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surface) ; dorsum also with stiff black pubesceuce of moderate 

 length ; anterior margin with a thick fringe of very elongate 

 bright yellow scales projecting forwards, forming a sort of dense 

 collar ; shoulders entirely covered with a dense bunch of very 

 ■elongate black scales, wliich extend (diminishing in strength) over 

 the mesopleura, and continue as short stiff hairs over part of the 

 sternopleura ; pteropleura bare, shining, but the metapleura with 

 a thick bunch of black scales on its posterior part ; sternopleura 

 with a slight greyish tinge on lower part. Scutellum black, with 

 minute adpressed black scales covering its entire surface, and a 

 row of curved black bristles on hind margin. Abdomen black, 

 faintly shining, entirely covered with minute adpressed black 

 scales, which, if viewed at a low angle from in front, show a silvery 

 sheen ; and with a row of black bristles on hind margins of at least 

 the last two or three segments, the hind margins of which bear a 

 row of rather short but obvious dark brown scales ; the outer two- 

 thirds of 1st segment with a dense covering of very elongate, 

 bright chrome-yellow scales, the actual sides with elongate black 

 scales ; sides of other segments also with elongate ver}^ narrow 

 dark brown scales, and a few other quite broad dark brown ones, 

 intermixed posteriorly with black bristly hairs ; six spots com- 

 posed of scales, which, viewed from in front, appear silvery, and 

 from behind dull milk-white, are placed as follows : one towards 

 each side of the dorsum on 3rd segment, one at base in centre of 

 4th, one towards each side of 6th, and an elongate one at base of 

 7th extending over the greater part of the segment. Venter 

 covered uniformly with niinute brownish-black scales that appear 

 silvery when viewed at a low angle either from in front or behind ; 

 a row of bristles on hind margin of each segmeut. Genitalia 

 rather large, apparently consisting of a small sub-globular reddish- 

 piece and a greyish cone-shaped piece of larger size, pubescent. 

 Legs black, coxfe with bristly hairs ; femora closely covered M'ith 

 black scales that appear silvery in certain lights ; tibiae apparently 

 I'eddish brown, but m certain lights the scales shine silvery; tarsi 

 brown. TFiii^s pale grey, iridescent ; a brown baso-costal baud, 

 limited distally by tip of 1st longitudinal vein, the hinder margin 

 of the band nearly a straight line thence, through the anterior 

 cross-vein and extreme base of -1th posterior cell, and thence to 

 base of wing, encroaching narrowly on anal cell ; discal cell 

 nearly clear, a darker brown spot jointly over tip of pra?furca and 

 anterior cross-vein ; another over base of discal cell and forking 

 of 5th vein, a small one at base of 3rd posterior cell, 



Lenf)th, 8 mm. 



Described from a unique specimen from Hadagalla, Ceylon 

 (j^'. Bainbrlgge FletcJier). 



Type in the British Museum, presented by Mr. Fletcher. 



The conspicuous silvery-white spots on the abdomen placed 

 like the " 5 " of a playing card, in addition to the exceptionally 

 long antennal style, I'euder this species easily recognisable. 



