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yellow ; genitalia small, concolorous. Tip of abdomen in c? 

 stump-like; in ? tapering, the two terminal lamella? pale 

 yellowish. Legs yellowish or pale yellow ; front coxae narrow, 

 cylindrical, nearly as long as the femora, the latter slightly 

 brownish at tips and considerably iucrassated, with two yellow 



Fig. 34. Phyllodromia flavida, Brun. 



bristles near the base on the underside and a row there also of 

 microscopic spines ; posterior coxae and femora of normal size, 

 the former a little brownish, as are also the tips of the tarsi. 

 Wings very pale grey, veins black ; halteres brownish yellow. 



Length, 2 mm. 



Described from several specimens in the Indian Museum from 

 Paresnath, 4000-4300 ft., Chota Nagpur, 9-13. iv. 1909 (Annan- 

 dale), including type 3 (9. iv. 1909) ; Dawna Hills, 2000-3000 ft., 

 2.iii. 1908, type $ (Annandale) ; Darjiling, 28. v. 1909 (Brunctti). 



The Pai'esnath specimens were taken on stones, where they 

 were in considerable numbers hidden in undergrowth at the edge 

 of a spring. 



304. Phyllodromia indica, Brun. (PI. IV, figs. 16-18.) 



Litanomyia indica, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 36 (1913). 

 <S . Head black ; antennae large, the 1st and 2nd joints yellowish ; 

 3rd black, oblongo-conical, cup-shaped at bottom, and furnished 

 with a long arista ; face whitish grey ; occiput and underside of 

 head dark grey, the lower part of head projecting forward some- 

 what ; proboscis short, pointed, and slightly curved. Thorax 

 nearly as long as abdomen, oblongo-ovate, blackish grey, mode- 

 rately shining. Three conspicuous bristles towards each side, 



