384 EMPID^E. 



Genus ELAPHROPEZA, Macq. 

 ElapJiropeza, Macquart, Soc. Sci. Lille, p. 86 (1827). 



GENOTYPE, Tachydromia ephippiata, Pin. (Europe) ; by original 

 designation. 



Head subspherical, narrower than thorax ; eyes large, micro- 

 scopically pubescent, separated above antennae in both sexes (frons 

 narrow), or contiguous in both sexes, facets of uniform size ; 

 proboscis short, vertical ; palpi 1-jointed, broad ; antennae 

 3-jointed ; basal joints short, 2nd rounded, bristly ; 3rd elongate 

 conical, with long, slightly pubescent, apical arista possessing a 

 microscopic basal joint ; epistome short. Thorax subquadrangular, 

 with rounded comers. No distinct dorsal bristles ; a notopleural, 

 supra-alar, postalar, and two scutellar bristles ; metapleura bare. 

 Abdomen with last two segments in male hidden by the large 

 genitalia, subcylindrical ; in female pointed. Legs slender, fore 

 coxae only slightly elongated ; fore tibiae with short spurs ; 

 empodium small, claw-shaped. Wings as in Drapetis. 



Range. Europe, India, Ceylon, Java, Papua, Philippines, 

 Formosa, South Africa, North America, Australia. 



Life-history unknown. 



This genus is rather easily recognised by the usually yellow and 

 black colour of the species, and the long arista, which is generally 

 bent inwards in the Indian species. 



Table of Species. 



1. Thorax shining black 2. 



Thorax brownish yellow 3. 



2. Basal half of abdomen reddish yellow, 



apical half black basalis, Bezzi, p. 384. 



Abdomen wholly black bicoloripes, Brun., p. 385. 



o. Abdomen practically unicolorous 4. 



Abdomen with basal and apical portions 



Cle, middle part black 5. 

 omen brown ; tips of hind tibise, 

 anterior tarsi, and last joint of hind tarsi 



Wack ' fulvithorax, Wulp,p. 385. 



Abdomen blackish ; legs wholly yellow to 



tips of tarsi ." ferrvginea, Brun., p. 386. 



5. Tarsi and tips of tibiae brownish metatarsata, Bezzi. p. 386. 



All legs wholly yellow variegata, Brun., p. 387. 



320. Elaphropeza basalis, Bezzi. 



Elapliropeza basalis, Bezzi, Ann. Mus. Hung, ii, p. 349 (1904). 

 " $ . Head rounded, rather brilliantly shining black ; occiput 

 with grey tomentum ; eyes narrowly separated above antenna?, 

 contiguous below them ; 3rd antennal joint moderately long, 

 black ; arista shorter than antennas ; palpi white. Thorax and 

 scutellum all black, with pale pubescence and bristles.. Abdomen 

 as long as thorax, basal half reddish yellow, with rather short pale 



