386 EMPIDJS. 



323. Elaphropeza ferrugmea, Brun. 



Elaphropeza ferruginea, Bruuetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 43 (1913). 



<S . Head with eyes closely contiguous above and below the 

 antennae for the whole distance ; vertex with three rather large 

 ocelli ; occiput light brownish yellow, with numerous stiff bristly 

 hairs above and pale softer hairs on lower part. Antennae with 

 first two joints brownish yellow ; 1st much shorter than 2nd, 

 which latter is considerably setose at tip ; 3rd joint very elongate 

 conical, blackish, closely pubescent, with long microscopically 

 pubescent arista. Proboscis very short, brownish yellow ; palpi 

 shorter still, p.ile yellow, each with a very long bristle. Thorax 

 wholly brownish yellow, with numerous very short pale yellow 

 hairs and the usual stiff pre-alar bristles ; scutellum blackish, 

 with two long bristles ; sides of thorax concolorous with dorsum, 

 metanotum blackish. Abdomen blackish, with a very little pale 

 pubescence ; ovipositor pale yellow, short. Legs wholly pale 

 brownish yellow from coxae to tips of tarsi. Wings pale yellow ; 

 halteres pale yellow. 



Lengtli, 1| mm. 



Described from a type $ from Lower Lebong, Darjiling Hills, 

 4500 ft., 2-9. vi. 1909 (Howlett), and three other A J from Port 

 Canning, 24. xii. 1907 (Howlett) all in the Pusa collection. 



324. Elaphropeza metatarsata, Btzzi. 



Elaphropeza metatarsata, Bezzi, Ann. Mus. Hung, ii, p. 348 (1904). 



" $ . Head roundish, shining black ; eyes contiguous below 

 antennae, separated above by a very narrow space, facets uniform 

 in size ; pi-oboscis hardly prominent ; palpi yellowish white. 

 Antennae long ; two basal joints yellow ; 3rd elongate, acuminate, 

 dark brown, with long, microscopically pubescent, apical arista. 

 Ocellar bristles rather long, proclinate ; occiput with some small 

 bristles. Thorax shining, with pale pubescence (the bristles in 

 bad condition) ; a large shining black round spot towards each side 

 near the middle ; pubescence all reddish, that below the spot 

 darker ; halteres yellow, with dark clubs. Abdomen as long as 

 thorax, with delicate white pubescence ; base and tip of abdomen 

 dirty yellow, towards middle shining black. Legs all yellow, only 

 the tarsi and the tibiae towards tips brownish ; hind tibiae with 

 two bristles only on upper side ; hind metatarsi long, narrower 

 than tibiae, with a sort of rounded yellow tooth at the base with 

 an isolated rather long bristle behind it. Wings pale grey, with a 

 distinct ciliation on anterior margin ; 2nd longitudinal vein with 

 tip ending nearer tip of 1st vein than that of 3rd ; 3rd and 4th 

 veins parallel ; 5th ending at some distance before margin. 



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



Type in the Hungarian Museum. 



Bezzi notes that the species is allied to those of his submenus 

 Ctenodrapetis, from which it is distinguished by the elongate 3rd 

 antennal joint. 



