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lateral broader stripe on each side, practically formed of three 

 irregularly shaped elongate spots placed^ one on the shoulder, one 

 in front of and one behind the pre-sutural depression, the spots 

 contiguous and the hind one attaining the posterior margin of the 

 dorsum. Some bristles laterally and towards hind margin of 

 mesonotum, also four on the scutellum. Sides of thorax and 

 metanotum light grey, dorsum of scutellum brownish grey. 



Abdomen. — Darker grey, with short sparse black hairs; poste- 

 rior margins of segments more or less black. Genitalia elongate, 

 concolorous, much as in E. rostrata. Belly dark grey. 



Legs. — Coxae dark grey, remainder of legs brownish yellow, 

 extreme tips of femora blackish, and tips of tarsal joints more 

 broadly blackish. All the legs with black pubescence. Posterior 

 femora with blackish bristly hair above ; hind femora with 

 scales. Posterior tibiae with blackish brown scales on front and 

 hind sides, as in E. rostrata, but much less strong, and apparently 

 confined to the basal half of the hind pair. On the hind side of 

 the hind tibiae a row of moderately long, well separated bristles. 



Wings. — Very pale grey, nearl}^ clear. Anterior cross vein 

 directly over the middle of the discal cell. Halteres bright brown- 

 ish yellow. 



Described from one 9 in the Indian ]\Iuseum from Mundali, 

 Jaunsa division, Dehra Dun, 12-v-io. 



Empis carbonaria, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf Ceylon. Long. 4 mm. 



Wholly and uniformly coal black, moderately shining. Eyes 

 separated by a narrow frons. Antennal 3rd joint distinctly longer 

 than the first two together, and its distal half rather suddenly 

 narrow, style thick, half as long as the joint. Proboscis nearly 

 twice the height of the head, labium bifid at the tip. Head, 

 thorax and abdomen covered with long, soft, but not copious 

 pubescence. Legs with rather soft black hairs ; fore femora almost 

 bare. Fore and hind metatarsi distinctly incrassated, cylindrical, 

 lengthened, the fore pair with longer black hair. Posterior tibiae 

 and tarsi with a row of well separated long stiff hairs. Genitalia 

 small, rounded, not conspicuous. Wings clear, stigma slightly 

 brownish, small. Halteres black. 



Described from 2 cf cf in the Indian Museum and one in Mr. 

 E. Green's collection, all collected by that gentleman on the Horton 

 Plains, Ceylon, in May 191 1. 



Type in Indian Museum. 



Empis squamata, mihi, sp. nov. 



? Ceylon. Long. 2^ — 3 mm. 



Wholly coal black. Proboscis three times as long as the head. 

 Antennae normal. Thorax with soft black hairs. Abdomen nearly 

 bare, roughened, shining; belly similar; ovipositor small, elongate, 



