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shining yellowish, much longer than the hypopharynx and sharply 

 pointed. Palpi large, nearly as long as proboscis, brownish yellow, 

 pubescent. 



Thorax.—^hoWy dark grey, including sides, scutellum and 

 metanotum ; a little black pubescence, and some stronger hairs on 

 dorsum laterally. 



^&^ow^«.— Blackish, pubescent, sometimes pale below at 

 base. Genitalia a little broader than the abdomen. 



Legs.—V2i\Q yellowish brown, pubescent. Tibiae with a rov 

 of longer stiff hairs on outer side; front metatarsi much thick- 

 ened, as wide as the tibiae, and longer than the remaining fore 

 tarsal joints. Posterior metatarsi normal, not so long as the 

 remaining tarsal joints. 



Wings.— VdlQ grey; stigma elongate, pale brownish, ill defined. 

 Halteres dirty brownish yellow. 



Described from three cf a' from Simla , 16-V-09 {type) and 9-V-09, 

 taken by Dr. Annandale. In the Indian Museum. 



Sub-family OCYDROMINAE. 

 Lcptopcza vitripennis, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf 9 Western Himalayas and Burma. Long. 2 mm. 



i:/ga^.— Blackish. Proboscis horizontal, as long as the length 

 of the head, shining black ; palpi short, porrect, black. Antennae 

 with elongate conical 3rd joint and long apical bristle. 



Thorax.— Yery highly arched, shining black in middle of 

 dorsum with short whiti.sh hairs laterally. 



.4 &^o;/i^w.— Shining black, with short whitish pubescence, 

 belly similar. 



Legs, — Rather pale pitch brown, a Httle pubt^scent. 



Wings.— Very clear and iridescent ; halteres black. 



Described from a type & from Oncha Gaon, Naini Tal district, 

 i_6-iv-07 and a type 9 and a second 9 from Rangoon, 24-ii-o8, 

 taken by Dr. Annandale. 



The three specimens in the Indian Museum. 



*'Ocydromia cothurnata/' Big., nom. nud. 



A headless specimen thus labelled is present in the Indian 

 Museum collection. Unless cotypes exist in the Bigot collection or 

 elsewhere, the name must be abandoned. Moreover the specimen 

 is not even an Ocydromia but belongs to the subfamily Hybotinae. 



Sub-family HEMERODROMIINAE. 



Trichopeza fusca, mihi, sp. nov. 



9 Darjjhng district. Long. 3 mm., wing 4I mm. 



Head.— BXsiCkish, eyes sub-contiguous. Antennae with very 



long cylindrical ist joint, short large sub-globular 2nd joint and 



