l8 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. IX ^ 



Synechcs palliditarsis, mihi, sp.nov. 



$ Darjiling district. Long, 5 mm. 



Head. — Black ; the narrow face a little grey dusted. Byes 

 above antennae absolutely contiguous, the upper facets reddish 

 brown, the lower facets, which are much smaller, darker brown. 

 Proboscis shining brown, projecting considerably beyond head 

 (in. one specimen twice as long as head). Palpi very short, nearly 

 black. Antennae moderately light brown. 



Thorax. — Shining black ; when viewed from certain directions 

 it appears distinctly brownish grey dusted ; the anterior part 

 bare ; some long soft hairs on posterior half and on scutellum, on 

 which is a row of long stiff hairs on the margin. 



Abdomen. — Black, a little shining, with brownish yellow hair, 

 which is a little more plentiful than in the other Indian species of 

 this genus. A peculiar feature in this species is the presence on 

 the under side of the 5th segment of two parallel rows, placed 

 longitudinally a short distance apart, of long soft golden yellow 

 hairs. Genitalia elongate. 



Legs. — Dark brown or blackish. Tibiae and tarsi mainly 

 brownish yellow, but base of former and tips of latter darker. 

 Femora with rather copious long soft hair; tibiae with similar hair, 

 less regular and not so long, and with a row of longer stiffer hairs. 

 First two joints of tarsi with two longer stiff hairs at their tips. 



Wings. — Brownish grey, darker anteriorly ; stigma brown, 

 oval, moderately large. Hal teres dark brown. 



Described from 3 2 9 in the Indian Museum taken at Sukna 

 (500 ft.), base of Darjiling Hills, by Dr. Annandale, 2-vii-8 

 {type) and i-vii-o8 (two others). 



N.B. — The palpi in Hyhos are theoretically of a length 

 approaching that of the proboscis but in this species they are 

 quite short, certainly not a fifth part as long as the proboscis. 



Syneches fratellus, mihi, sp. nov. 



$ Western Himalayas. Long. 2^ mm. 



Very like palliditarsis, but quite distinct. Eyes wholly black ; 



antennae wholly black. Abdomen without the two fringes of 



vellow hair on belly, and the dorsal pubescence of the abdomen 



is more whitish than yellow. The legs have only the tarsi and 



extreme tips of the tibiae yellow, the remainder being black. 



The wings are nearly clear. It is a much smaller species. One 



$ in the Indian Museum from Bhowali, Kumaon District (5700 



ft.), 29-vi-io [A. D. hums']. 



Synechcs immaculatus, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf Ceylon. Long. \ mm. 



Head. — Dark grey. Upper facets of eyes reddish brown, very 



much larger than the lower ones, which are coffee brown. 



Proboscis about as long as height of head, yellow ; palpi very 



