empis. 353 



rather long style. Thorax shining black and bare, with the 

 pleurae greyish : 2-3 long black metapleural bristles and two 

 moderately long presutural ones ; squamae yellowish, with black 

 fringe. Abdomen brilliantly shining black, with a few black hairs; 

 venter with longer hairs on margins of segments; ovipositor long, 

 slender, with elongate lamellae. Wings broadened, axillary angle 

 developed ; 1st longitudinal vein rather long, united to auxiliary 

 vein ; 3rd vein bent downwards somewhat towards tip so that it 

 ends at tip of wing, its upper branch nearly perpendicular ; discal 

 cell large, apical end truncate ; 4th vein rather long, ending at 

 some distance from the margin ; 6th vein shortened. Legs brown, 

 rather long, especially hind pair, pubescent and with bristles ; 

 middle tibiae with two long bristles above ; hind tibiae with 6 or 7 

 long ones in two rows ; hind metatarsus very elongate, as long as 

 remaining joints together, with three or four long bristles above; 

 remaining joints with a single bristle at tip of each. 



Length, 3 mm. ; wing, 4 mm. 



A unique female from Pattipola, Ceylon, 2000 metres, 

 22. ii. 1902. 



Type in the Hungarian Museum. 



287. Empis griseonigra, Brun. 



Empis griseonigra, Brunetti, Rec, Ind. Mus. ix, p. 29 (1913). 



<5 . Head with occiput blackish ; eyes absolutely contiguous 

 above antennae ; face dark grey ; antennae black ; palpi black ; 

 proboscis one-fourth longer than the height of the head, dark 

 brownish yellow, black on underside. Thorax brownish grey, 

 with three moderately wide brown dorsal stripes, the median one 

 attaining the anterior margin, the outer ones only extending as 

 far as the shoulders. Some short bristly hairs on shoulders, soft 

 black pubescence over the dorsum generally, and stiffer hairs and 

 bristles distributed as in the other species. Sides of thorax a 

 little darker grey, pleura? light grey. Abdomen blackish, with 

 short sparse black pubescence; whitish pubescence at sides of the 

 first two segments; genitalia blackish. Legs dark brown, with 

 black pubescence; knees reddish brown, with a trace of this 

 colour over some of the other joints. Wings pale grey ; stigma 

 imperceptible; anterior cross-vein at about two-fifths discal cell; 

 halteres bright yellow. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Described from one <5 in the Indian Museum from Munclali, 

 Jaunsar division, Dehra Dan, 9000 ft., 12. v. 1910 {A. D. Imms). 



288. Empis centralis, Brun. 



Empis centralis, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mas. ix. p. 26 (1918). 



2 . Head : occiput black, with black hairs above, and some 

 white hairs below ; frons and face proportioned as in E. rostrata 



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