332 BMPiMi:. 



The palpi in St/neches are tlieoretically of a length approachiiig 

 that of the proboscis, but in this species they are quite short, 

 certainly not a iifth part as long as the proboscis. It should, 

 perhaps, constitute the type of a new genus. 



260. Syneches fratellus, Bnm. 



SijnecJiesfrateUus, Jjnuietti, Eec. Ind. Mas. ix, p. 18 ^191o). 



5 . Very like S. jxiUiditarsix, Brun., but quite distinct. Eyes 

 and antennre wholly black. Abdomen without the two fringes of 

 yellow hairs on venter, and the dorsal pubescence of the abdomen 

 is more whitisli than yellow. The legs have only the tarsi and 

 extreme tips of the tibise yellow, the reniaider being black. The 

 wings are nearly clear. It is a much smaller species. 



LciKjth, 2^ mm. 



One 5 i" fliG Indian Museum from Bhowali, Kumaoa Distr., 

 5700 ft., 29. vi. 1910 {A. 1). Imms). 



261. Syneches insignis, Bnin. 



Syneches msiijnis, Bnmetti, IJec. Ind. Mas. ix, p. 19 (1913). 



rj . Head witli occiput blackish grey ; proboscis yellowish on 

 apical half ; eyes with upper facets much larger than lower ones ; 

 iiutennal 1st joint black (remainder missing). Tliorax blackish 

 grey, with microscopic brownish-grey pubescence and soft black 

 hairs Aariously disposed ; humeral calU black, shining, rather 



Fig. 25. — Syneches iimynis, Brim., wing. 



prominent, yet small; remainder of thorax, with scutelluni and 

 metanotum, blackish ; the scutelluni with at least two long bristly 

 hairs. Abdomen blackish, with a slight deep blue tinge and sparse 

 pale pubescence. Legs black, with a slight deep blue tinge : 

 anterior knees, tips of anterior tibiae, and all the tarsi whojlv 

 yellowish ; the middle tibife brown. All the legs with soft black 

 pubescence; hiud femora considerably thickened, a row of small 

 teeth and a row of isolated long stiff bristly hairs on underside. 

 Winc/s grey; stigma very large, quite circular, dark brown, placed 

 in the rather distinct curve downwards taken by the 2nd longi- 

 tudinal vein. 



Lene/th, 2| mm. 



Described from one 6 in the Indian Museum from Bhowali, 

 Kumaon Distr., 5700 ft., 2. vii. 1910 (A. J). Imms). 



