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and a trace of a small blackish spot between these lines ; scutelluin 

 concolorous, rather wide, a little blackish at the base. Abdomen 

 shining, dark blackish brown ; venter more or less yellowish ; 

 genitalia withdrawn. Leys brownish yellow ; tibiae and tarsi 

 barely darker. Wings very pale grey, nearly clear ; stigma pre- 

 sent, but indistinct ; halteres brownish yellow. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Described from two tf tf in the Indian Museum from Mundali, 

 Jaunsar division, Dehra Dun, 9000 ft., 12. v. 1910 (type) (C. IF. . 

 Beebe), and Simla, 12. v. 1908 (Annandale). 



280. Rhamphomyia himalayana, Brim. 



Rhamphomyia himalayana, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 28 

 (1913). 



$ . Head black ; occiput moderately dark grey, with black 

 hairs ; frons wide, dark grey ; three distinct ocelli on vertex, with 

 a pair of divaricate bristles between the two upper ones ; antennae 

 black ; proboscis blackish, about as long as the head. Thorax 

 moderately dark ash-grey, with two median ve'ry narrow whitish 

 lines from the anterior margin ; dorsum with short blackish pubes- 

 cence ; sides, scutellum, and metanotum concolorous. Abdomen 

 dark grey, with short blackish pubescence ; venter similar. Geni- 

 talia very elongate, terminating in two unusually finger-like 

 lamellae. Legs dark brown, with blackish pubescence; femora and 

 tibse with a row of stiff liairs ; hind femora with thick short black 

 hairs above and dark brown scales on lower side ; hind tibiae with 

 thickly and more bristly black hairs. Wings pale brownish grey; 

 stigma absent ; halteres yellow. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Described from a single $ in the Indian Museum from Matiana, 

 Simla Distr., 8000 ft., 28-30. iv. 1907 (Annandale). 



281. Ehamphomyia griseonigra, Brun. 



Rhamphomyiu yriseoniyra, Brunetti. Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 29 

 (1913). 



6 Head with eyes dark reddish brown, upper facets much the 

 larger; occiput grey, with stiff black hairs; antennas blackish, 

 3rd joint elongate, with distinct elongate style ; face dark grey ; 

 proboscis blackish, shining, brownish towards tip. Thorax dark 

 cinereous grey, lighter grey on shoulders and pleurae ; the centre 

 of the dorsum has a slight brown tinge, with two indistinct longi- 

 tudinal narrow black stripes. The whole dorsum with short black 

 stiff hairs irregularly situated and some longer bristly hairs in the 

 neighbourhood of the wings ; scutellum concolorous, with black 

 hairs on posterior margin, but apparently no verv strong ones : 

 metanotum dark grey. Abdomen all blackish grey, with very 

 short black hairs. Legs black, shortly black pubescent ; tibia? with 



