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Legs. — Black, shortly pubescent. Femora with a row of stiff 

 hairs below, most conspicuous on hind pair : tibiae with some stiff 

 hairs, including two at tip. Knees narrowly brown ; under side of 

 tarsi with pale hairs. 



Wings. — Pale grey, highly iridescent, venation normal. Stig- 

 ma small, pale brown, sometimes hardly perceptible. Halteres 

 yellow. 



Described from one d' and three 2 5 in the Indian Museum. 

 Type & from Sukna (500 ft.), i-vn-o^ [A nnandaley, type ? from 

 Darjiling, 29-v-io [Brunetti] ; two additional 9 2 from Kurseong, 

 7 — 8-vii-o8. 



Hybos apicis, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf Lower Burma. Long. ^2 n^^* 



Head. — Black. Proboscis and palpi light brown, shining ; 

 ocular orbits narrowly brown, under side of antennae pale. 



Thorax. — Wholly shining black; bristly hairs as in nigroni- 

 tidus. 



Abdomen. — Black, moderately shining; a few pale hairs at 

 sides. Genitalia shining black. 



Legs. — Moderately dark brown, hind femora blackish brown. 

 Tips of middle femora, whole of middle tibiae and major part of 

 middle tarsi, pale yellowish brown. Tips of hind femora rather 

 broadly, base of hind tibiae less broadly, and hind tarsi wholly 

 except tips, pale yellowish brown. Bristly hairs as in nigronitidus. 



Wings. — Nearly clear ; stigma oval, brown, halteres brown- 

 ish yellow. 



Described from one cf in the Indian Museum taken by Dr. 

 Annandale in jungle at the western base of the Dawna Hills, 

 Lower Burma, i-iii-08. 



Hybos brunnipes, mihi, sp. nov. 

 (f Darjiling district. Long. 2^ mm. 



Head. — Blackish ; antennae wholly dark brown. 



Thorax. — Black, moderately shining ; viewed in certain lights 

 it appears light grey dusted. Two bristly hairs on hind margin of 

 scutellum. (Those on the thorax are mostly broken off.) 



Abdomen. — Brownish black, with pale hairs ; genitalia small. 



Legs. — Moderately dark brown ; hind femora with soft grey 

 pubescence. Bristly hairs as in the two preceding species. 



Wings. — Clear, iridescent ; no stigma ; halteres yellow. 



Described from one cf in the Indian Museum from Kurseong, 

 8-viii-o8. 



Hybos niger, mihi, sp. nov. 



2 Darjiling district. Long. 5| mm. 



Head. — Black. Eyes with upper facets distinctly though not 

 greatly larger than lower ones, both blackish brown, but with tinges 



