276 sYRPniD^. 



214. Brachypalpus dives, Bnm. 



lirachy palpus dives, Brunetti, llec. Ind. Mas. ii, p. 80 (1908). 



S . Whole face yellow with silvery-yellow tomeiitum ; antennae 

 yellow, 3rd joint darker ; eyes contiguous for half the distance to 

 vertex ; proboscis brown, posterior orbit of head entirely encircled 

 by a fringe of bright yellow bair. Thorax with ground-colour 

 Eeneous with a shght violet tinge on dorsum, covered with ratiier 

 thick short yellow hair ; no signs of stripes or bands ; sides of 

 thorax cinereous, with a thick elongated bunch of yellow hair just 

 in front of and below insertion of each wing ; scutellum isneous, 

 thickly covered vvitli yellow hair ; the extreme edge is narrowlj-- 

 ridged all round and is yellow. Abdomen elongated, n)ach nar- 

 rower than thorax and only sliglitly narrowing toward^ apex, 

 brilliantly shining golden-yellow ; 1st segment dull ajneous-green ; 

 the whole abdoinen thickly covered with golden-yellow hair which 

 is longest at sides and tip. Venter yellow, nearly bare. Legs 

 bright yellow, fore pair normal, femora with rather thick yellow 

 hair ; the middle femora are distinctly, though not greatly, 

 enlarged towards tip, with a fringe of long golden-yellow hair in 

 front and behind, and a shorter fringe above ; the middle tibiae 

 have above and below, excessively long and thick golden-yellow 

 hair; hind femora slightly and uniformly thicker, very slightly 

 pale brownish with a blackish streak on upper side, covered with 

 moderately long golden-yellow hair — the tooth on the under side 

 is near the tip and is followed by a semicircular protuberance 

 marked with black ; hind tibiae well curved, yellowish-brown, 

 darker on inner side, slightly narrow at base, near which is a 

 distinct tooth ; black hairs on inner side and a narrow row of 

 pale yellow hair on outer side. Anterior tarsi yellow, with some 

 small black spines at tip of each joint, hind tarsi similar, but 

 brownish, with golden-brown thick short pubescence on under 

 side and long black hair, bushy and straggl}^ on outer side. 

 Wings pale yellowish ; anterior border, to 1st longitudinal vein, 

 a little deeper yellow. Halteres yellowish-brown ; squamae yellow, 

 both pairs with a fringe of thick yellow hair. 



Length, 17 mm. 



Described from one S {typ^) iu perfect condition in the Indian 

 Museum collection, from Kohima, Assam. There is a second 6 

 in the British Museum from the Kliasi Hills, Assam. A mag- 

 nificent species. 



Genus LYCASTEIS, Wall: 



Lycastris, Walker, Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond. (n. s.) iv, p. 155 (1867). 

 Xipltopheromyia, IJigot, Wieu. Ent. Zeit. xi, p. 161 (1892). 



Genotype, L. alhipes, Walker, sp. nov. 



Head rather flattened in front, slightly wider than thorax. 

 Eyes bare, contiguous in J for a very siiort distance only, well 



