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pubescence, apical half black. Legs robust, nearly bare, wholly 

 yellow, except the black last tarsal segment ; hind tibiae with one 

 bristle only and a rather short tooth at tip on inner side ; hind 

 metatarsi with short thick pubescence below. Wings short, clear, 

 anterior margin slightly ciliated ; veins pale ; 3rd and 4th veins 

 gently diverging ; 2nd ending midway between 1st and 3rd ; 5th 

 ending at some distance before margin. 



" One female, Colombo, 28. ii. 1902 (Bird)." (Bezzi.) 

 in the Hungarian Museum. 



321. Elaphropeza bicoloripes, Brun. 



Elaphropeza bicoloripes, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 43 (1913). 



$ . Head with eyes absolutely contiguous above and below 

 antennae for the full distance ; occiput blackish, with stiff hairs 

 above and softer hairs below ; vertex with three whitish ocelli 

 and two long stiff bristles ; antennae rather large, basal joints 

 yellowish, wider at tips than bases, 2nd spinose on margin, 3rd 

 brownish, elongate conical, pubescent, with very long arista ; 

 proboscis blackish ; palpi short. Thorax shining black, lateral 

 margins in front of wing narrowly brownish ; dorsum with soft 

 short pale hairs ; stiff pre -apical hairs as usual. Scutellutn black, 

 shining, with two convergent long apical bristles ; sides of thorax 

 black. Abdomen shining black, apparently a tendency to a little 

 paleness at base and to dark brown towards tip ; very sparsely 

 pubescent ; venter similar. Legs brownish yellow ; hind femora 

 (except broadly at base), fore and hind tibiae wholly, dark brown. 

 Wings pale yellowish grey, iridescent ; venation normal ; halteres 

 dirty brown. 



Lenqth, 1| mm. 



Described from a single $ in the Pusa collection from Lower 

 Lebong, 4500 ft., Darjiling Distr., 2-9. vi. 1909 (F. M. Hewlett). 



322. Elaphropeza fulvithorax, Wulp. 



Elaphropeza ftdvithorcLv, Wulp, Termed. Fiizet. xx, p. 138 (1857). 



" d 1 . Head globular ; eyes contiguous above and below antennae. 

 Antennas nearly as long as head ; basal joints and base of 3rd 

 yellow ; the latter conical at tip, in front black, arista as long as 

 antenna. Thorax and scutellum yellowish red, very shining ; 

 ' thoracic dorsum arched. Abdomen shorter than thorax, upper 

 surface brown ; sides and venter yellow. Legs yellow, tips of 

 hind tibioo, the anterior tarsi, and last joint of hind tarsi blackish. 

 Wings distinctly longer than abdomen, brown tinged, especially 

 about middle of anterior border ; veins dark ; posterior cross-vein 

 also ; ultimate portion of 4th longitudinal vein very indistinct ; 

 halteres whitish yellow. 



" One male, Kancly, March." (van dtr Wulp.) 

 Length, 1| mm. 



