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Thorax. — Brownish grey, with three moderately wide brown 

 dorsal stripes, the median one attaining the anterior margin, the 

 outer ones only extending as far as the shoulders. Some short 

 bristly hairs on shoulders, soft black pubescence over the dorsum 

 generally, and stiffer hairs and bristles distributed as in the other 

 species. Sides of thorax a little darker grey, pleurae light grey. 



Abdomen. — Blackish, with short sparse black pubescence; 

 whitish pubescence at sides of the first two segments. Genitalia 

 blackish. 



Legs. — Blackish, with black pubescence. Knees reddish 

 brown, with a trace of this colour over some of the other joints. 



Wings. — Pale grey; stigma imperceptible; halteres bright 

 yellow. 



Described from one & in the Indian Museum from Mundali, 

 Jaunsa division, Dehra Dun (9000 ft.), 12-v-io. 



Empis clegans, mihi, sp. nov. 



5 Western Himalayas. Long. 3 mm. 



Head. — Black; antennae black; palpi large, yellow; probos- 

 cis twice the height of the head, black or blackish brown. 



Thorax. — Shining black, including sides, scutellum and meta- 

 notum ; wholly unmarked ; a little whitish soft hair. Distinct 

 bristles apparently absent ; a few stiff pale hairs towards hind 

 margin and on scutellum. 



Abdomen. — Darker brown, nearly bare; genitalia slender, 

 normal, elongate, concolorous. 



Legs. — Brownish yellow. Hind coxae, tips of tibiae and all 

 the tarsi blackish. Femora quite bare; tibiae with only a few 

 short stiff hairs towards tips ; tarsi pubescent. 



Wings. — Clear, highly iridescent ; anterior cross vein very near 

 base of discal cell ; stigma barely perceptible. Halteres brownish 

 yellow. 



Described horn. t^NO 9 2 in the Indian Museum from Mundali, 

 12-V-10, taken in company with E. griseonigra. 



Empis centralis, mihi, sp. nov. 



2 Western Himalayas. Long. 5 mm. (extreme length). 



Head. — Occiput black, with black hairs above, a little white 

 hair below. Frons and face proportioned as in E. rostrata, but 

 blackish, as are also the antennae, but the face, viewed from 

 below, shows dark grey reflections. Palpi bright brownish yellow. 

 Proboscis one and a half times the height of the head, the upper 

 side brownish yellow. 



Thorax. — Light brownish grey, with soft black pubescence, 

 and bristly hairs laterally and towards the hind margin. Two 

 narrow median well separated brown stripes from anterior margin 

 extending three-fourths of the distance to the scutellum. A 



