ELAPHROPEZA. 387 



325. Elaphropeza variegata, Brim. 



Elaphropvza varicyata, Brunetti, 17ec. Iiid. Mus. ix, p. 4:? (1913). 



d' $ . Head black ; occiput with microscopic pale hairs ; eyes 

 contiguous, except for a small vertical triangle which carries the 

 three ocelli. Antennae with first two joints brownisli yellow, a 

 few bristles at the tip of the 2ud; tlie 3rd elongate conical, 

 blackish, witli long pnbescent arista. Proboscis short, base much 

 thickened, brownish yellow ; palpi much sliorter, pale yellow. 

 Thorax bright ferruginous, a little blackisli about the base of the 

 wings and a thin black median stripe ])resent or absent. 8cutellum 

 and metanotum concolorous with thoi-acic dorsum. A few lateral 

 bristles on tlie latter, a few towards the ])osterior border and two 

 on tlie scutelluni. Abdomen with the tip stump-like in S , tapering 

 in 2 ; dull yellowish on basal and apical thii-ds, the middle third 

 black; in some examples the basal third is more brownish than 

 yellowish. Venter similar to upper side ; genitalia small, con- 

 colorous. Legs all yellowish, exce])t for the slightly brown coxae ; 

 femora not at all thickened ; hind tibiae with two long stiff hairs 

 on outer side, placed so as to divide the limb into three equal 

 parts; middle tibiae with a long single stiff hair near the tip. 

 H-^iu^s pale yellowish grey; 2nd basal cell twice as long as 1st; 

 lialteres very pale yellow. 



Length, barely 2 mm. 



Described from several d 6 and 5 2 i'^ the Indian Museum : 

 Calcutta, 5. xii. 1907, ti/pe d (Annandale), 14. ix. 1909, ij/pe $ 

 (Paiva): other specimens from Calcutta, 1'3.xu\.1910 {Kern}')), 

 31. i. 1908, 17. ii. 1908, 10. viii. 1907, 2-15. xii. 1907 ; Puri, 

 18-19.1.1908; Khurda Rd., Puri Distr., 13. xi. 1910, in train 

 {Henij}); Darjiling, 29. v. 1910 {Brunetti); Paresnath, AV. Bengal, 

 4000 ft., 9.1V. 1909 (Annandale); Parel, Bombay Presid., 

 26. xi. 1909; Satara Distr., Bombay. 4200 ft., 13-16. iv. 1912 

 {Graveli/); Dum-Dum, near Calcutta, 28. vii.1909 (Lord); Dibru- 

 garh, Assam, 17-19. xi. 1911 (Kemj)). 



A very striking and easily recognised species. 



Family LONCHOPTEllID.E. 



Head transverse, as broad as thorax, nearly oval when seen in 

 profile ; cpistome short, sides bristly ; eyes wide a{)art in both 

 sexes, grepii in life; frons and mouth-border with strong bristles; 

 three ocelli ; proboscis distinct, thick. Antennas 3-jointed ; first 

 two short, bristly; 3rd rounded, with long 3-iointed subdorsal or 

 apical arista. 



Thorax oval or subquadrate, rather flattened, bare, except for 

 some bristles; scutellum subtriangular, bare, with two long 

 bristles. 



Abdomen oval, often narrower than thorax, 6-segmeuted, 1st 



2c 2 



