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EMPID.^. 



and occur as follows : ia the middle of the wing (narrowly) from 

 costa to discal cell, along basal pai't of 5tli longitudinal vein, 

 and to a slight degree along many of the other veins, at tip of 

 2nd vein (where there is often a short appendix), and a slight 

 but usually obvious limited suffusion at the wing-tip ; stigma 

 very large, deep black, round or slightly oval ; halteres brownish 

 yellow. 



Ltwjtli^ 4-5.4 mm. 



Redescribed from two males and several females in the Indian 

 Museum: Margherita, Assam: Peradeniya, i. 1911; Kandv, 

 V. 1910 ; Pallode, S. India, 15. xi. 190S '{AnnandaU) ; Pavam- 

 bikulaiii. Cochin State, 1700-3200 ft., 16-24. ix. 1914 {Gravely). 



256. Syneches insequalis, Bmn. 



Syneches inceqimlis, Brimetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 18 (1913). 



S ■ Head with occiput dark grey ; proboscis about as ioiig as 

 head; antenme blackish grey, arista considerably pubescent. 

 Tliorax shining black. Abdomen dull blackish grey (if viewed from 

 in front it appears a lighter grey), grej'ish towards tip ; pale hairs 

 laterally. GenitaHa comparatively large, apparently normally 

 formed. Leys wiioUy j'^ellowish, except tips of femora, which are 

 exceedingly narrowly black ; legs softly and distinctly pubescent, 

 the tibiae with three or four long stiff bristly liairs on each. Wings 

 pale brownish yellow ; stigma oval, indistinct, of moderate size. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Described from a single c5' in the Indian Museum from Kiir- 

 seoDg, 3. viii. 190S (Annandale). 



257. Syneches minutiis, Bmn. 



Syjipches minutiis, Brunetti, Itec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 20 (1913). 



(S . Head with upper facets of eyes large, reddish ; lower ones 

 nearly black, much smaller ; vortex and occiput black ; three dis- 

 tinct small yellowish ocelli: antennae brown, pale if viewed from 

 above, as is also the arista ; proboscis light brownish yellow, a 

 little longer than the head. Thorax very highly arched ; dark 

 blackish brown, a little shining; seen from certain directions the 

 hinder half has a brown-dusted tinge; some long stiff hairs laterally. 

 Sciitellum w ith a distinct brown or brownish-grey tinge, and with 

 long stiff hairs. Abdomen blackish brown, with some dark hairs ; 

 genitalia black, apparently normally shaped and of moderate size. 

 Legs pale brownish yellow ; coxte and sometimes extreme base of 

 anterior femora and extreme tips of tarsi dark ; legs almost bare 

 except for one or two long stiff" hairs on tibia?. Wings pale brown, 

 stigma imperceptible, halteres black. 



Length, 2 ram. 



Described from four d 6 in the Indian Museum from the 

 westerti base of the Dawna Hills, Lower Burma, 1-2. iii. 190S 

 {Annandah). 



