34G EMPIDJi. 



and a trace of a small blackish spot between these lines ; scutellum 

 concolorous, ratlier wide, a little blackish at the base. Abdomen 

 shining, dark blackish brown ; venter more or less yellowish ; 

 genitalia withdrawn. Zcys brownish yellow : tibise and tarsi 

 barely darker. Whigs very pale grey, nearly clear; stigma pre- 

 sent, but indistinct ; halteres brownish yellow. 



Lengtli, 3 mm. 



Described from two c? 6 in the Indian Museum from Mundali, 

 Jaunsar division, Dehra Dun, 9000 ft., 12. v. 1910 (type) {C. W. 

 Beehe), and Simla, 12. v. 1908 {Annandale). 



2S0. Rhampliomyia himalayana, Brmi. 



Hhamphomijia himalayana, Bnmetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 28 

 (1913). 



5 . Head black ; occiput moderately dark grey, with black 

 hairs ; frons wide, dark gre}" ; three distinct ocelli on vertex, with 

 a pair of divaricate bristles between the two upper ones ; autennse 

 black ; proboscis blackish, about as long as the head. Thorax 

 moderately dark asli-grey, with two median very narrow ^^•bitisll 

 lines from the anterior margin ; dorsum with short blackish pubes- 

 cence ; sides, scutellum, and metanotum concolorous. Abdomen 

 dark grey, with short blackish pubescence; venter siuiilar. Geni- 

 talia very elongate, terminating in two unusually finger-like 

 lamellaj. Legs dark browj], ^\ith blackish pubescence; femora and 

 tibae with a row of stiff liairs ; hind femora \\\{\\ thick short black 

 hairs above and dark brown scales on lower side ; hind tibi?e with 

 thickly and more bristly black hairs. Wings pale brownish grey; 

 stigma absent; halteres yellow. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Described from a single $ in the Indian Museum from Matiana, 

 Simla Distr., SOOO ft., 28-30. iv. 1907 {AnnandaJe). 



281. Ehampliomyia griseonigra, Brun. 



Ukamphomyia ariseonif/ra, Enmetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 29 

 (1913). 



c? . Head with eyes dark reddi&li brown, upper facets much the 

 larger; occiput grey, with stiff black hairs; antennsB blackish, 

 3rd joint elongate, with distinct elongate style; face dark grey; 

 proboscis blackish, shining, brownish towards tip. Thorax dark 

 cinereous grey, lighter grey on shoulders and plouras ; the centre 

 of the dorsum lias a slight brown tinge, with two indistinct longi- 

 tudinal narrow black stripes. The whole dorsum with short black 

 stiff hairs irregularly situated and some longer bristly hairs in the 

 neighbourhood of the wings ; scutellum concolorous, with black 

 hairs on posterior margin, but apparently no very strong ones : 

 metanotum dark grey. Abdomen all blackish grey, with very 

 short black hairs. Tjegs black, shortly black pubescent; tibise with 



