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yellow ; genitalia small, concolorous. Tip of abdomen in c? 

 stump-like ; in 5 tapering, the two terminal lamelLnB pale 

 3'ellowish. Lecjs j^ellowish or pale yellow ; front coxse narrow, 

 cylindrical, nearly as long as the femora, the latter slightly 

 brownish at tips and considerably iucrassated, with two yellow 



Fig. 34. — Fhyllodromia flavida, Brun. 



bristles near the base on the underside and a row there also of 

 microscopic spines ; posterior coxte and femora of normal size, 

 the former a little brownish, as are also the tips of the tarsi. 

 Wings very pale grey, veins black ; halteres brownish yellow. 



Lengthy 2 mm. 



Described from several specimens in the Indian Museum from 

 Paresnath, 4000-t;iOO ft., Chota Nagpur, 9-13. iv. 1909 (Ammn- 

 dnle), including ti/j^e 6 (9. iv. 1909) ; Dawna Hills, 2000-3000 ft., 

 2.m.imS,ty2)e $ (Annandale) ; Darjiling, 28. v. 1909 (5rif»«^^/). 



The Paresnath specimens were taken on stones, where they 

 were in considerable numbers hidden in undergrowth at the edge 

 of a spring. 



304. Phyllodromia indica, Brun. (PI. lY, figs. 16-18.) 



Litanomyia indica, Brunetti, Eec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 36 (1913). 



6 . Head black; antennae large, the 1st and 2nd joints yellowish; 

 3rd bhick, oblongo-conical, cup-shaped at bottom, and furnished 

 with a long arista ; face whitish grey; occiput and underside of 

 head dark grey, the lower part of head projecting forward some- 

 what ; proboscis short", pointed, and slightly curved. Thorax 

 nearly as long as abdom-cn, oblongo-ovate, blackish grey, mode- 

 rately shining. Three conspicuous bristles towards each side, 



2 b 



