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Legs. — Wholly yellowish, except tips of femora exceedingl}^ 

 narrowly black. Legs softly and distinctly pubescent, the tibiae 

 with three or four long stiff bristly hairs each. 



Wings. — ^Pale brownish yellow ; stigma oval, indistinct, of 

 moderate size. 



Described from a single cf from Kurseong, 3-vii-o8, taken by 

 Dr. Annandale. In the Indian Museum. 



Syncches minutus, mihi, sp. nov. 

 & Lower Burma. Long. 2 mm. 



Head. — Upper facts of eyes large, reddish; lower ones nearly 

 black, much smaller ; vertex and occiput black ; three distinct 

 small yellowish ocelli. Antennae brown, pale if viewed from above, 

 as is also the arista. Proboscis light brownish yellow, a little 

 longer than the head. 



Thorax. — Very highly arched; dark blackish brown, a little 

 shining. Seen from certain directions the hinder half has a brown 

 dusted tinge. Some long stiff hairs laterally. Scutellum with a 

 distinct brown or brownish grey tinge, and with long stiff hairs. 



Abdomen. — Blackish brown, with a little dark hair. Genitalia 

 black, apparently normally shaped and of moderate size. 



Legs. — Pale brownish 3^ellow ; coxae and sometimes extreme 

 base of anterior femora and extreme tips of tarsi dark. Legs 

 almost bare except for one or two long stiff hairs on tibiae. 



Wings. — Pale brown, stigma imperceptible, halteres black. 



Described from four cf & in the Indian Museum, taken by 

 Dr. Annandale at the western base of the Dawna Hills, Lower 

 Burma, i — 2-iii-o8. 



Syneches rusticus, mihi, sp. nov. 

 & Darjiling. Long. 3^^ mm. 



Head. — Eyes with upper facets red, the lower smaller ones 

 coffee brown. Three large ocelli, pale yellow and very distinct. 

 Antennae blackish grey, 3rd joint and the rather thick arista 

 paler. Proboscis longer than head. 



Thorax. — Black, only a little shining ; some stiff hairs laterally 

 and on posterior margin of scutellum.' Viewed from a low angle 

 at the sides, the anterior part of the mesonotum appears brown 

 dusted. 



Abdomen. — Uniformly dark blackish brown, with 3'ellowish 

 brown hairs laterally. Genitalia concolorous, inconspicuous. 



Legs. — Yellowish, pubescent; coxae, major part of anterior 

 femora, tips of all femora (very narrowly) and apical half of all 

 tarsi, black. Hind femora with a row of stiffer long hairs below. 



Wings. — Distinctly brown, but not deeply so, highly iridescent ; 

 stigma ill defined but distinct. Halteres blackish brown. 



i Most of the bristly hairs are broken off and therefore cannot be described 

 ■with exactitude. 



