BIBIONID.i:. 



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large and conspicuous ; face whitish. Proboscis brownish yellow, 

 blackish at the base on upper side ; elongate, pointed, about as 

 long as the height of the head. Palpi elongate, four joints of 

 about equal length ; pale brownish yellow, with some stiff black 

 hairs. Thorax : dorsum blackish ; sides, scutellum, and meta- 

 notum brownish yellow ; a very small yellowish mark behind each 

 shoulder. Abdomen blackish ; the base of each segment very 



Fig. 15.— Wing of Blephciroccra indiea, Brun. 



narrowlv yellowish white. Genitalia inconspicuous. Legs brown- 

 ish or "brownish yellow ; the hind femora slightly thickened 

 towards the tips, about one and a half times as long as the anterior 

 femora. Wings very pale yellowish grey; unmarked; venation 

 normal. Halteres : stem yellowish, club black. 



Length 4-5 millim. 



Described from two males and a single female in the Indian 

 Museum from Phagu, 9000 ft,, Simla district, 12-15. v. 00, taken 

 by Dr. Annandale. He found this species not uncommonly on 

 bath-room windows in the Phagu " dak bungalow." 



Both sexes are presumed to be present from the appearance of 

 the abdomens, which, in the two examples I consider to be males, 

 are blunted, with an exceedingly small projecting piece ; and in 

 the supposed female the abdomen is widened before the tip, with 

 a short pointed ovipositor-hke termination. 



Family BIBIONIDtE. 



The BiBiONiDvE are the most robust of the Nem/itoceba, and 

 their heavier bodies, shorter and stronger legs, comparatively 

 short, non-filamentous antenna, and broad strong wings assist to 

 differentiate them frotu the ordinary nematocerous type. The 

 continuity of the eyes in the males is another important character 

 which separates them easily from such famiUes as the Tipulid.i, 

 MYCETOPiiiLiDyE, Chironomid^, CulicidvE, and so on. Then- 

 general appearance, to a beginner, may seem similar in many 



