ELAPHROPEZA. 387 



325. Elaphropeza variegata, Brun. 



Elaphropeza variegata, Brunetti, Bee. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 42 (1913). 



S 2 • Head black ; occiput with microscopic pale hairs ; eyes 

 contiguous, except for a small vertical triangle which carries the 

 three ocelli. Antennae with first two joints brownish yellow, a 

 few bristles at the tip of the 2nd; the 3rd elongate conical, 

 blackish, with long pubescent arista. Proboscis short, base much 

 thickened, brownish yellow ; palpi much shorter, pale yellow. 

 Thorax bright ferruginous, a little blackish about the base of the 

 wings and a thin black median stripe present or absent. Scutellum 

 and metanotum concolorous with thoracic dorsum. A few lateral 

 bristles on the latter, a few towards the posterior border and two 

 on the scutellum. Abdomen with the tip stump-like in <5 , tapering 

 in 2 ; dull yellowish on basal and apical thirds, the middle third 

 black ; in some examples the basal third is more brownish than 

 yellowish. Venter similar to upper side ; genitalia small, con- 

 colorous. Legs all yellowish, except for the slightly brown coxa? ; 

 femora not at all thickened ; hind tibiae with two long stiff hairs 

 on outer side, placed so as to divide the limb into three equal 

 parts ; middle tibiae with a long single stiff hair near the tip. 

 Wings pale yellowish grey; 2nd basal cell twice as long as 1st; 

 halteres very pale yellow. 



length, barely 2 mm. 



Described from several 8 6 and 5 £ in the Indian Museum : 

 Calcutta, 5. xii. 1907, type 6 (Annandale), 14. ix. 1909, type $ 

 (Paiva): other specimens from Calcutta, 13. xiii. 1910 (Kemp), 

 31. i. 1903, 17. ii. 1908, 16. viii. 1907, 2-15. xii. 1907 ; Puri, 

 18-19. i. 1908; Khurda Rd., Puri Distr., 13. xi. 1910, in train 

 (Kemp) ; Darjiling, 29. v. 1910 (JBrunetti) ; Paresnath, "W. Bengal, 

 4000 ft., 9.'iv. 1909 (Annandale)- Parel, Bombay Presid., 

 26. xi. 1909; Satara Distr., Bombay, 4200 ft., 13-16. iv. 1912 

 (Gravely); Dum-Dum, near Calcutta, 28.vii. 1909 (Lord); Dibru- 

 garh, Assam, 17-19. xi. 1911 (Kemp). 



A very striking and easily recognised species. 



Family LONCHOPTEPJME. 



Head transverse, as broad as thorax, nearly oval when seen in 

 profile; cpistome short, sides bristly; eyes wide apart in both 

 sexes, green in life; irons and mouth-border with strong bristles; 

 three ocelli ; proboscis distinct, thick. Antennae 3-joiuted; first 

 two short, bristly; 3rd rounded, with long 3-jointed subdorsal or 

 apical arista. 



Thorax oval or subquadrate, rather flattened, bare, except for 

 some bristles ; scutellum subtriangular, bare, with two long 

 bristles. 



Abdomen oval, often narrower than thorax, 6-segmented, 1st 



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