind tarsi wholly (except tips) pale yellowish brown. Bristly hairs as in nigronitidns. Wings nearly ckar ; stigma oval, brown ; halteres brownish yellow. LengtJt, 3| mm. Described from one S in the Indian M?iseum from the western base of the Dawna Hills, Lower Burma, ].iii. 1908 {Amiandale). 271. Hybos geniculatus, THf^p. Hybos yenicidata, Wulp, Termes. Fiizet. xxii, p. (1897). "J. Shining black ; antennae l)lack, 3rd joint nearly elliptical,, not longer than 2nd, arista longer than antennae. especially shining. Ahdomen with a slight purple tint. Le(/s: black, with yellowisii tarsi, darker at tips ; fore tibiae yellowish ; tips of hind femora and base of hind tibiae reddish vcllow. lialteres whitish. Wings grey, with brownish stigma. One male, Kandy, March. Length 2| ; (van der WvJj^.) Tgpe in the Hungarian National Museiun. 272. Hybcs niger, Brim. Hybos 7iiyer, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 12 (1913). 5 . Head black ; eyes with upper facets distinctly though not greatly larger than lower ones, both blackish brown, but with tinges of red in the former; occiput dark brownish grey, ocuhu*^ orbit with a fringe of black, well-separated luiiis, vertex with two long bristly hairs ; anteniue, proboscis, and palpi all black, the latter as long as the proboscis. Thorax blackish, shininir, tending to greyish towards the sides, anterior margin, and shoulders ; two narrow well-separated inconspicuous grey dorsal .stripes. Dorsum with soft short hairs, and, viewed from certain directions, with brownish tomentose reflections ; some-


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