128 SYKPHIU^. 



102. Rhinobacclia gracilis, de Meij. 



HkifiobaccJia c/racilis, de Meijere, Tijd. v. Ent. li, p. 315 (1908) ; 

 Brunetti, Kec. Ind. Mus. xi, p. 225 (1915). 



(S $ . Head : frous in S ratlier imiTOwer thau in $ , shining 

 black, only at sides narrowly yellow. Antennao short, 3rd joint 

 rather longer than broad, oval, darkened on apical half, in S 1st 

 joint darkened on inner side. Epistome yellow, with a very broad 

 shining black longitudinal stripe above, which is a continuation ot" 

 the frontal 6tri|)e ; towards hind corners of eyes, face black 

 for a considerable space. Thorax shining black ; humeral calli 

 and a callus-like stripe from thence to wing-base, sulphur-yellow. 

 Scutellum black, anterior margin with a faint yellowish-white 

 border ; the bristly hairs on hind border black. Sides of thorax 

 shining black, a yellow spot behind wing-base. Abdomen long 

 and narrow, linear, shining black ; 1st and 4th segments with 



Fig. 27. — Ehinohaccha gracilis, de Meij., head in profile. 



oblique narrow yellow spots, which nearly or quite reach side 

 border; base of abdomen with some long yellowish-white pubes- 

 cence. Legs yellow ; hind tibiae and tarsi blackish-brown, also 

 the hind femora are darker on upper side ; middle tibire below 

 with a fringe of long yellow hairs. Wings ratlier brownish, lonf 

 and narrow ; stigma dark brown ; halteres yellowish-brown. 



Lengthy 6 mm. 



The description is a translation of de Meijere's. The species 

 \Aas described from a single S and $ from Pattipola, Ceylon, 

 2000 metres (Biro), in the Hungarian IMuseum. The Indian 

 Museum has a specimen from the same localitv as the type, 

 3. vii. 1910. 



