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golden on its basal two-thirds and black on the distal third, the separa- 

 tion of the two tints being sharply defined. Venter dusky, the bases of 

 the segments of a somewhat paler ferruginous brown. Halteres with 

 ferruginous stems and dusky knobs. Length. — About 4"5 mm. 

 Habitat.— Burpengary, Queensland. 



6. PANOPLITES ANNULIFERA (MS. name), (Walker). 



=^ Cider aimulij^es, Walker ; Citlc.v annulifera, Walker (MS.) ; (Proc. Linn. 



See. Lond. i, p. 5 [1857], Wlk.). 



Plate xiii, fig. 8, Hind leg, to show banding. 



Wing unspotted, but brindled with dark and light scales, tlie 

 latter greatly preponderating, tlie former most numerous in the 

 middle of the wing towards the base. Thorax tawny yellow, 

 with four snow-white round spots, and a dark hne running 

 backwards from the posterior border of the two anterior spots ; 

 an indistinct fifth white spot may also be present. Abdomen 

 with white scales laterally, and forming bands across the seg- 

 ments, last three segments with many white scales. Legs 

 yellowish-brown, all the joints with many white bands. There 

 being six alternations on each of the femora and an additional 

 band in the middle of each first tarsal joint, all the tarsal joints 

 are basally banded except those of fore and mid legs, which 

 possess only the median band. 



2 .— Head clothed with brownish-golden scjiJes and long golden- 

 brown hairs ; eyes black, with a silvery border ; palpi yellowish-brown, 

 with a few scattered dark brown scales ; apex snow-white ; antennae 

 brown, with pale bands ; proboscis black for the distal third of its length, 

 changing abruptly to pale ferruginous, except the very base whicli shades 

 off to a darker tint. Wings with 2 || 3, but angulated, 4 widely internal. 

 This species is much paler than F. dives, Schiner, and can hardly be 

 mistaken for any other Indian species, the multiple banding of the whole 

 length of the legs being most characteristic. Length. — 4 to 4*5 nun. 



//rtfcj7rr/.- Madras, Quilon, Travancore, Behar, Dacca, Bengal. 



7. PANOPLITES DIVES, Schiner. 



--= Ctdex diva, Schiner ; Cidex ncro, Doleschall (?) ; (Reise der Novara, p. 31, 

 Schiner; Natuurkundig. Tijdsch. v. Ned. Ind. xiv, 383 [= 7Wo], Dole- 

 schall ?). 



Wings unspotted but brindled with light and dark scales, the 

 latter greatly preponderating, especially along the costa ; the 

 short inner rank of fringe scales all black. Thorax very dark 

 brown, with dark coppery scales, with six bright greenish-white 

 spots. Abdomen blackish, the antepenultimate and penultimate 



