346 EMPID.E. 



and a trace of a small blackish spot between these lines ; scutelluin 

 concolorous, rather wide, a little blackish at the base. Abdomen 

 shining, dark blackish brown ; venter more or less yellowish ; 

 genitalia withdrawn. Legs brownish yellow ; tibiae and tarsi 

 barely darker. Wings very pale grey, nearly clear ; stigma pre- 

 sent, but indistinct ; halteres brownish yellow. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Described from two tf J in the Indian Museum from Mundali, 

 Jaunsar division, Dehra Dun, 9000 ft,, 12. v. 1910 (type) (0. W. 

 Beebe), and Simla, 12. v. 1908 (Annandale). 



280. Khamphomyia himalayana, Brun. 



JRhamphomyia himalayana, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 28 

 (1913). 



$ . Head black ; occiput moderately dark grey, with black 

 hairs ; frons wide, dark grey ; three distinct ocelli on vertex, with 

 a pair of divaricate bristles between the two upper ones ; antennae 

 black ; proboscis blackish, about as long as the head. Thorax 

 moderately dark ash-grey, with two median very narrow whitish 

 lines from the anterior margin ; dorsum with short blackish pubes- 

 cence ; sides, scutellum, and metanotum concolorous. Abdomen 

 dark grey, with short blackish pubescence; venter similar. Geni- 

 talia very elongate, terminating in two unusually finger-like 

 lamellae. Legs dark brown, with blackish pubescence; femora and 

 tibae with a row of stiff hairs; hind femora with thick short black 

 hairs above and dark brown scales on lower side ; hind tibiae with 

 thickly and more bristly black hairs. Wings pale brownish grey; 

 stigma absent; halteres yellow. 



Length, 3 mm. 



Described from a single $ in the Indian Museum from Matiana, 

 Simla Distr., 8000 ft., 28-30. iv. 1907 (Annandale). 



281. Rhamphomyia griseonigra, Brun. 



JRhamphomyia ariseoniyra, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 29 

 (1913). 



S . Head with eyes dark reddish brown, upper facets much the 

 larger; occiput grey, with stiff black hairs; antennae blackish, 

 3rd joint elongate, with distinct elongate style ; face dark grey ; 

 proboscis blackish, shining, brownish towards tip. Thorax dark 

 cinereous grey, lighter grey on shoulders and pleurae ; the centre 

 of the dorsum has a slight brown tinge, with two indistinct longi- 

 tudinal narrow black stripes. The whole dorsum with short black 

 stiff hairs irregularly situated and some longer bristly hairs in the 

 neighbourhood of the wings ; scutellum concolorous, with black 

 hairs on posterior margin, but apparently no very strong ones ; 

 metanotum dark grey. Abdomen all blackish grey, with very 

 short black hairs. Legs black, shortly black pubescent ; tibiae with 



