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65. Xylomyia flavipes, Dol. 



Subida flavipes, Doleschall, Nat. Tijd. Ned. Ind. xvii, p. 85 (1858). 

 Xylomyia flavipes, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. i, p. 87 (1907). 



Head with irons one-sixth width of bead, barely wider on lower 

 part tban at vertex, black, with a little bright yellow pubescence 

 and some whitish pubescence just above antenna? ; face black, 

 with a little whitish pubescence, more conspicuous near eye- 

 margins ; occiput black, practically bare ; antennae and palpi 

 wholly orange-yellow. Thorax black, dorsum and pleuras with 

 very short yellow pubescence, minutely punctulate ; humeri and a 

 ridge thence to wing-base, also the scutellum bright yellow. 

 Abdomen yellow, punctulate like thorax ; a large dark blackish- 

 brown spot on each segment, leaving only the sides and hind 

 margin of each narrowly pale ; genitalia very small ; venter much 

 as dorsum, but the yellow of greater extent. Legs yellow, extreme 

 tip of underside of hind femora very dark brown. Wings nearly 

 clear ; venation normal, veins brown ; halteres yellow. 



Length, 4 mm. 



Described from several specimens in the Pusa collection from 

 Chapra, Bengal (Mackenzie). 



06. Xylomyia calopodata, Big. 



Subula calopodata, Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (5) ix, p. 195 



(1879). 

 Xylomyia calopodata, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. i, p. 87 (1907). 



Head with irons above antenna? one-fourth width of head, a 

 little narrower at vertex, black', with grey or yellowish grey 

 pubescence ; ocellar triangle slightly elevated, rather large, black ; 

 ocelli yellowish ; face apparently dark, with a little whitish 

 pubescence ; labella very large, dark reddish brown ; palpi very 

 large and prominent, sharply upturned, hiding all the face, bright 

 yellow ; occiput dark, grey-dusted, with a fringe of whitish 

 pubescence, which dies away on upper margin and is longest on 

 lower part ; antennas dark brown, underside, especially on basal 

 half, yellowish. Thorax black, slightly shining, closely punctulate, 

 with minute black bristles and very short yellowish-grey pubes- 

 cence, which also covers the greater part of the pleuras ; humeri 

 prominent, bright yellow, with a ridge thence to wing-base ; 

 scutellum yellowish ; metanotum black. Abdomen black, slightly 

 shining : closely punctulate, with minute black bristles and soft 

 short yellow pubescence ; hind margin of each segment except 1st 

 narrowly but distinctly yellow, bare and shining : venter similar ; 

 genitalia rather small. Legs bright yellow, with microscopic pale 

 pubescence, tips of femora (and for a rather greater distance on 

 underside) also very narrowly at base, tips of hind tibiae broadly, 

 anterior tarsi on apical half, and hind tarsi entirely black. Wings 



