382 EMPIDJE. 



315. Drapetis discoidalis, Bezzi. 



Ctenodrapetis discoidalis, Bezzi, Ann. Mus. Hung, ii, p. 355 (1904). 



$ . Near D, gracilis, Bezzi. Head elongate, rounded, black ; 

 eyes contiguous ; antennae short, yellowish white ; arista rather 

 long ; proboscis elongate, yellow ; palpi white. Ocelli and 

 vertical bristles long. Thorax moderately arched, yellow, mode- 

 rately shining ; middle of dorsum black ; humeral calli broadly 

 yellow, leaving a median black line attaining anterior margin ; 

 short pubescence absent ; acrostichal and dorso-central bristles 

 long, projecting anteriorly ; presutural and alar ones long. 

 Scutelluin shining black, two bristles ; halteres yellow, clubs 

 brown. Abdomen a little longer than thorax, dirty yellow, 

 darkened above posteriorly ; ovipositor rather long, conical, black, 

 with pale short pubescence. Legs bright yellow, long, slender : 

 posterior tibia? witii two bristles placed respectively on first and 

 second thirds ; at tip with a short obscure callus. Wings long, 

 hyaline, narrowly cuneiform at base, 4th vein quite straight, a 

 little curved towards 3rd ; anterior and posterior wing-margins 

 with dense short hairs. 



Lengtii, 2 mm. ; wing, 2'2 mm. 



One female from Matheran, Bombay, 800 metres, 8. vii. 1902. 



Type in the Hungarian Museum. 



316. Drapetis fcrevior, Srun. (PL IT, figs. 23, 24.) 

 Drapetis brevior, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 37 (1913). 



$ . Head very dark grey ; eyes contiguous for a considerable 

 distance, rounded ; vertical triangle dark grey, with three ocelli 

 and two strong long proclinate bristles ; two equally long ones 

 behind the eyes, curved towards each other, with also some 

 smaller ones ; antenna with first two joints dark brownish yellow, 

 the 3rd black, as long as the 1st and 2nd taken together, with 

 a very long black apical arista, microscopically setulose ; face very 

 narrow, dark grey ; proboscis moderately long, bluntly but not 

 shortly conical, with a patch of pale hairs on upper part of dorsal 

 surface. Thorax well arched, shining black, with light short 

 yellowish-grey pubescence and some bristles laterally ; scutellum 

 and metanotum shining black. Abdomen shining black, short, 

 conical, very -stout, covered rather freely with pale yellowish-grey 

 hairs ; venter similar ; genitalia imperceptible. Legs bright 

 brownish yellow, wholly clothed with rather copious yellow hairs ; 

 the femora broadly black from base to a variable extent, leaving 

 sometimes only the tips pale; tips of tarsi black or blackish. 

 \Yings clear, microscopically setulose, highly iridescent ; veins 

 yellowish or brownish ; halteres small, yellow. 



Length, 2-2^ mm. 



Described from several examples in the Indian Museum from 

 Mandalay, 12. iii. 1908, type (Annandale) ; Eangoon, 26. ii. 1908 



