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BLEPHAROCERID^. 



considerably smaller, and in addition there are the usual oval, fairly 

 large, terminal lamellae. Legs : coxse and femora yellowish, tibiae 

 darker, tarsi dark brown. Wings nearly clear ; the 1st longitudinal 

 vein ending distinctly before, but approximate to, the fork of the 

 4th vein, and at about the middle of the wing ; petiole of the 

 4th vein a little shorter than the branches, which are parallel ; 

 2nd posterior cell about four times longer than broad. Halteres 

 yellowish. 



Length 2-2 ^ millim. 



Described from a single type male from 8imla, 9. v. 09 

 (Dr. Annandale), and two females both taken by me at Darjiliug, 

 2.x. 08 (type) and 26. v. 10. 



Tyj)es in the Indian Museum. 



A third female in the same collection taken by me at Darjiliug, 

 26. V. 10, evidently belongs also to this species. It has the 2nd 

 scapal joint M-holly yellow, and the ovipositor is not conspicuous, 

 but appears to be withdrawn, the lamellae only protruding. 



Family BLEPHAROCERID^. 



A family of very limited extent, composed of rather small, 

 delicate flies, w^ith slender bodies and long slender legs ; the insects 

 conspicuous chiefly by a so-called " secondary " venation, which 



Fig. \2.—Blepharocera (after Kellogg). 



consists merely of the folds or creases in the wing which have not 

 been obliterated after emergence from the pupal stage. They 

 frequent small rocky streams in woods in hilly and mountainous 

 countries. 



The eyes exhibit very characteristic pecuharities and have been 



