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EMPID^E. 



270. Hybos apicis, Bnm. 



Hybos apicis, Brunetti, Eec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 12 (191 3). 



S . Head black; proboscis and ])alpi light brown., shining; 

 ocular orbits narrowly brown, underside of antenna^ pale. Thorax 

 wholly shining black ; bristly hairs as in nigronitidns. Ahdomen 

 black, moderately shining; a few pale hairs at sides; genitalia 

 shining black. Legs moderately dark brown, hind femora blackish 

 brown ; tips of midtlle femora, wliole of middle tibise, and major 

 part of middle tarsi pale yellowish brown; lips of hind femora 



Fig. 27. — Hyhos apicis, Brun., wing. 



rather broadly, base of hind tibiae less broadly, and hind tarsi 

 wholly (except tips) pale yellowish brown. Bristly hairs as in 

 nigronitidns. Wings nearly ckar ; stigma oval, brown ; halteres 

 brownish yellow. 



LengtJt, 3| mm. 



Described from one S in the Indian M?iseum from the western 

 base of the Dawna Hills, Lower Burma, ].iii. 1908 {Amiandale). 



271. Hybos geniculatus, THf^p. 



Hybos yenicidata, Wulp, Termes. Fiizet. xxii, p. 1.37 (1897). 



"J. Shining black ; antennae l)lack, 3rd joint nearly elliptical,, 

 not longer than 2nd, arista longer than antennae. lUiora.r 

 especially shining. Ahdomen with a slight purple tint. Le(/s: 

 black, with yellowisii tarsi, darker at tips ; fore tibiae yellowish ; 

 tips of hind femora and base of hind tibiae reddish vcllow. 

 lialteres whitish. Wings grey, with brownish stigma. One 

 male, Kandy, March. Length 2| mm." (van der WvJj^.) 



Tgpe in the Hungarian National Museiun. 



272. Hybcs niger, Brim. 



Hybos 7iiyer, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 12 (1913). 



5 . Head black ; eyes with upper facets distinctly though not 

 greatly larger than lower ones, both blackish brown, but with 

 tinges of red in the former; occiput dark brownish grey, ocuhu*^ 

 orbit with a fringe of black, well-separated luiiis, vertex with 

 two long bristly hairs ; anteniue, proboscis, and palpi all black, 

 the latter as long as the proboscis. Thorax blackish, shininir, 

 tending to greyish towards the sides, anterior margin, and 

 shoulders ; two narrow well-separated inconspicuous grey dorsal 

 .stripes. Dorsum with soft short hairs, and, viewed from 

 certain directions, with brownish tomentose reflections ; some- 



