. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. TACHYDIlOmA. 377 thickened ; middle femora considerably thickened and with two rows of very small black spines and also a row of long stiff hairs, all placed on the underside; the middle tibiae have a short but distinct spur-like tooth at the tip and a single row of minute black spines on the underside. Wings pale yellowish grey, veins a deeper yellow; surface of wing with short hairs and also micro- scopically setulose; halteres yellowish. Length, 2 mm. Described trom a single § in the Indian Museum from Kurseong, 4. vii. 1908 (Annandale). 309. Tachydromia ne
. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. TACHYDIlOmA. 377 thickened ; middle femora considerably thickened and with two rows of very small black spines and also a row of long stiff hairs, all placed on the underside; the middle tibiae have a short but distinct spur-like tooth at the tip and a single row of minute black spines on the underside. Wings pale yellowish grey, veins a deeper yellow; surface of wing with short hairs and also micro- scopically setulose; halteres yellowish. Length, 2 mm. Described trom a single § in the Indian Museum from Kurseong, 4. vii. 1908 (Annandale). 309. Tachydromia nepalensis, nom. nov. (PI. IV, fig. 22.) Brevios longicornis, Brunetti, llec, Ind. Mus. ix, p. 22 (1918). 6. Head: occiput blackish grey, with pale yellowish-grey pubescence; eyes closely contiguous ; antennae blackish, 3rd joint and its style with rather dense whitish pubescence ; proboscis shorter than height of head, yellowish. Thorax bright ferru- ginous, also scuteilum and metanotum ; a short black streak above each wing apparently joined together near posterior margin by an irregular blackish mark (thorax slightly damaged in this spot. Fig. 36.— Tachydromia nepalensis, Brim., wing. by the pin); sides grey. Abdomen black, roughened, nearly bare; genitalia rather large, black. Legs all wholly pale brownish yellow, with soft pubescence; middle femora slightly thickened. Wings pale grey, highly iridescent; a slight obliteration of the veins at tips of basal cells; venation in accordance with the generic diagnosis ; halteres brownish yellow. Length, 2 mm. Described from a single d1 in the Indian Museum from Sarath, Nepal, 24. ii. 1908. The present species, being now referred to this genus, has to be renamed, on account of the European species T. longicornis, Mg. 310. Tachydromia gentilis, Brun. Platypalpus gentilis, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 40 (1913). $ . Head wholly blackish ; antennae and proboscis dull brownish yellow, the latter when fully protruded about as long a
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