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nearly as long as tibia, flattened, broad at tip; 2nd joint rather 

 more than half as long as first, narrower, cylindrical, thickened ; 

 3rd joint nearly as long as 1st, much incrassated, broader and 

 much longer than 2nd and broader at tip than at base; 4tli joint 

 about as long as 3rd, narrower, thin, considerably arched, so that 

 the underside forms a large cavity; 5th joint shorter than 4th, 

 moderately incrassated, bluntly conical ; claws and pulvilli normal. 

 Pubescence on coxa? and femora moderately long and dense, a little 

 tliicker on hind femora, with a few longer hairs on outer side; 

 front tibiiB with a row of short hairs on inner side, a row of longer 

 ones on outer side, and a row of very long ones on upper side;, 

 middle tibiae moderately pubescent, with two long bristles on outer 

 side (one at n)iddle, one preapical) ; hind tibiae covered with rather 

 •dense, moderately long pubescence and longer hairs, and with a row 

 of quite long hairs on hinder side ; anterior tarsi with 1st joint 

 iiearly bare except for a few hairs towards tip, remaining joints 



Fig. 29. — Empi^ amplitar^is, sp. uot., front leg of male. 



Avith long dense hairs on upper and outer sides, a few short hairs 

 on inner and lower sides, the 4th also bearing a denser bunch on 

 upper side near tip. Wings pale grey ; venation ajjproximately 

 normal, anterior ci'oss-vein at | discal cell; halteres moderately 

 dark brown. 



Described from a single 6 from the Pusa collection from 

 Belgaum, Bombay Presidency, 2500 ft., ll.viii. 1910 {Fletcher), 

 presented to the British Museum. 



A label attached by Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher says: "Fore- 

 legs are stretched out in front and function as antennae ; they 

 are not used for locomotion." The extraordinary development 

 of the front tarsi easily distinguishes this species from all other 

 Indian Empid.i;, yet this charactei- is the only one in which it 

 differs from typical species of Empis. 



283. Empis alhohalteralis, s]i. nov. 



J • Head with vertex blackish, frons and face moderately 

 dark grey ; first two antennal joints yellowish, 3rd black, base 

 narrowly pale, style rather long ; proboscis black, reaching (bent 

 under body) to middle of abdomen ; palpi pale yellowish, curved 

 upwards, rather long, with a few black bristles ; eyes with large 

 upper facets bright brown, lower small ones coffee-brown; occiput 

 ash-grey, a marginal row of small black bristles and a more central 



