14 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. IX, 



numerous pale hairs. Legs very dark brown, nearly black, with 

 distinct though rather short pale pubescence. 



Wings distinctly brown, paler on apical and posterior parts ; 

 stigma very distinct and large, dark brown; venation normal, 

 halteres brown. 



H. nitens is distinguished from hrunnipes by the very brown 

 wings and conspicuous large stigma ; by the nearly black legs, and 

 especially by the very shining black thorax and abdomen. 



From fuscipennis it is separated by the shining black thorax 

 and abdomen, the black proboscis, the very dark legs and its 

 smaller size, 2 mm. as compared with 3 mm. 



Described from one 9 in the Pusa collection taken at Pusa, 

 April 1908. 



Hybos flavipalpis, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf Darjiling district. Long. 3 mm. 



Head. — Eyes with upper facets much smaller than usual, but 

 larger than lower ones; antennae black; proboscis black, shining; 

 palpi yellowish. Occiput blackish, with a row of well separated, 

 curved, black stiff hairs, placed some distance behind the eye 

 margins. Two bristles on vertex. 



Thorax. — Shining black, stiff bristly hairs laterally towards 

 posterior margins and two on the shining black scutellum. 



Abdomen. — Black, moderately shining, yellowish grey; rather 

 long and ragged hair at the sides. Tip of abdomen enlarged ; 

 genitalia very large, black, shining, with a little whitish soft hair.^ 



Legs. — Mainly black, but anterior tibiae and tarsi more nearly 

 dark brown ; hind tibiae distinctly brown towards tips, and 

 slightly enlarged there ; hind tarsi also distinctly brown. All the 

 legs normally minutely pubescent, tibiae with several long stiff 

 bristly hairs on outer side. Hind femora with two rows of small 

 teeth below, bearing bristles. 



TFmgs.— Pale grey; stigma present but weak, brownish; 

 halteres yellow. 



Described from one cf in the Indian Museum from Kurseong^ 

 taken 25-vi-io by Dr. Annandale. 



Hybos auripes, mihi, sp. nov. 

 cf 9 Darjiling. Long. 5 mm. 



Head. — Black; proboscis not much longer than head, brown- 

 ish yellow tipped; palpi rather long, pubescent. 



Thorax. — Blackish grey ; when seen from certain directions, 

 brownish grey dusted. Sides dark grey. (Bristles on thorax 

 broken off, but from those remaining apparently consistent with 

 the arrangement in the other species herein described.) 



t The claspers being ticjhtly closed, no more detailed description can be given. 



