1913-] E. Brunetti : New Indian Empidae. 25 



Wings. — Pale grey, veins brownish yellow on basal part, 

 blackish distally. Stigma imperceptible. Halteres brownish 

 yellow. 



Described from a single 2 in the Indian Museum taken at 

 Mundali, Jaunsa divison, Dehra Dun district (9000 ft.), 12-v-io. 



Empis rostrata, mihi, sp. nov. 



9 Western Himalayas. Long. 7 mm. 



Head. — Occiput grey, with a few bristly black hairs above. 

 Frons and face concolorous grey, the former comparatively wide, 

 with parallel edges, the latter much wider. Antennae black, 2nd 

 joint very distinctly bright brownish yellow. Palpi bright brownish 

 yellow, short. Proboscis two and three quarter times the height 

 of the head ; when extended on the under side reaching beyond 

 the base of the abdomen; brownish yellow in colour, a little 

 blackish in the middle on under side. A few whitish hairs on 

 under side of head. 



Thorax. — Dorsum (somewhat discoloured in the centre) light 

 brownish grey, with a narrow median darker brown stripe and a 

 wider one on each side not quite extended to anterior margin of 

 thorax ; and laterally two brownish spots, one in front of and one 

 behind the pre-sutural depression. Sides, scutellum and metano- 

 tum concolorous, or a little more nearly ash grey. (Thorax 

 denuded ol bristles). 



Abdomen. — Light gre}^ brownish at base of each segment, the 

 colour broader in the centre; genitalia slender, cyhndrical, termi- 

 nated by two thin linger-like lamellae, concolorous. Belly light 

 gre}^ unmarked. 



Legs. — Between light brown and tawny; coxae a little grey 

 dusted and with a little soft whitish hair ; tarsi more or less black- 

 ish on upper side; extreme tips of femora very narrowly black. 

 Posterior femora with thick but short bristly black or blackish 

 brown hairs above. Posterior tibiae with blackish brown scales, 

 much thicker and larger on hind pair, on which they occur below 

 the metatarsi also, and are even continued on a less pronounced 

 scale-like form on the under side of the remaining tarsal joints. 

 The legs generally with minute black stiff hairs. 



Wings. — ^Brownish yellow ; stigma practically imperceptible. 

 Halteres brownish yellow. 



Described from a single 2 in the Indian Museum taken by 

 Dr. Annandale, i-v-07, at Theog, Simla district (8000 ft.). 



Empis griseonigra, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf Western Himalayas. Long. 5 mm. 



Head. — Occiput blackish. Eyes absolutely contiguous above 

 antennae ; face dark grey ; antennae black ; palpi black. Probos- 

 cis one and a quarter times the height of the head, dark brownish 

 yellow, black on under side. 



