150 HEMESTRlNID.i:. 



black, hind half of 1st and anterior half of 2iul ivory-white, with 

 pale yellowish-white pubescence; remaining segments cinnamon- 

 brown, M'ith short blackish-brown pubescence; a little yellowish 

 or whitish pubescence at sides of abdomen from 4tli segment to 

 tip; venter reddish bi'own, with some short yellowish pubescence. 

 Legs : anterior pairs wholly brownish yellow ; hind femora 

 brownish, hind tibiae and tarsi dark blackish brown. Wings 

 pale brownish grey, darker anteriorly ; venation typical, as in 

 JI. obscura, Mg. 



Lengthy ] mm. 



Described originally by Licl)twardt from a type J in his col- 

 lection, which, purchased from a dealer, bore the label " Ecuador, 

 iii. 1899.'' This author gubsequently received from the Indian 

 Museum for examination the S specimen from which the above 

 description is drawn up — from the Dawna Hills, Burma, 2000- 

 3000 ft., 3. iii. 1908 {Annandah). 



Tgpe in Herr Lichtwardt's collection. 



114. Hirmoneura opaca, Lidit. (PL II, fig. 22.) 



Hinnoncura opaca, Liclitwardt, Dent. Ent. Zeits. p. 643, 5 (1909) ; 

 id., Rec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. 334, cJ (1913). 



S 2 . An obscure, blackish, grey-dusted species, with thin soft 

 grey pubescence. Head with eyes dark bro\A'n, pubescent ; frontal 

 stripe in § not at all broad, barely wider above antennae than 

 at vertex, with thick black pubescence, which is longest above 

 antennae; proboscis, palpi, and antennae black, 1st and 2nd joints 

 of latter grey-dusted and with yellowish-grey hairs ; similar 

 hairs on epistoma, underside of head, and sternum. Thorax 

 with the pubescence more yellowish and longer at the sides ; 

 entire dorsal surface with soft greyish blue hoary dust. Abdo- 

 men with a hardly discernible pattern on the middle of each 

 segment, consisting of a central spot and two oblique lateral 

 spots of a dull blackish-grey colour; ovipositor rather long, 

 with pale hairs. Legs black ; tibia?, especially hind pair, with 

 such dense bright brown pubescence, that they appear brown. 

 Wings with a blackish tinge and a brownish shading on anterior 

 border. 



Length, 15mm. 



Described originally from a single $ from the Ivangra 

 Valley, N.W. Himalayas, 4500 ft., xi. 1899 {Dudgeon). Fur- 

 ther notes and the S described by Lichtwardt in the Eec. Ind. 

 Mus. {I. c). Several specimens are in the Indian Museum from 

 Mussoorie, the Ivangra Yalley, 4500 ft., xi. 1899 (Dudgeon), 

 and Simla, but are in very bad condition, nearly all appear to 

 have been immersed in spirit; it also occurs at Dehra Dun, x. 1911 

 (Ilowlett). 



Type in the British Museum. 



The above description is almost entirely Lichtwardt's. 



