354 CONOPID.E. 



above. Anteuiipe with 1st and 2nd joints black; 2nd about 1^ 

 times as long as 1st ; 3rd (to tip of style) as long as 2nd ; dull 

 reddish-orange, black above; style black, distinctly 3-jointed, 

 1st and 2nd joints thick, annular, 2nd a little larger than 1st, 

 3rd pointed. Proboscis black, reaching the level of the tip 

 of the 2nd antennal joint. Occiput brownish-orange, with in- 

 conspicuous black pubescence, paler behind vertex, with some 

 whitish reflections. Thorax black, with traces of whitish stripes 

 on anterior margin ; humeri and broad side margins brownish- 

 orange ; scutellum brownish-orange, hase considerably blackened ; 

 pleurae black, with an indefinite whitish shimmer when seen from 

 above; metanotuin black. Abdomen black; sides of 3rd and 4th 

 segments ratlier broadly, and their hind margins (also that of 5th) 

 narrowly, reddish or brownish-orange ; tip of abdomen rather 

 reddish in J , the reddish colour probably variable in extent ; 

 5th segment very narrow above in 5 . Pubescence black, verj- 

 short, longer on 1st segment. Legs rather dark brownish-orange ; 

 coxse mainly black, except on lower part of fore pair, the front 

 side of which is glistening white when seen from above ; femora 

 black on moi-e than basal half; tibiae a little blackish at tips and 

 glistening white on outer side; tarsi black, pulvilli yellowish- 

 white, cla\\s brownish-orange with tips black. Wiiir/s grey, A^'ith 

 rather dark blackish-brown coloration from the anterior margin 

 down to the 3rd vein, and also filling the 1st posterior cell and 

 thence extending towards the margin of the wing ; halteres orange- 

 yellow. 



Length, 10-11 mm. 



Described from a c? and $ in the British Museum from Simla, 

 viii-ix. 1898 {Nwse). The reddish-brown ground-colour of the 

 abdominal segments is the principal distinctive character of this 

 species, which may be recognised rather easily after some acquaint- 

 ance with the Oriental members of the genus has been obtained. 



278. Conops testaceus, Ilacq. 



Conops testacea, Macquart, Dipt, Exot. ii, pt. 3, p. 9 (1843). 



"Testaceous, costal margin of wing with a short brown band. 

 Long. 4-41 lines, § . 



'• i'ace yellow, tawny at sides ; frons, vertex and antennap 

 tawny, 3rd joint of latter rather short, tip blackish. Tiiorax 

 testaceous, metathorax with grey dust. Abdomen: first five 

 segments w ith yellow or whitish hind margins ; the three first 

 testaceous ; 3rd with a brown spot on each side before the tip ; 

 4th and 5th blackish above ; 6tii yellow or whitish. Legs tawny, 

 anterior coxae blackish in front ; tibiae with basal half yellow. 

 Wings with a brown costal band which widens and ends abruptly 

 at the tip of the marginal cell. 



" One specimen, Bengal {M. Duvaucel); one specimen, Pondi- 

 cherry. In the Paris Museum." 



This description agrees to some extent with that of my inter- 

 medins, except for the rather short 3rd antennal joint, which is 



