114 srEPHiD,!:. 



Table of Species *. 



1. Wings with a conspicuous transverse 



dark band across middle dispar, Walk., p. 115. 



Wings never so marked 2. 



2. Wings mainly or to a considerable ex- 



tent brown; in nubilipennis mainly 

 dark brown; \n fallax aluiost wholly 

 pale brown; in tticjricosta and um- 

 brosa with a large median diffused 

 brown spot on a comparatively or 



actually clear background 3. 



Wings never to any extent brown. 

 Ground-colour clear, or nearly so, 

 with at most anterior margin and a 

 small apical spot dark, or (in macu- 

 lata) a few very small dark spots on 

 disc 4. 



3. («) Wings practically wholly dark 



brown, but just appreciably paler 



at base and tip nubilipennis, Aust., p. 116. 



(b) Wings wholly pale brown except 



basally nearly clear fallax, Aust., p. 117. 



(c) Apical wing-spot practically united 



narrowly to costal dark band; 



abdominal markings dull orange , niyricosta, Brun,, p. 118. 

 {d) Apical wing-spot separated from 

 end of costal dark band by a wide 

 clear space ; abdominal markings 

 bluish-grey tmibrosa, sp. n., p. 119. 



4. Anterior cross-vein suffused, and a 



narrow brown streak from end of prte- 



furca nearly to anal cell mamlata, Walk., p. 119. 



Disc of wing always clear 5, 



5. Abdomen barely narrower at base than 



at widest part 6. 



Abdomen very distinctly contracted at 



base 7. 



6. Antennae yellowish or orange robusta, Brun., p. 120. 



Antenna) wholly black plumhicincta, Brun., p. 121. 



7 . No yellow pleural or presutural spots ; 



no yellow markings on body sappkirina, Wied., p. 122. 



At least mesopleura with a vertical 

 callus-like spot 8. 



8. (a) Side-spots of thorax consisting of a 



vertical spot on mesopleura, and 

 a small round presutural spot 

 buried in ends of suture; sterno- 

 pleural spot absent, but individuals 

 might shew a trace of paleness 

 there pulckrifrons, Aust., p. 122. 



* For notes on, aud a table of a number of, Oriental species, v. de Meii 

 Tijd. V. Ent. li, p. 31G (1908). ^'' 



