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parallel sides, and covered with close greyish yellow tomentum; 
a small, low vertical tubercle, devoid of ocelli. 
An indistinct median dark narrow slightly irregular line and, 
at the lowest point of the frons, immediately abutting on the 
antennal tubercle, a bare dull black spot or callus. 
Frons rather sparsely covered with yellow and black hairs, 
intermixed. The antennal protuberance is placed immediately 
below, and contiguous to, the lower angles of the eyes, and is 
covered with cinereous grey tomentum, and is rather low but 
distinctly obvious. 
Face greyish yellow with very short black hairs just below 
the eyes, and longer yellow hairs on the lower side. ‘The cheeks, 
which extend only a little below the level of the eyes, are concolor- 
ous, with yellow hair; the back of the head similar in colour, 
with very sparse and short yellow hairs. Antennae with Ist and 
gnd joints approximately cup-shaped, of moderate size, the Ist 
a little the larger and longer; both thickly beset with both yellow 
and black bristles. The 3rd joint a little longer than the first two 
together, elongate conical, quite bare, with (apparently) four 
indistinct annulations dividing the joint into five parts, of which 
the first is the broadest and stoutest, equalling in length two-thirds 
of the third joint; the remainder of the divisions subequal to 
one another. ‘The antennae are reddish brown except the apical 
half of the 3rd joint, which is blackish. Palpi normally tabani- 
form, robust, acutely conical, proboscis normal, both a little pubes- 
cent. 
Thovax.—Blackish grey, dorsum and scutellum covered with 
short light yellow hair; sides of same colour, with longer yellow 
hair. 
Abdomen.—Blackish, covered with pale yellow hairs which 
aremore numerous on theapical half, and are nearly absent on the 
basal corners. Hind margins of segment, after the Ist, narrowly 
brownish yellow. Belly similar to dorsum. 
Legs.—Reddish yellow; all coxae dark grey, major part of 
fore femora at least on under side, and about the basal third of 
posterior femora dark grey or blackish; tarsal joints black tipped, 
the colour deeper on the fore pair. Legs normally pubescent, 
with a little yellowish hair on the femora, shorter bright yellow 
hairs on tibiae mixed with short rows of microscopic bristly hairs. 
Wings.—Pale grey, a little brownish yellow at base and along 
the costa; all the veins very faintly but just perceptibly infuscated, 
a perceptible infuscation across the middle of the wing from the 
costa, in a line with the cross veins, and a slight infuscation at the 
fork of the 3rd vein, where there is no appendix. Venation 
typically tabaniform; halteres black; squamae dirty white. 
Described from a single perfect 2 in the Indian Museum from 
Dha Kuri, Kumaon District (8 ,go00 ft.), 29-v-09, taken by Dr. A. D. 
Imms. 
N.B.—The example, on which the present species is founded, 
was returned by Miss Ricardo to the Indian Museum marked 
