BY FREDERICK A, A. SKUSE. 101 



9. — Length of antennae 0'060 inch ... 1-54 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings I'OOOx 0-250 ... 25-40 x 6-34 



Size of body 0-850x0-290 ... 21-58 x 7-35 



Fulvous, opaque, variegated with black. Thorax with three 

 short, broad, confluent black stripes, the anterior one not reaching 

 the margin of the pronotum, two-thirds of its length in advance of 

 the lateral ones ; a large oblong black spot above the origin 

 of the wings, immediately behind', the suture ; pleurae black from 

 behind fore coxae, with a minute fulvous spot in the centre ; pectus 

 black ; a lai-ge black marking in front of the hal teres. Halteres 

 fulvous, with the club and base black. Abdomen : first sesnient 

 with a triangular black marking (based on the posterior margin), 

 and a lateral black spot ; second with a median stripe, widening 

 posteriorly, and a roundish lateral spot posteriorly ; third and 

 fourth segments black, with two transverse fulvous markings 

 posteriorly (indistinct on the fourth segment) ; remaining segments 

 with a median black marking, the fifth and sixth with also lateral 

 markings ; all the segments with black markings beneath ; the 

 third to seventh black with small fulvous spots ; genitalia fulvous. 

 Fore coxiB fulvous ; intermediate and hind pairs black. Femora 

 black, fulvous at the base. Tibiae with the anterior half and 

 extreme base black ; the posterior pair distinctly arcuated. Tarsi 

 wholly black. Wings black at the base ; posterior half and tip 

 cinereo-fuscous, the anterior portion fulvous with two black spots; 

 a large squarish spot (immediately before humeral ci'oss-vein) 

 between fifth longitudinal vein and costa, partially interrupted 

 anteriorly in the costal cell ; the second a narrow longitudinal stripe 

 above the praefurca in the inner marginal cell; veins of same colour 

 as that of the portion of the wing they traverse, except that the 

 costa is black from the humeral cross-vein, and the cross-vein 

 between the tip of the auxiliary vein and costa is slightly clouded 

 with blackish. Second posterior cell with a petiole equal to half 

 or more of its length ; discal cell oblong, pentangular, a little 

 shorter than fourth posterior cell, connected with fifth posterior 

 cell by a very short vein a little before the middle of its lengtl 



