22 PIPLrNCULIU.F. 



out. Second anteiinal joint di.slinctly bristly above and below ; 

 3rd joint with rounded instead of pointed tip; a pair of ocellar 

 bristles present. Femora without microscopic bristle^s beluw, but 

 anterior femora pilose behind, and the hind femora and tihiae in 

 front. Anterior cress-vein placed at about middle of discal cell. 



RaiKje. Only about half-a-dozen species were previously known, 

 from Europe, North America and China. 



The two Indian species are easily distinguished : — 



Legs principally yellow argentiseymentatu, Bruii. 



Legs principally black phcmhella^ Brun. 



22. Verrallia argentisegmentata, Brun. 



VevralUa arqentisef/mentata, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vii, p. 494 

 (1912). 



S- Head with frons black; face grey, with silvery -white 

 shimmer when seen from above. Antennae yellow ; 3rd joint 

 rounded at tip ; arista black ; 2nd jomt bristly above and below. 

 Eyes contiguous on vertex, facets small, uniform in size ; mouth 

 reddish. Thorax blackish, moderately shining; scvitellum aeneous- 

 black : metanotum grey ; sides of thorax dark grey. Abdomen 

 velvet black; posterior borders of segments with a band (of 

 varying width) of shining briglit silvery-leaden colour. Genitalia 

 large and thick, light tawny-brown, shining and extended below 

 the venter for some distance, the tip being pointed and bisected. 

 Legs, except the brown coxae, uniformly yellow ; quite bare, 

 except for some minute spines on the tibice; tarsi brown on upper 

 side. Wimjs pale grey, iridescent ; 4th longitudinal \ ein, after 

 quitting the posterior cross-vein, running nearly straight to the 

 wing-border; anterior cross-vein placed at one-third of the discal 

 cell ; stigma yellowish-brown ; 3rd costal segment nearly twice 

 the length of the 4th, but rather difficult to judge ; 3rd and 4th 

 rather longer than the 5th ; balteres pale yellow. 



Length, '.)^ mm. 



Described from one S from Mergui and one S {typ<') taken by 

 Dr. Annandale in jungle at the base of the Dawna Hills, Lower 

 Burma, 1. iii. 1908, both specimens in the Indian Museum. 



The blunted 3rd antennal joint and head not pulfed out behind 

 cause me to place this species in Verrallia, but I do not perceive 

 the distinct ocellar bristles which also characterize this genus. 

 One of the specimens (from Mergui) is gummed on cork, the 

 vertex being almost invisible, and the bristles are not present 

 in the .•second example, but may have been accidentally broken 

 off. The head of the Dawna Hills specimen is however other- 

 wise in perfect condition. 



23. Verrallia plumbella, Brun. 



Verrallia phimhella, Bnmetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. vii, p. 495 (1912). 



$ . Hend with vertex black ; frons and face both of uniform 

 width, with white shimmer; proboscis yellow; facets in front 



