370 EMPJD^. 



one on the shoulder, one towards the hind corner of the dorsum, 

 and one about equidistantly between tliese two, this middle pair 

 being rather closer to each other (tliat is, to tlie middle line of the 

 thorax) than the others are, yet still a considerable distance apart; 

 there is also one on the side of the thorax, in front of the wing; 

 scutellum with two bristles. Abdomen dark brown, almost devoid 

 of pubescence. Lecjs wholly pale j'^ellow; fore femora much 

 enlarged, fore coxis and fore tibiae eacli very slightly longer than 

 the fore femora, the latter being spiny and bristly below ; hind 

 tibiae very slightly enlarged, at the tip on\j. Wings very pale 

 grey, a little yellowish towards base and costa, unmarked. 



Length, 2 mm. 



Described from one 5 in the Indian Museum taken by me at 

 Darjiling, 7000 ft., 2d.\. 1910, on the hillside, in mixed herbage. 



Genus DOLICHOCEPHALA, Macq. 



Dolichocephala, Macquart, Soc. Sci. Lille, p. 147 (1823). 

 Ardoptera, Macquart, op. cit. p. 105 (1827). 

 Leptosceles, Ilaliday, Eiit. Mouth. Mag. i, p. IGO (1833). 



Genotype, Tacliydromia irrorata, Y\n. (as maculata, Macq.) 

 (Europe). 



Head with epistome produced downwards, pointed ; eyes rather 

 large, somewhat elongate, widely separated in both sexes, with 

 dense short pubescence ; proboscis short, thick ; palpi 1-jointed. 

 Antennae 3-jointed, placed just above middle of head, all the joints 

 short and minutely pubescent ; 2nd with bristles ; 3rd rounded, 

 somewhat disciform, with long, curved, rather thickened arista, 

 which possesses a minute ring-like basal joint. Thorax rather 

 elongate, with rounded anterior angles, moderately arched. Uni- 

 serial dorso-central bristles, a humeral, post-humeral, notopleural, 

 and postalar bristle present, and two scutellar bristles ; metapleura 

 bai'e. Abdomen 8-segmented ; the two anal segments reduced and 

 partly concealed by the male genitalia; abdomen in female pointed. 

 Legs slender; fore coxae slightly elongated, about half as long as 

 femora. Legs minutely pubescent; tibicC without spurs; two 

 pulvilli and a small linear bristle-bearing empodium. Wings 

 with auxiliary and 1st longitudinal veins short, the former 

 reaching the margin ; 2nd vein long ; 3rd vein forked, the up])er 

 branch united to 2nd vein towards its tip ; lower branch of 5th 

 vein strongly recurrent, almost immediately meeting anal vein 

 (which is very abbreviated, not nearly reaching wing-margin), 

 making anal cell very short and truncate. Dorsal cell very elon- 

 gate, 2nd basal cell very short, much shorter than 1st basal and 

 subequal to anal cell ; three submarginal, four posterior cells ; hind 

 angle of wing quite reduced, making it almost cuneiform. Ground- 

 colour of wing brown, with hyaline spots. 

 Range. Europe, India, North America. 



A limited genus of small delicate Empids, easily recognised by 

 the brown wings with pale spots. 



