340 



empimj. 



270. Hybos apicis, Brun. 



Ilybos apicis, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 12 (19] 3). 



cS . Head black; proboscis and palpi light brown, .shilling: 

 ocular orbits narrowly brown, underside of antennae pale. Thorax- 

 wholly shining black ; bristly hairs as in nigronitidus. Abdomen 

 black, moderately shining; a few pale hairs at sides; genitalia 

 shining black. Legs moderately dark brown, hind femora blackish 

 brown ; tips of middle femora, whole of middle tibiae, and major 

 part of middle tarsi pale yellowish brown ; tips of hind femora 



Fig. 27. — Hyhos apicis, Brun., wing. 



rather broadly, base of hind tibia? less broadly, and hind tarsf 

 wholly (except tips) pale yellowish brown. Bristly hairs as in 

 nigronitidus. Wings nearly clear ; stigma oval, brown ; halteres 

 brownish yellow. 



Length, 3| mm. 



Described from one 3 in the Indian Museum from the western 

 base of the Dawna Hills, Lower Burma, l.iii. 1908 (Annandale). 



271. Hybos geniculates, Widp. 



Hybos genicidata, Wulp, Termes. Fiizet. xxii, p. 137 (1897). 



" S • Shining black ; antennae black, 3rd joint nearly elliptical,, 

 not longer than 2nd, arista longer than antennae. Thoraar 

 especially shining. Abdomen with a slight purple tint. L,egs-- 

 black, with yellowish tarsi, darker at tips ; fore tibiae yellowish: 

 tips of hind femora and base of hind tibiae reddish yellow. 

 Halteres whitish. Wings grey, with brownish stigma. One 

 male, Handy, March. Length ~A\ mm." {van der Wulp.) 



Type in the Hungarian National Museum. 



272. Hybos niger, Brun. 



Hybos niger, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 12 (1913). 



5 . Head black ; eyes with upper facets distinctly though not 

 greatly larger than lower ones, both blackish brown, but with 

 tinges of red in the former; occiput dark brownish grey, ocular 

 orbit with a fringe of black, well-separated hairs, vertex with 

 two long bristly hairs ; antenna?, proboscis, and palpi all black, 

 the latter as long as the proboscis. Thorax blackish, shining, 

 tending to greyish towards the sides, anterior margin, and 

 shoulders ; two narrow well-separated inconspicuous gvex dorsal, 

 stripes. Dorsum with soft short hairs, and, viewed from 

 certain directions, with brownish tomentose reflections ; some 



