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and its style with rather dense whitish pubescence. Proboscis 

 shorter than height of head, yellowish. 



Thorax. — Bright ferruginous, also scutellum and metanotum. 

 A short black streak above each wing apparently joined together 

 near posterior margin by an irregular blackish mark. (Thorax 

 slightly damaged in this spot by the pin). Sides grey. 



Abdomen. — Black, roughened, nearly bare. Genitalia rather 

 large, black. 



Legs. — All wholly pale brownish yellow, with soft pubescence, 

 middle femora slightly thickened. 



Wings. — Pale grey, highly iridescent; a slight obliteration of 

 the veins at tips of basal cells. Venation in accordance with the 

 generic diagnosis. Halteres brownish yellow. 



Described from a single o'from Sarath, Nepal, 24-ii-o8. In the 

 Indian Museum. 



HOWLETTIA, gen. nov. 



Allied to Cyrtoma, Mg. and Brcvios, mihi. 



Eyes separated above by a moderately broad frons, and only 

 very narrowly separated below antennae. Antennae of three 

 distinct joints, the first two short, subequal, the third shortly 

 conical with long terminal arista. Proboscis about equal to height 

 of head, perpendicular; palpi half the length of proboscis or a 

 trifle longer. 



Thorax not more arched than in normal species of Empis and 

 Rhamphomyia. Abdomen a little longer than thorax, somewhat 

 compressed. Legs rather long and slender; fore coxae short, 

 middle femora distinctly but not conspicuously incrassated. All 

 the tarsi longer than the tibiae. 



Wings with ist longitudinal vein rather further from the costa 

 than usual, ending beyond middle of wing; 2nd vein beginning at 

 one-fourth of the wing, ending towards tip of costa. The 3rd 

 vein begins at the middle of the wing, the anterior cross vein placed 

 just beyond the origin of the 3rd vein (which latter ends at about 

 the wing tip) ; the 4th vein very nearly straight, ending just below 

 wing tip ; 5th nearly straight ; 6th (anal) very long, complete to 

 the border of the wing, a short distance below the tip of the 5th. 

 Posterior cross vein joining 4th vein at the spot where the anterior 

 cross vein meets it, but not in a straight line with it. Anal cross 

 vein forming acute angle with 5 th vein. The 2nd basal cell vety 

 little longer than the ist, the anal cell barely half as long as 2nd 

 basal. No discal cell. 



The 9 only present. 



The genus is named after Mr. F. M. Howlett, of the Agricul- 

 tural Research Institute at Pusa. 



Howlettia flavipes, mihi, sp, nov. 

 2 Western Himalayas. Long. 2|- mm. 



Head. — Blackish, proboscis dark brown, palpi brownish yel- 

 low, ocellar triangle rather prominent. 



