ICMPIS. S^'J 



4. Femora and tibia; pennate squama/a, Brnn., * 



Femora and tibitB uot pennate 5. Pp. or)2. 



5. Auxiliary vein and 1st longitudinal veins [p. 352. 



united ceylonica, Bezzi, 



Auxiliary and 1st longitudinal veins separate, carhonaria, Brun., 



6. Anterior cross-vein between I and middle of [p. Sol- 



discal cell 7. 



Anterior cross-vein distinctly before .} of discal 

 cell .' 11. 



7. Posterior femora and tibife pennate 8. 



Posterior femora and tibiae not pennate .... 10. 



8. Hind tibias shortly pennate on basal half 



only, in front and behind ; proboscis \\ 

 times height of head, not reaciiing- base of 

 abdomen ; anterior cross-vein at middle of [p. 353. 



discal cell centralis, f Brun., 



Hind tibite with a long fringe for jiraclically 

 their Avhole length, in front and behind . . 9. 

 0. Ilind metatarsus pennate ; proboscis more than 

 twice height of head, reaching beyond base 

 of abdomen ; anterior cross-vein between [p. 355. 



;} and middle of discal cell rostrata, Brun., 



llind metatarsus not pennate; proboscis 1^ 

 times height of head, not reaching base of 



abdomen; anterior cross-vein just before Pp. 354. 



middle of discal cell . . subcilipes, Brun., 



10. Dorsum of thorax with three black stripes ; 



legs dark brown; anterior cross-vein at y [p. 353. 



of discal cell ; abdomen uniformly grey . . {/riseonirjya, Bnm., 

 IJoi-sum of thorax with four black stripes ; 

 legs bright orange ; anterior cross-vein just 

 before middle of discal cell ; hind margins 



of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th abdominal segments [p. 35G. 



black marf/inata, Brun., 



11. Legs pale yellow r-kf/ans, j'run, p. 356. 



Legs dark brown incoitspicua, Brun., 



[p. 357. 



282. Empis amplitarsis, sp. iiov. 



J . Head with vertex moderately large, blackish ; two long^ 

 oceilai' bristles and some smaller ones ; upper eye-facets bright 

 brown, smaller lower ones coffee-brown ; antennae black, 3rd 

 joint as long as 1st and 2nd together, subconical, witli elongated 

 tip and long style ; proboscis brownish yellow, about twice as 

 long as vertical height of head ; palpi rather small, upturned, 

 yellowish ; occiput dark grey, with the usual bristles. Thova.v 

 moderately shining blackish, with grev-dusted reflections in certain 

 lights. Abdomen moderately shining dark brown, with short sparse- 

 pubescence, which is longer at the sides. Legs uniformly mode- 

 rately dark brown, except the extraordinarily developed front 

 tarsi, whicli are a little darker; these latter are fully as long a& 

 tlie rest of the front leg from base of coxa to tip of tibia ; 1st joint 



* May be the 2 oi carhonaria, Unw. 

 t May be the $ o^ grisconiyra, Brun. 



