igiy.] E. Brunetti : Diptera of the Simla District. 8i 



and in a broad stripe on the occiput. Face, under part of head 

 and rest of occiput, blue grey. Proboscis and the moderately long 

 palpi dark brown. Antennae black, style long, black, curved down- 

 wards. Ocellar bristles very long ; a row of bristles behind the 

 orbit on the occiput. 



Thorax. Dorsum wholly greyish brown, remainder all bluish 

 grey. The chaetotaxy apparently consists of one humeral, one 

 notopleural and four dorso-central bristles. Scutellar apical bristles 

 long. 



Abdomen. Dorsum wholly greyish brown under side wholly 

 bluish grey ; in one specimen (not the type), the dorsal surface is 

 more or less bluish grey on apical half. 



Legs. Coxae bluish grey, remainder black, minutely pubes- 

 cent. 



Wings very pale grey, nearly clear, iridescent. 



Described from two 2 2 in the Indian Museu ■ from Phagu, 

 i8 — 21-V-16 {N. Annandale and S. Kemp). 



Microdromia dorsalis, Brun. 



Chelipoda doi'salis, Brun., Rec. Ind. Miis. IX, p. 33. 



Barogh, 5,000 ft., lo-v-io, on banks of a small stream (A^. 

 Annandale). 



Dolichocephala 7-notata, Brun. 



Rec. hid. M/is. IX, p. 35. 



Simla, io-v-09, a unique o». 



Subfamily TACHYDROMINAE. 



Tachydromia latifascipennis, sp, nov. 



cf 5 . E. and W. Himalayas. Long. 2^-2^ mm. 



Head. Eyes separated above by a moderately broad frons 

 of uniform width, contiguous on underside. Head shining 

 black, bare. Antennal ist joint moderately long, of usual shape, 

 2nd shortly conical with long apical bristle, both joints brownish 

 yellow. Proboscis dark brown ; palpi rather elongate, with long 

 whitish grey pubescence and a long apical black bristle. Occiput 

 grey. A pair of bristles behind the vertex, a few shorter ones on 

 back of head. 



Thorax elongate, as broad as abdomen, humeri not con- 

 stricted from mesonotum ; wholly shining black, bare. Scutellum 

 and pleurae black. A distinct prealar bristle. 



Abdomen black, moderately shining, nearly bare, cf genitalia 

 large, 9 abdomen tapering, ovipositor normal. 



Legs black ; fore coxae distinctly but not greatly enlarged, 

 sometimes with a pale spot on outer side ; fore femora greatly 



