XYLOTA. 239 



considerably curved, ^yellow, with j^ellow pubescence, inner side 

 mainly black ; hind tarsi blackisti-browu with pale yellow 

 pubescence; golden-brown minute pubescence below. Wings pale 

 grey ; subcostal cell pale yellow ; halteres pale lemou-yellow ; 

 anterior cross-vein barely beyond middle of discal cell. 



Lenr/th, 11-13 mm. 



Described from 3 J c? and 3 $ 5 in perfect condition in the 

 Indian Museum, from Parambiluilam, Cochin, 1700-3200 ft., 

 16-24. ix. 1914 (Gniveh/)- Talewadi, 3-10. x. 1916, and Castle 

 Rock, 11-26. X. 1916, both X. Ivanar.i District (Kemp) ; KoUur 

 Ghat, S. Kanara District. 3000 ft., 18-21. ix. 1913 ; iV. Coorg, 

 IS. India, 29. v. 191S, on coffee flowers, " I. R. No. 54 " (Nnvcome). 



184. Xylota auronitens, Bran. (PI. V, fig. 12.) 



Xylota auronitens, Bruuetti, Eec. lud. Mus. ii, p. 78 (1908). 



c5" . Head: vertex shining black, a few yellow hairs immediately 

 above junction of eyes, which are contiguous for only half the 

 ■distance from the frontal prominence to the crown of the head ; 

 facets small, of uniform size, except for being a little larger where 

 the eyes touch ; ocelli distinct, no ocellar prominence ; f rous 

 shining blue-black, grey-dusted round the margins, with lower 

 edge immediately above the antenna?, tawny ; cheeks and lower 

 part of face blackish, with a brownish-bhie tinge, with whitish 

 reflections in certain lights. Antennae reddish-brown, 3rd joint 

 lighter, whitish-dusted; arista reddish-brown. Mouth and 

 proboscis brown. Back of head grey, encompassed by a fringe of 

 gold-yellow hair, which is shortest behind the upper corners of 

 the eyes. Thorax : dorsum golden-brassy, with gold-yellow hairs, 

 which are absent in the centre, giving an appearance, seen from 

 behind, of a dark dorsal stripe. Humeral calli bluish-black with 

 a few yellow hairs. Sides of thorax blackish, shining, with some 

 scattei'ed yellow hairs. Mesopleura, pteropleura and sternopleura 

 aeneous-grey, shining, with yellow hairs. Metanotum ioneous, 

 bare. Scutellum brassy-gold, with rather close, moderately short, 

 yellow hair. AbJomen: 1st segment aeneous, with a slight brassy 

 tinge ; 2nd, tawny-brown, shining, posterior border a little 

 blackish, the colour extending indeliuitely forward in the centre 

 as a ])arri:d dorsal stripe ; 3rtl, tawny-brown, shining, posterior 

 part blackish, this colour widest in the centre ; 4th, aeneous- 

 shining, reddish-brown towards posterior border ; tip of abdomen 

 reddish-brown. \'enter red-brown, black at base. The Avhole 

 abdomen — dorsum, sides and venter — is covered with short, soft 

 yellow hair. Legs : coxoj shining ajneous-black, hind pair with a 

 slender spur, sides with yellow hair; femora iciii^ous, with soft 

 yellow hair on upper and under sides, extreme tips tawny ; hind 

 pair with a long row of distinct, fairly large, spines on outer 

 under side, and a second, inner row of four similar spines ; tibiio 

 and tarsi bright tawny with yellowish pubescence, apical lialf of 



