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end, on each side of the central bump, extending nearly from base 

 of autenufe to jnst below level of central bump, below which 

 latter is a transverse, very narrow, black line extending across 

 the face nearly from eye to eye, with a second similar line just 

 above the mouth-openijig. Lower part of head not or scarcely 

 produced below eyes themselves in profile. Antennae dark brown, 

 lower part of 3rd joint and the arista orauge, bare. Occiput 

 with moderately dark grey tomentum, and some short grey pube- 

 scence, which is longest behind the vertex, where it is yellowish, and 

 on the under side, where it is whitish. In 5 , froiis about one- 

 third of the head at level of antennae ; latter nearly black ; rest as 

 in d . 'Thorax yellowish-grey with concolorous pubescence; 

 dorsum with four approximately equal and equidistant, com- 

 paratively dull, black stripes, the outer ones more pointed at each 

 end ; all the stripes attainnig anterior margin or nearly so, but not 

 attaining hind margin ; the two middle ones still more abbreviated 

 behind ; at their hind extremity the ground-colour otten has a 

 golden or bronze tint ; pleurae often with a more or less aeneous 

 tinge. Scutellum brownish-yellow, somewhat translucent, with 

 concolorous pubescence and a few brown hairs in the centre; 

 about anterior half darker than the remainder. Abdomen black or 

 blackish, a little shining, with a more or less aeneous tinge. In c? , 

 1st segment dull yellowish, a little shining; 2nd brownish-yellow, 

 anterior and posterior margins blackish, the blackish colour on each 

 margin extended in middle in the form of an irregular triangular 

 spot, so that the two triangular spots nearly meet each other ; 

 across middle of segment, a pale yellowish narrow band of uniform 

 width, except that the middle of its hinder side is a little excised 

 by the large black spot on the hind margin; 3rd segment a little 

 yellowish-brown on anterior half, \^ith a pale yellowish band like 

 that on 2nd segment, but not excised on hinder side; 4th segment 

 with a narrow curved line extending nearly from side to side ; 

 5th segment very small, entirely black. In 2 , abdomen darker, 

 the black colour more extensive ; 4th segment with the transverse 

 curved baud as in S ; 5th segment larger than in S and. with a 

 similar though smaller curved band. Pubescence of abdomen 

 following ground-colour, but wholly pale yellow at sides. A-^enter 

 yellowish with soft yellowish-grey pubescence; tip of abdomen 

 more or less blackish. Legs mainly black or blackish-brown; 

 anterior femora rather narrowly orange at tips (^distinctly less 

 than a fourth) ; hind femora pale at extreme tip only, sometimes 

 barely perceptibly so ; front tibiae pale on basal half, middle pair 

 nearly to tips, hind pair narrowly at base ; first two joints of 

 middle and hind tarsi pale. Pubescence of legs mainly yellowish- 

 grey, but black on hind tibiae. Wings nearly clear ; stigma very 

 pale yellow, small, its inner end with a minute dark brown spot at 

 tip ot auxiliary vein. 



Length, 10-12 mm. 



Described from a short series of both sexes in the Indian 

 Museum and elsewhere. Kasauli, 6300 ft., 13 & 15. v. 1908 ; 



