340 EMPID^E. 



270. Hybos apicis, Brun. 



Hybos apicis, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 12 (1913). 

 cJ . Head black ; proboscis and palpi light brown, shining ;; 

 ocular orbits narrowly brown, underside of antennae pale. Thorax 

 wholly shining black ; bristly hairs as in nigronilidtts. Abdomen 

 black, moderately shining ; a few pale hairs at sides ; genitalia 

 shining black. Leys moderately dark brown, hind femora blackish 

 brown ; tips of middle femora, whole of middle tibiae, and major 

 part of middle tarsi pale yellowish brown ; tips of hind femora 



Fig. 27. Hybos apicis, Brun., wing. 



rather broadly, base of hind tibiae less broadly, and hind tarsi* 

 wholly (except tips) pale yellowish brown. Bristly hairs as in 

 nigronitidus. Wings nearly clear ; stigma oval, brown ; halteres. 

 brownish yellow. 



Length, 3| mm. 



Described from one J in the Indian Museum from the western, 

 base of the Dawna Hills, Lower Burma, l.iii. 1908 (Annandale). 



271. Hybos geniculatus, Wulp. 



Hybos geniculata, Wulp, Termes. Fiizet. xxii, p. 137 (1897). 



" d . Shining black ; antennae black, 3rd joint nearly elliptical,, 

 not longer than 2nd, arista longer than antenna3. Thoraa- 

 especially shining. Abdomen with a slight purple tint. Leys; 

 black, with yellowish tarsi, darker at tips ; fore tibiae yellowish ; 

 tips of hind femora and base of hind tibire reddish yellow. 

 Halteres whitish. Wings grey, with brownish stigma. One- 

 male, Randy, March. Length 2| mm." (van der Wulp.) 



Type in the Hungarian National Museum. 



272. Hybos niger, Brun. 



Hybos niyer, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 12 (1913). 



$ . Head black ; eyes with upper facets distinctly though not 

 greatly larger than lower ones, both blackish brown, but with 

 tinges of red in the former; occiput dark brownish grey, ocular 

 orbit with a fringe of black, well-separated hairs, vertex with 

 two long bristly hairs ; antennae, proboscis, and palpi all black, 

 the latter as long as the proboscis. Thorax blackish, shining, 

 tending to greyish towards the sides, anterior margin, and 

 shoulders ; two narrow well-separated inconspicuous grey dorsal 

 stripes. Dorsum with soft short hairs, and, viewed from 

 certain directions, with brownish tomentose reflections ; some 



