svuphus. 93- 



cJ), witli dense bright ^-ellow soft pubescence; sides similnr 

 but less shining and the pubescence more whitish ; extreme 

 side margins of dorsum from suture to wing-base a little tinged 

 with shining yellowish. Scutellum normally almost translucent 

 yellowish, often with middle part more or less indefinitely darker ; 

 pubescence black, erect, fine and rather dense, but there is a 

 narrow band of pale yellow hairs on the anterior margin and a 

 fringe of yellow hair? pendent from below the hind margin. 

 Metanotum steely-aeneous. Abdomen : 1st segment mainlv 

 blackish, narrowly yellow at sides ; rest of surface pale shining 

 blackish. A pair of irregularly oval or sometimes almost diamond- 

 shaped spots placed not quite in a straight line on 2nd segment, 

 their inner ends more or less narrowed but practically always 

 meeting rather broadly, their outer ends much narrowed behind, 

 not quite reaching anterior corners of segment; 3rd segment 

 with a broad yellow band placed fractionally above exact centre 

 of segment, filling more than oue-tiiird of it, curving slightly 

 forward at sides and considerably narrowed on the actual side 

 margins ; a similar broad band on 4th segment just behind 

 anterior margin, curving very slightly forwards towards side 

 margins, which latter are just reached; 5th segment brownish- 

 yellow with an indefinite blackish space in centre. Pubescence 

 of abdomen mainly following ground-colour, but some of the 

 black pubescence overruns the yellow parts. Venter pale yellow, 

 with soft whitish pubescence. Legs all orange-yellow except the 

 dirty dark brown coxae, also extreme base of anterior femora and 

 2nd, 3rd and 4th joints of anterior tarsi, which are more or 

 less brown ; 5th tarsal joint orange. All femora sometimes 

 narrowly black at extreme base. Hind femora often indefinitely 

 brownish about the middle ; hind tibiae generally with apical half 

 more or less brownish ; the dark parts on both femora and 

 tibiae bear microscopic stiff black hairs, which heighten the 

 impression of dark coloration ; hind tarsi mainly dark browTi. 

 Wings clear ; subcostal cell rather dark yellowish-brown : 

 squamae pale yellowish-grey with yellow fringes; halteres pale 

 yellow. In J , wing generally a little yellow ish-brown about 

 the middle and anterior margin, basally. 



Le)ir/lJi, 8-11 mm. One c , from the Kliasi Hills, is 14 mm. 



lieported as feeding on Aphides on cotton, wheat, cabbages and 

 chrysanthemums. Described from about thirty of botli sexes 

 maiidy from Pusa, wiiere it seems common from the end of 

 January to about the end of March. Generally distributed : 

 Patna District, Bengal, ii. 19<i6, on nuistard ; Ferozepore, iii. 1898^ 

 and Simla, viii. 1908 (both Nurse); Chapra, Bengal (Macl-enzie); 

 Jorhat, Assam, 20. xii. 1907 (" C. 633, L."); Dumpela to 

 Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills, 20. iii. 1900. A series, mostly $ $, 

 in British Museum from the Khasi Hills, lower ranges, 1878 

 (Chennell), including a J 14 mm. long. This sjiecimen may 

 possibly belong to another species, the differences being the more 

 distinct, very broad black median band on the hind femora and 



