. 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 E
. 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 as the height of the head, yellow at the base, black-tipped; palpi about half as long as the proboscis, stoutly cylindrical, pale yellow, with a few hairs. Thorax shining black, with sparse yellow hairs and a few lateral bristles ; sides a little grey-dusted, as is more or
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