. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. 336 EMPIDJE. margin; sides similarly coloured or dark grey: scutellum with a fringe of long dark hairs. Abdomen black, scarcely pubescent ; venter a little pale. Legs bright light brownish yellow, a lntle pubescent; coxae and basal half of femora black; tarsi-tips blackish. Underside of hind femora and outer side of posterior tibiae with a few long stiff hairs. Wings brownish, stigma darker brown ; halteres large, black. Length, 3 mm. Described from two S 6 taken by Mr. E. E. Green at Pera- deniya, Ceylon, vi. 1910 {type in Indian Museum), and v. 1911 (in Mr.
. Diptera Brachycera. Brachycera. 336 EMPIDJE. margin; sides similarly coloured or dark grey: scutellum with a fringe of long dark hairs. Abdomen black, scarcely pubescent ; venter a little pale. Legs bright light brownish yellow, a lntle pubescent; coxae and basal half of femora black; tarsi-tips blackish. Underside of hind femora and outer side of posterior tibiae with a few long stiff hairs. Wings brownish, stigma darker brown ; halteres large, black. Length, 3 mm. Described from two S 6 taken by Mr. E. E. Green at Pera- deniya, Ceylon, vi. 1910 {type in Indian Museum), and v. 1911 (in Mr. Green's collection). Genus HYBOS, Mg. Hybos, Meigen, Illig. Mag. ii, p. 269 (1803). Genotype, Musca grossipes, L. (Europe). Head small, subspherical ; eyes occupying practically all the front side of the head, contiguous in both sexes from vertex to antennae, upper facets (S $ ) larger than lower ones, demarcated by an impressed line ; three ocelli on the extremely small, promi- nent vertex ; epistome small, cheeks absent, the eyes extending downwards to oral opening. Proboscis not longer than height of. Fig. 26.—Hybos apicis, Brim. head, directed horizontally forwards ; palpi comparatively long, 1-jointed. Antennae adjacent at base, inserted (seen in profile) at middle of head, 3-jointed: 1st and 2nd joints short, 1st more or less cylindrical, 2nd subglobular, with bristles ; 3rd oval, longer than 2nd, with long arista, which may be pubescent on basal portion. Thorax rectangular, strongly arched or humped; dorsum with more or less distinct short stiff hairs arranged approximately in dorso-central and acrostichal rows ; two noto- pleural (plus sometimes a third weaker one) and some postalar bristles; metapleura bare. Scutellum with two stronger and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brunetti,
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