330 EMPIDJE. 



and occur as follows : in the middle of the wing (narrowly) from 

 costa to discal cell, along basal part of 5th longitudinal vein, 

 and to a slight degree along many of the other veins, at tip of 

 2nd vein (where there is often a short appendix), and a slight 

 but usually obvious limited suffusion at the wing-tip ; stigma 

 very large, deep black, round or slightly oval ; halteres brownish 

 yellow. 



Length, 4-5 1 mm. 



Pedescribed from two males and several females in the Indian 

 Museum : Margherita, Assam ; Peradeniva, i. 191 1 ; Kandv, 

 v. 1910; Pallode, S. India, 15. xi. 1908 {Annandale) ; Param- 

 bikulam, Cochin State, 1700-3200 ft., 16-24. ix. 1914 {Gravely). 



256. Syneches inasqualis, Brun. 



Syneches incequalis, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 18 (1913). 



3 . Head with occiput dark grey ; proboscis about as long as 

 head; antennae blackish grey, arista considerably pubescent. 

 Thorax shining black. Abdomen dull blackish grey (if viewed from 

 in front it appears a lighter grey), greyish towards tip ; pale hairs 

 laterally. Genitalia comparatively large, apparently normally 

 formed. Legs wholly yellowish, except tips of femora, which are 

 exceedingly narrowly black ; legs softly and distinctly pubescent, 

 the tibiae with three or four long stiff bristly hairs on each. Wings 

 pale brownish yellow ; stigma oval, indistinct, of moderate size. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Described from a single 3 in the Indian Museum from Kur- 

 seong, 3. viii. 190S {Annandale).] 



257. Syneches minutus, Brun. 



Syneches minutus, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 20 (1913). 



3 . Jlead with upper facets of eyes large, reddish ; lower ones 

 nearly black, much smaller ; vertex and occiput black ; three dis- 

 tinct small yellowish ocelli; antennas brown, pale if viewed from 

 above, as is also the arista ; proboscis light brownish yellow, a 

 little longer than the head. Thorax very highly arched ; dark 

 blackish brown, a little shining; seen from certain directions the 

 hinder half has a brown-dusted tinge ; some long stiff hairs laterally. 

 Scutellum with a distinct brown or brownish-grey tinge, and with 

 long stiff hairs. Abdomen blackish bi'own, with some dark hairs ; 

 genitalia black, apparentlv normally shaped and of moderate size. 

 Legs pale brownish y r ellow ; coxa3 and sometimes extreme base of 

 anterior femora and extreme tips of tarsi dark; legs almost bare 

 except for one or two long stiff hairs on tibiae. Wings pale brown, 

 stigma imperceptible, halteres black. 



Length, 2 mm. 



Described from four 3 3 in the Indian Museum from the 

 western ba?e of the Dawna Hills, Lower Burma, 1-2. iii. 1908 

 {Annandale). 



