. Fig. 29.—Empi^ amplitar^is, sp. uot., front leg of male. Avith long dense hairs on upper and outer sides, a few short hairs on inner and lower sides, the 4th also bearing a denser bunch on upper side near tip. Wings pale grey; venation ajjproximately normal, anterior ci'oss-vein at | discal cell; halteres moderately dark brown. Described from a single 6 from the Pusa collection from Belgaum, Bombay Presidency, 2500 ft., 1910 {Fletcher), presented to the British Museum. A label attached by Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher says: "Fore- legs are stretched out in front and function as an
. Fig. 29.—Empi^ amplitar^is, sp. uot., front leg of male. Avith long dense hairs on upper and outer sides, a few short hairs on inner and lower sides, the 4th also bearing a denser bunch on upper side near tip. Wings pale grey; venation ajjproximately normal, anterior ci'oss-vein at | discal cell; halteres moderately dark brown. Described from a single 6 from the Pusa collection from Belgaum, Bombay Presidency, 2500 ft., 1910 {Fletcher), presented to the British Museum. A label attached by Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher says: "Fore- legs are stretched out in front and function as antennae; they are not used for ; The extraordinary development of the front tarsi easily distinguishes this species from all other Indian ;, yet this charactei- is the only one in which it differs from typical species of Empis. 283. Empis alhohalteralis, s]i. nov. J • Head with vertex blackish, frons and face moderately dark grey; first two antennal joints yellowish, 3rd black, base narrowly pale, style rather long ; proboscis black, reaching (bent under body) to middle of abdomen ; palpi pale yellowish, curved upwards, rather long, with a few black bristles; eyes with large upper facets bright brown, lower small ones coffee-brown; occiput ash-grey, a marginal row of small black bristles and a more central
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