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very short bristles ; 1st segment greeiiisli-black, sub-metallic, very 

 short; 2nd segment seneous at base, with two elongated orange 

 spots, placed transversely, forming a band, interrupted in the 

 centre ; this band being enlarged at the ends (foreshortened in 

 front) in the cS , and contracted at the ends and barely attaining 

 the ridged edges of the segment in the $ ; a bunch of yellow 

 hairs on the shoulders of tiiis segment in both sexes ; 3rd 

 segment with a transverse orange band across centre, anterior 

 edge slightly convex forward, posterior edge forming two straight 

 lines narrowing the band in its centre and leaving the remainder 

 of the segment as a tiattened black triangle, the extreme posterior 

 edge being sub-metallic dark brown with a fringe of very short 

 black hairs ; the sides of this orange cross-band are parallel with 

 the sides of the abdomen, to the ridges of which they extend. On 

 4th segment a similar, but rather narrower and slightly more 

 arched band, with a second orange band (as a flattened triangle, 

 sub-metallic posteriorly) on posterior part of segment, the extreme 

 edge of which is sub-metallic brassy, with a fringe of longish 

 yellowish hair. The § shows no trace of the sub-metallic 

 tinge. 5tli segment orange, with black at the base in some 

 d specimens ; yellow-haired. The whole abdomen with yellow 

 hairs on the yellowish parts (longest towards the tip), and 

 siiorter, black hairs on the black parts. Genitalia : in the d 

 rather prominent, orange, with some short black hairs; in the 

 2 snuill, elongated, dark-coloured. Venter in d black, with 

 narrow yellowish bands at the juncture of the segments, widest 

 on border of 2nd. In $ black, with two semi-circular lai'ge 

 yellow spots at base of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments ; pos- 

 terior border of 1st widely, of 3rd narrowly, and of 2nd very 

 narrowly (with enlargements at the corners), yellow. A'euter 

 nearly bare, a little short yellow sparse hair. Legs : coxa; and 

 base of femora black with some short black iiair ; remainder of 

 legs eutirely orange-yellow, the upper sides of the tarsi being a 

 little browner. The anterior femora bear a little pale hair on 

 their under side, but the black hairs on the hind pair extend 

 almost to the tip below, the up|)er apical part being bare. All the 

 tibiic bear very short golden-yellow pubescence, the hind pair 

 having a row of short black bristles on the outer side. Whu/s 

 pale yellowish-grey, slightly tawny on the basal and anterior parts, 

 ilalteres orange. Teguho bright orange-yellow with concolorous 

 fringe. 



Length, 12-lG mm. 



Described from four ^ 6 and two $ $ (one, a melanoid 

 2 described below) all from Sikkiin and in the Indian Museum 

 collection in good i-ondition. Darjiling, 1000-3000 ft. {Lord 

 Carmichad) ; JShillong, 4900 ft. ( Ktui/)). 



Tiie melanoid 2 '"'•^ the antenna' almost wholly black ((Uif 

 of the alleged cliaracters of JJidea), the abdomen black with a dark 

 blue sub-metallic rctleclion, beset with short black hairs; 2nd 

 segment with two transverse narrow yellowish spots anil forming 



