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Zephroma tigrina (Butler), pi. B., fig. 10. 



Syn. Zephroma tigrina, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4), X, p. 356, 

 pi. xviii, fig. 7 (1872). 



Colour, — Mostly striped black and yellow, the anterior portion of the 

 tergites being ocbraceous, the posterior border black ; head and nuchal- 

 plate black. 



Tergites. — Anterior and posterior portions smooth, middle portion 

 rugulose, very closely and somewhat deeply punctured ; anal tergite 

 thickly punctured. 



Head deeply punctured, thickly below, sparsely above. 

 Nuchal-plate deeply and sparsely punctured, crossed by a fine 

 nearly straight groove and with sinuate inferior border. 



Second tergite with abruptly sloped anterior border and upturned 

 edo-e ; lamina scarcely developed, represented almost wholly by the 

 slightly thickened border of the tergite, evenly arched. 



Anal tergite without marginal notch, and with inner ridge 

 represented by a fine piece. 



Claws as in Z. 7iigrinota. 



$ Apical antennal segment short, stout, piriform. Anal tergite 

 with border produced downwards and backwards ; lightly saddle- 

 shaped. Forceps so closely resembling those of Z. excavata as to need 

 no description. 



9 Apical antennal segment much less dilated than in male ; 

 sub-cylindrical. Anal tergite with edge feebly produced behind, and 

 very feebly saddle-shaped. Vulva as in Z. excavata. 



Length up to nearly 40 nnn. 



Type specimen and others labelled E. Indies ; also several from 

 Darjeeling presented to the British Museum by M. Adrien Dollfus. 



This species bears almost the same relationship to Z. e.vcavata that 

 Z. tumida does to Z. nigrinota. It differs in being striped black and 

 yellow, and in being punctured whereas Z. excavata is nearly of a 

 uniform tint and smooth. 



Zephronia excavata (Butler), pi. B., fig. 12-12 b. 



Syn. Zephronia excavata^ Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4), XIV., p. 185, 

 pi. xvi, fig. 1 $ (1874). 



Colour olivaceous ; hind margins of tergites reddish. 



Tergites smooth, polished, without punctures or granules. 



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