216 llOMBYLIlD.^i:. 



Distal margin of dark wiug-band incliidiug 

 tiie spot on fork of L'nd vein and filling 

 basal half of 1st posterior cell (with two 

 lighter patclies), also filling half of discal 

 cell and inchidii g spot on base of 3rd 



posterior cell ; spot on base of 2nd jjoste- [p. 220. 



rior cell large and distinct obscnrifrons, Brim., 



6. Legs principally' yellow ; * tip of abdomen 



without white scales 7. 



Legs all black ; t tip of abdomen with cou- 

 spicuons white scales 8, 



7. Legs ])ractically wholly yellow ; bifur- 



cation of 2nd and .jrd veins only just 



before anterior cross-vein Umitans, Briin., p. 220. 



Basal half of anterior, and all hind femora, 

 black; bifurcation of 2nd and 3rd veius 

 half-way between bnse of discal cell and 

 anterior cross-vein intermedia, sp. n.,p. 221. 



8. Wing-band extending to middle of marginal 



cell, enclosing fork of 2nd vein, all the 



discal and anal cells, and nearly all 4th [p. 227. 



posterior cell arjjentiapicalis, Brim., 



Wing-band extending (apart from costal 

 and subcostal cell) only to anterior cross- 

 vein, base of discal cell, and nearly all the 

 anal cell 9. 



9. Outer margin of wing-band distinctlj"^ 



oblique, lighter or darker hroicn, with a 

 few lighter parts ; anal and axillar}"^ cells 

 always with tips quite clear for a short 



distance yestroi, Brun., p. 222. 



Outer margin of wiug-band practically 

 transverse, nearly black, with no lighter 



parts ; anal and axillary cells with barely [p. 224. 



their extreme tips clear niveicauda, Brun., 



10. Wings clear, costa slightly darker ; several [p. 225. 



isolated spots present J duvaucelii, Macq., 



Wings practical!}' or absolutely clear .... II. [p. 228. 



11. Femora and tibias wholly yellow claripennis, Brun., 



^~ Femora mainl}' or wholly black 12. 



12. Larger species, 7-8 mm. ; abdomen appa- [p. 229. 



rently covered with snow-white scales . . niveisqiiamis, Brun., 

 Smaller species, 5 mm. ; abdomen with 

 short yellow pubescence, no snow-white [p. 230. 



scales nigrofcmorata, Brun., 



A. varia, F., was introduced to the Indian fauna by uie 

 (Rec. Iiid. Mus. ii, p. 450) on a single specimen from Bhim Tal 

 in the Indian Museum. The example is now headless, and it is 

 therefore impossible to describe the species, no other specimens 



* A. appendkulata, Big., comes here ; it is impossible to plac« it any closer 

 from the description. 



t Occasional specimens of ff est roi have the legs pale brown. 



I A. iiisiifAita, Walk. (ji. 227), comes with diivaucdii, and is possibly iden- 

 tical, bnt imist be regarded for the present as requiring confirmation as Indian. 



