BY ARTHUR WHITE. 235 



which is about one-third its length. Thorax black, with 

 brown tomentum on sides, and two narrow brown median 

 stripes, and bearing long, black, lateral and posterior 

 bristles ; scutellum black, with onter margin brown, and 

 two long, black marginal bristles ; metapleural bristles) 

 black. Abdomen black, with hindmargins of all segments 

 brownish-yellow, and lateral bindmarginal black bristles. 

 Legs short, without any sign of inflation ; femora, brown- 

 ish-black, with sparse black pubescence ; tibise light 

 brown, the anterior pair with rather short black pubes- 

 ence, middle pair with both short black pub-es- 

 cence and a few very long bristle-like hairs, posterior pair 

 with stiff black bristles; tarsi brown, with tips blackish. 

 Wings absolutely hyaline, venation as in E. sericatus (see 

 fig. 44) ; mediastinal vein short and incomplete ; cubital 

 fork long, the upper branch more than half the length 

 of the lower; discal cell short, truncate, the three issuing 

 veinlets complete : anal vein short, and not nearly reach- 

 ing the wing-margin ; hal teres pale brown. 



This species is closely allied to E. sericaHis, but is easily 

 distinguished by its different colouration. It occurred 

 sparingly in the garden of my house at Mangalore during 

 the month of November. 



Empis flabilis, Sp. nov. 



Thorax and abdomen black ; legs a uniform brownish- 

 black ; wings hyaline, with a b] own stigma ; lower branch 

 of the cubital fork in a line with the stem, and not curved 

 downwards, upper branch short ; a very small species, with 

 palpi unusually conspicuous. 



Length. Male and female, 3 mm. 



Hab. Mangalore. 



M(ih\ Face and front black; e3'es separated. Pro- 

 boscis in length nearly three times the height of head. 

 Palpi unusually conspicuous, a little less than the length 

 of head, the two joints of almost equal length, the second 

 slightly knobbed at apex, and terminated by a long hair. 

 Antennae black, rather broad, the first and second joints 

 short, the third about twice as long as the first two to- 

 gether, and provided with a short, slender style, which is 

 about one-third its length. Thorax black, with short an- 

 terior and long posterior bristles ; scutellum with four 

 marginal black bristles. Abdomen black, the segmenta- 

 tions indistinc:ly marked with white, nearly bare, but 

 with a little short, black lateral pubescence. Legs with 

 femora, tibiae, and tarsi a uniform brownish-black, with 

 black pubescence. Wings hyaline, with a brown stigma ; 



