202 SYEPHID^, 



tomentum and concolorous pubescence ; frontal callus black, bare ; 

 face clothed as trons, central bump, extreme mouth-border and a 

 baud thence to the eye on each side, shining black, bare. Occiput 

 with .silvery- white tomentum on margin of lower half, yellowish- 

 grey tomentum on upper half, and a little white pubescence on 

 under side. Antennas reddish-brown or blackish-brown, arista 

 orange, plumose on basal half; proboscis black. In 5 , frons less 

 than one-fourth of the head at vertex and more than a third at level 

 of antennae ; frons and face together very little broader at broadest 

 part than at vertex, both shining black, closely covered (except 

 broadly across vertex, which is covered with dense short blackish- 

 brown pubescence) with snow-white tomentum and white pubes- 

 cence, both of which are iuore yellowish-grey on upper part of 

 frons, immediately below vertical region. Thorax: dorsum 

 blackish, minutely punctate ; anterior and hinder thirds greenish- 

 grey, sometimes greenish-yellow in front, with rather long fine 

 yellow inconspicuous pubescence ; middle third with dense, very 

 short, hluckish-brown pubescence. Pleurae grey, with fine yellow 

 pubescence ; a bunch of thicker, darker yellow pubescence on 

 shoulders. Scutellum black, with similar ])ubesceuce and some 

 long, fine yellow hairs on hind border. Abdomen: 1st segment 

 black except narrowly pale at sides ; 2nd orange-yellow with 

 broad blackish hind margin, extending forwjird in middle to beyond 

 centre of segment; 3rd and 4th blackish, a large aeneous spot on 

 each anterior corner. Tn 2 , 3rd segment mostly pale aeneous, 

 with an ill-defined blackish-brown triangle near middle of hind 

 margin, extending narrow ly along margin towards sides ; 4tti 

 segment similar, with an ill-defined spot in middle of hind margin. 

 Pubescence in both sexes yellow, more conspicuous on 2nd seg- 

 ment, and thinner in $ than in S- Venter with basal half 

 yellowish, apical half blackish. Le<i^ black; coxae with a little 

 pale pubescence ; femora dark brown, sometimes lighter brown, 

 sometimes practically black; ahvays unicolorous, except that the 

 extreme tip may be orange or brown ; pubescence yellowish, a 

 little short dark brown pubescence on inner side of fore and 

 middle pairs. Pubescence on hind pair mainly confined to upper 

 and lower sides, yellowish except towards tips, where it is dark 

 brown. Tibiae mainly yellowish on basal, and black on apical, 

 half (with yellowish pubescence throughout); extent of black and 

 yellow variable; hind tibiae sometimes nearly all black, with dark 

 brown pubescence on inner side. Tarsi blackish-brown, with 

 yellowish-grey to orange-brown pubescence below. Wings i)ale 

 grey, brown at base and pale yellowish-brown on about basal half 

 or two-thirds of the anterior portion. Halteres yellow. 



Length, 9-12 nun. 



Described from a number of both sexes from various sources. 

 A common and widelj' distributed Oriental species. Deesa, 

 vii-viii. 1901 {Navsa) ; Parasnath, Chota Nagpur, 4300-4400 ft. ; 

 Eanchi (Inims) : Calcutta; Pusa, Bihar, iii. 1907 (Lefroy, etc.); 

 Bangalore, 3000 ft. (Annaiidale, Oameron) ■ Talewadi, N. Kanara 



