ripuNcuLiD.i:. 



from above; face wliolly shimmering silvery-white. Antennae 

 ratlier short, blackish ; 2nd joint with ratlier long bristles ; 3rd 

 with silvery-white shimmer when seen from above. Ocellar 

 bristles long, parallel, directed forwards. Thorax black, with 

 bristly pubescence, which is stronger in the S ; some bristles 

 behind the humeri and about the sides; scutellum concolorous, 

 witli similar pubescence, and some longer bristly hairs on margin, 

 including a long apical pair. Abdomen dull black in J , blackish- 

 grey in $ ; of 6 distinct segments, the sides of which bear much 

 longer bristly hairs than those on the dorsum. Genitalia of 

 moderate size, rounded in d , closely incurved in 9 , with a short 

 ovipositor, so that that sex is easily mistaken for a (S . Legs dull 

 brownish-black in c? , sometimes more or less yellowish on 

 troclianters, knees and tarsi in 5 . Femora with fringes of long- 

 bristly hairs ; hind lemoia with some longer, bristly hairs in 

 front near tip and a slight ciliation on middle of under side ; 

 tibiae with some hairs about the middle : pubescence on legs less 

 prominent in $ . Wiw/s tinged witli black in J . grey in $ ; 

 stigma long, not clearly defined ; halteres blackish ; squamae 

 small, blackish in cS , whitish-yellow in $ . 

 Length, 2\ mm. 



Fig. 1. — Clialarus spurius, Fin., wing. 



This description is mainly abridged from Verrali's description 

 of British specimens. I have only seen one Indian specimen, 

 a 5 not in the best condition, but almost certainly this species, 

 from Darjiling, 7000 ft., 29. v. 1910 (Bruiietti). The under side of 

 the abdomen is not easily seen, but from the increased width 

 of the frons in the middle I now assume it to be a 5 and not a J 

 as at first recorded *. 



This species occurs in many European countries, and in New 

 Hampshire in North America. 



Genus PIPUNCULUS, Latr. 



Pipunculus, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. iii, p. 463 (1802) ; xiv, 



p. 392 (1804). 

 Microcera, Meigen, lllig'. Mag', ii, p. 273 (1803). 

 Cephulojys, FtvUeii, Specim. entoni. p. 10 (1810). 

 Prot/iechus, Kondani, Dipt. Ital. Prod, i, p. 139 (1856). 

 Alloneura, liondaui, Dipt. Ital. I'rod. i, p. 140 (1856). 



Genotype, Fijncnculus campestris, Latr. ; by original designation. 



Head nearly globose, practically all eyes (in profile only the 



antennae being visible), except for the considerably pufted-out 



* Brun., Rec. Ind. Miis. vii, p. 495 (1912). 



