386 empidjE. 



323. Elaphropeza ferruginea, Brun. 

 JElaphropc'zaferruffinea, Brunetti, Rec. lud. Miis. ix, p. 43 (1913). 



d . Head with eyes closely contiguous above and below the 

 antennJB for the whole distance ; vertex with three rather large 

 ocelli ; occiput light brownish yellow, with numerous stiff bristly 

 hairs above and pale softer hairs on lower part. Autennte with 

 tirst two joints brownish yellow ; 1st much shorter than 2nd, 

 which latter is considerably setose at tip ; 3rd joint very elongate 

 conical, blackish, closely pubescent, with long microscopically 

 pubescent arista. Proboscis very short, brownish yellow ; palpi 

 shorter still, pale yellow, each with a very long bristle. Thorax 

 wholly brownish yellow, with lunnerous very short pale yellow 

 hairs and the usual stiff pre-alar bristles ; scutelluni blackish, 

 with two long bristles ; sides of thorax concolorous with dorsum, 

 metanotum blackish. Abdomen blackish, with a very little pale 

 pubescence ; ovipositor pale yellow, short. Ler/s wholly pale 

 brownish yellow from coxae to tips of tarsi. Wings pale yellow ; 

 halteres pale yellow. 



Length, J| mm. 



Described from a type cj" from Lower Lebong, Darjiling Hills, 

 4.500 ft., 2-9. vi. 1909 (Jlowleit), and three other <^ J from Port 

 Canning, 24. xii. 1907 {Hoiulett) ; all in the Pusa collection. 



324. Elaphropeza metatarsata, Bezzi. 



Elaphropeza metatarsata, Bezzi, Anu. Mus. Hung, ii, p. 348 (1904). 



" $ . Head roundish, shining black ; eyes contiguous below 

 antennae, separated above by a very narrow space, facets uniform 

 in size; proboscis hardly prominent; palpi yellowish white. 

 Antennae long ; two basal joints yellow ; 3rd elongate, acuminate, 

 dark brown, with long, microscopically pubescent, apical arista. 

 Ocellar bristles rather long, proclinate ; occiput with some small 

 bristles. Tliorax shining, with pale pubescence (the bristles in 

 bad condition) ; a large shining black round spot towards each side 

 near the middle ; pubescence all reddish, that below tlie spot 

 darker ; halteres j'ellow, with dark clubs. Abdomen as long as 

 thorax, with delicate white pubescence ; base and tip of abdomen 

 dirty yellow, towards middle shining black. Legs all 3'ellow, only 

 the tarsi and the tibiae towards ti])s brownish ; hind tibite with 

 two bristles only on upper side ; hind metatarsi long, narrower 

 than tibiae, with a sort of I'ounded yellow tooth at the base with 

 an isolated rather long bristle behind it. Wings pale grey, with a 

 distinct ciliation on anterior margin : 2nd longitudinal \ein with 

 tip ending nearer tip of 1st vein than that of 3rd; 3rd and 4th 

 veins parallel : 5th ending at some distance before margin. 



" One female, Colombo, 28. ii. 1902 (Biro):' (Bezzi.) 



Type in the Hungarian Museum. 



Bezzi notes that the species is allied to those of his subgenus 

 Ctenodrapeiis, from which it is distinguished by the elongate 3rd 

 antennal joint. 



