352 E:MriD.T-. 



slightljr Miic-kened ; posterior tibiae and tarsi with a row ot' \Aell- 

 separated long bristly hairs. Genitalia small, rounded, not 

 conspicuous. Wings clear; antennal cross-vein at one-fourth 

 of the discal cell ; 4th vein shortened ; stigma slightly brownisli, 

 small ; halteres black. 



LetKjth, 4 mm. 



Described from two S 6 in the Indian Museum and one in 

 Mr. E. E. Grreen's collection from Horton Plains, Ceylon, v. 1911 

 ( Green). 



Type in the Indian Museinn. 



2S.3. Empis squamata, Bnni. (PI. lY, fig. 11.) 



JEtnpis squamata, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 27 (1913). 



2 . Wholly coal-black. Proboscis thi-ee times as long as the 

 bead. Antennae normal. Thorax with soft black hairs. Abdomen 

 nearly bare, roughened, shining; venter similar; ovipositor small, 

 elongate, normal. Legs with a dense row of long, closely placed, 

 dark brown scales on underside of fore femora, on upper- and 

 undersides of posterior femora, front and hind sides of fore and 

 hind tibiae, outer and inner sides of middle tibise, and on 

 upper sides of all metatarsi; a single long bristly hair on outer 

 and inner sides, projecting somewhat backwards towards tips of 

 all tibiaj and of first four tarsal joints, these hairs very ranch 

 longer on hind legs ; the unsealed parts of the legs bear a little 

 black pubescence. AVings pale brown ; 4th vein abbreviated ; 

 stigma black ; halteres black. 



Length, 2^-3 mm. 



Described from several $ $ collected by Mr. E. E. Green on 

 the llorton Plains, Ceylon, May 1911. 



Type and other specimens in the Indian Museum. 



Probably the $ ot" carhonarw, having been taken so often by 

 Mr. Green in company with that species. However, it must be 

 distinct from ceyJonica, Bezzi, with which at first I thought it 

 might be synonymous, as that species lias no conspicuous browji 

 scales on the legs, and has the auxiliary and 1st longitudinal veins 

 anastomosed. E. squamata has a considerable resemblance to 

 jacobsom, Meij., described from Java, but in the latter species the 

 upper side of the front femora bears long brown scales like the 

 posterior pairs. 



286. Empis ceylonica, Bezzi. 



Emjns cej/lonica, Bezzi, Ann. Mas. Hung, ii, p. .343 (1904). 



5 . A shining black species, distinguished by the broadened 

 brownish wings, with basal third hyaline ; pubescence black, but 

 below the setaj the body is bare ; proboscis black, as long as head 

 and thorax together ; frons shiin'ng black, bare, head-bristles 

 rather long. Antennaj short, black, shortly pubescent at base; 

 3rd joint with upper edge straight and excised below, ending in a 



