316 



SYRPUID^E. 



white pubescence; anterior knees narrowly, and basal half of all 

 tibiae, yellowish ; anterior tarsi darker brown towards tips. Wings 

 rather pale brown; halteres yellowish. 



Length, 8-9 mm. 



Described from two $ $ in the Pusa collection from Mussoorie, 

 ix. and x. 1906. Tijpe sent to the Eritish Museum. 



? d". A headless specimen pinned on the same piece of cork as 

 one of the females may be the d" , tliough the genitalia are not 

 Aasibie. The whole thorax and seutellnm are brilliantly cupreous, 

 the pleurte shining green, all covered with dense bright orange 

 pubescence. The abdomen is duller cupreous with metallic 

 reflections. Hair-spots as in $ , but golden-yellow instead of 

 white, except on 1st segment. Legs with bright yellow pubes- 

 cence, especially long and conspicuous on tibite. In ail else as 

 in 2- Mussoorie, ix. 1906. 



2J3. Microdon squamipennis, sp. uov. 



2 ' Very like M. flavipes. Differing by the anteunal pro- 

 minence, the 1st antennal joint, vertex and eyes all being shining 

 black. Abdomen black. Basal half of anterior femora black, tlie 

 colour more or less continued on upper side towards tip ; hind 

 femora black except at extreme tip ; apical half of anterior tibiae 

 relatively darker than in j^owi^^es ; hind tibiae and all tarsi quite 

 black. Wings pale grey ; all the veins rather broadly suffused 

 with pale blackish. The whole surface of the wing with micro- 

 scopic dirty-grey scales. 



Length, S mm. 



Described from a single $ in the Indian Museum from Tura, 

 Garo Hills, Assam, 1200-1500 ft., 15. vi-15. vii. 1917 {Kemp). 

 This species is unique amongst Oriental forms in having the wings 

 scaly, yet its close resemblance to jlavipes is remarkable. 



244. Microdon aiinandalei, Brun. (PI. VI, fig. 7.) 



Microdon annundalei, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. 3Ius. ii, p. 91 (1908) ; 

 i, pl. xiii, fig. 10, full insect (1907). 



6 $ . Head black ; frons narrowed just above anteTuiae, covered 

 with close silvery-white hair, which is only visible from above; 

 vertex black ; antennae black: 3rd joint one-and-a-half times as 

 long as 2ik1, or as long as 1st ajid 2nd together. Under side of 

 head black, eyes bare, very shining and smooth. In $ , frons and 

 face with nearly parallel sides, one-third width of head, both 

 black with a little short whitish pubescence. Thorax black, with 

 very sparse gold-grey hair towards the posterior part, seen best 

 from behind ; scutellum similar, with a slight indentation in centi-e 

 of posterior border. Abdomen and venter uniformly brick-red, with 

 traces of minute whitish pubescence on posterior half ; base of 1st 

 segment black. Legs black, with fine silvery-white hair on coxae 

 and outside of tibiae. Wings pale blackish; darker anteriorly. 



Length, 9|-11 mm. 



