382 EMPID.E. 



315. Drapetis discoidalis, Bezzi. 



Ctenodrapetis discoidalis, Bezzi, Ann. Mus. Hung, ii, p. 355 (1904). 



§ , Near D. r/raciUs, Bezzi. Mead elongate, rounded, black ; 

 eyes contiguous ; antennte short, yellowish white ; arista rather 

 long ; proboscis elongate, yellow ; palpi white. Ocelli and 

 vertical bristles long. Tliorax moderately arched, yellow, mode- 

 rately shining ; middle of dorsum black ; humeral calli broadly 

 yellow, leaving a median black line attaining anterior margin ; 

 short pubescence absent ; acrostichal and dorso-central bristles 

 long, jjrojecting anteriorly ; presutural and alar ones long. 

 Scutellum shining black, two bristles ; halteres j'^ellow, clubs 

 brown. Abdomen a little longer than thorax, dirty yellow, 

 darkened above posteriorly ; ovipositor rather long, conical, black, 

 with pale short pubescence. Legs bright yellow, long, slender ; 

 posterior tibite witii two bristles ])laced respectively on first and 

 second thirds ; at tip M"ith a short obscure callus. Wings long, 

 hyaline, nari-owly cuneiform at base, 4th vein quite straight, a 

 little curved towards 3rd ; anterior and posterior wing-margins 

 with dense short hairs. 



Length, 2 mm. ; wing, 2-2 mm. 



One female from Matheran, Bombay, 800 metres, 8. vii. 1002. 



Ti/pe in the Hungarian JNluseum. 



316. Drapetis brevior, Brim. (PI. lY, figs. 23, 24.) 



Drapetis brevior, Brunetti, Eec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 37 (1913). 



$ . Head very dark grey : eyes contiguous for a considerable 

 distance, rounded ; vertical triangle dark grey, with three ocelli 

 and two strong long proclinate bristles ; two equally long ones 

 behind the eyes, curved towards each other, \\'ith also some 

 smaller ones ; antennae with first two joints dark brownish yellow, 

 the 3rd black, as long as the 1st and 2nd taken togethei', with 

 a very long black apical arista, microscoincally setulose ; face very 

 narx'ow, dark grey ; proboscis moderately long, bluntly but not 

 shortly conical, with a patch of pale hairs on upper part of dorsal 

 surface. Thorax well arched, shining black, with light short 

 yellowish-gre}" pubescence and some bristles laterally ; scutellum 

 and metanotum shining black. Abdomen shining black, short, 

 conical, very stout, covered rather freely with pale yellowish-grey 

 hairs ; venter similar ; genitalia imperceptible. Legs bright 

 brownish yellow, wholly clothed with ratiier copious yellow hairs ; 

 the femora broadly black from base to a variable extent, leaving 

 sometimes only the tips pale ; tips of tarsi black or blackish. 

 IVhigs clear, microscopically setulose, highly ii'idesoent ; veins 

 yellowish or brownish ; halteres small, yellow. 



Length, 2-2^ mm. 



Described from several examples in the Indian Museum from 

 Mandalay, 12. iii. 1908, tgj^^ {Annandale) ; Kangoon, 26. ii. 1908 



