DIPTERA. 153 



Ommatics nanus, Fern. 



Fulvo-cinereus, capiie pectoreqite alhidis, ahdomine fusco-cano apiccfulvo, 

 antennis niijris, jjcdihus fulvis, alls Hmpidis, 



Head adorned with a white covering, clothed with white hairs ; a few 

 black hairs on the face : eyes bronzed ; fore part rather flat, its facets 

 larger than those elsewhere : sucker, palpi and feelers black ; third joint of 

 the feelers conical, much longer than the second; bristle about thrice the 

 length of the third joint: chest (/rat/, with a slight taicmj tinge, beset with 

 a few black and whitish bristles : breast whitish : abdomen brownish hoary, 

 linear, narrower than the chest and about twice its length, slightly tapering 

 towards the tip, which is tawny, clothed with very short black hairs, beset 

 on each side with a few whitish bristles ; hind borders of the segments 

 hoary : legs tawny, clothed with short pale hairs, beset with a few black 

 and whitish bristles ; feet pitchy towards the tips ; claws black, tawny at 

 the base ; foot-cushions pale tawny : wings colourless ; wing-ribs and 

 poisers taw^uy ; veins black, tawny at the base. Length of the body 3^ 

 lines ; of the wings 5 lines. 



Var. 0. 



C'anits, capite albo, pedibus fulvis, antennis tarsisquc nigris, alis Hmpidis. 



Body hoary : head white, beset above with very few black bristles, 

 clothed beneath with white hairs ; face quite flat, anned on the epistoma 

 with a few white spines : eyes adorned with iridescent colours : sucker 

 clothed at the tip with tawny hairs ; palpi beset with black bristles : first 

 and second joints of the feelers beset with a few black bristles: feet black, 

 dark tawny at the base ; foot-cushions dark tawny. Length of the body 

 4 lines ; of the w ings 7 lines. 



East India. 



