198 SYRPHIDiE. 



5tli at tip, witli thin grej^ pubescence. Venter bare, moderately 

 shining black. Legs: coxtc black ; front surface of front pair, and 

 hind surface of bind pair, with a little grey tomentuni. Femora 

 briglit reddish-brown, only extreme tip bluckish ; bind pair with 

 distinct subapical tooth below. Tibite with about basal half 

 reddisli-brovvn, rest black ; w^ith a white or yello\Aish tomentose 

 spot ou front and hind sides of fore and hind pairs respectively, 

 reaching for a short distance from the base, but extending on outer 

 side of middle pair nearly to tip. Tarsi black, pulvilli bright brov\ ii. 

 Hind femora on apical half of front side with a fringe of rather 

 coarse short black pubescence ; basal half with a shorter similar 

 fringe ; legs otherwise with only microscopic pubescence. Wvujs 

 quite clear; costal and subcostal cells dark brown to tips; the 

 wing dark brown from the base over an area bounded by an oblique 



Fig. 38. — AIegai>2>is cras^vs, Fabr., hind leg. 



line reaching from the stigmatic region across outer side of 

 2nd basal cell and thence across middle of anal cell to the alula. 

 A narrow, dark brown, isolated streak from 2nd to 4th longi- 

 tudinal veins, enclosing anterior cross-vein. Tiie brown colour is 

 expanded for a minute space at tip of 2iul vein, and there is a 

 minute dark spot over tip of 3rd vein. Thoracal squama? blackish, 

 with broad hlackish-grey fringe. 



Length, about 12 mm. 



Described from a number of both sexes from various sources. 

 A widely distributed Oriental species, recorded also from Celebes. 

 TNIussoorie; ^Wdiww {KwjvcU \ de Niceville) ; Singla, 1500 ft. (ZorcZ 

 CarmicliaeVs collector) ; Siliguri ; Buldana District, Eerar {Burhill); 

 Bangalore (Cameron); Parauibikulam, Cochin State, 1700-3200 ft. 

 {Gravely); Maddathorai andTrivandrum,Travancore ^{vde {Annan- 

 dale) ; Goa ; Castle Eock, N. Kanara District ; Talewadi (all from 

 the last three localities collected by Kern])); Mangaldai, Assam 

 {Kemp) : Bibsagar {Peal) ; Eanchi {Imms) ; above Tura, 3900 ft., 

 viii. 1917 {Ke7pp) ; Mormugao. 



