. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. 'is. 355 posterioi' margin of scutelluni, which latter with the metauotum are both light mouse-grey ; sides dark grey. Abdomen rather dark grey ; 1st segment with a little black and grey pubescence; remainder of segments with scattered, very short pale hairs ; ve)iter tawny ; genitalia very dark brown. Legs brownish yellow, coxte a little bluish grey on basal half; femora more or less blackish in middle and on upper side generally; tarsi mainly black. Upper and lower sides of four posterior femora with thick but short black ciliated hairs; rest of legs fin
. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. 'is. 355 posterioi' margin of scutelluni, which latter with the metauotum are both light mouse-grey ; sides dark grey. Abdomen rather dark grey ; 1st segment with a little black and grey pubescence; remainder of segments with scattered, very short pale hairs ; ve)iter tawny ; genitalia very dark brown. Legs brownish yellow, coxte a little bluish grey on basal half; femora more or less blackish in middle and on upper side generally; tarsi mainly black. Upper and lower sides of four posterior femora with thick but short black ciliated hairs; rest of legs finely black pubescent. WiiKjs pale grey, veins brownish yellow on basal part, blackish distally. Anterior cross-vein just before middle of discal cell; stigma imperceptible ; lialteres brownish yellow. Length, b\ mm. Described from a single 5 in the Indian Museum from Mundali, Jaunsar division, Dehra Dun Distr., 9000 ft,, 12. v. 1910. 290. Empis rostrata, Bnm. (PI. IV, figs. 9, 10.) Empis rostrata, Brunetti, Kec. lud. Mas. ix, p. -Jo (1913). 5 . Bead with occiput grey, with a few bristly black hairs above ; frons and face concoloroiis grey, the former comparatively wide, with parallel edges, the latter much wider ; antennte black, 2ud joint very distinctly bright brownish yellow ; palpi bright brownish yellow, short; proboscis two and three quarter times height of head; reaching beyond base of abdomen, brownish yellow, a little blackish in middle on underside ; a few whitish hairs on underside of liead. Thorax : dorsum (somewhat discoloured in the centre) light bro\\nish grej", with a narrow median darker brown stripe and a wider one on each side not quite extended to anterior margin of thorax ; and laterally two brownish spots, one in front. Fig. ol.—Em})is rostrata. Brim., wing. of and one behind the presutural depression; sides, scutelluni, and nietanotum concolorous, or a little more nearly ash-gi-ey. (Thorax denuded of bristles.) Abdomen light grey, brownish at base o
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