266 STEPHID^. 



ferruginous-brown with concolorous style. Tliorax: dorsum dull 

 black; shoulders, aud a lateral stripe extending above the wings 

 from shoulders to scutelluin, yellowish-brown; two dorsal median, 

 rather thin, yellowish-grey stripes, a little dilated on anterior 

 margin, and reaching nearly to posterior margin, on which latter 

 is an indistinct yellow-tomentose streak. Scutellum shining 

 black, with a distinct yellowish-brown posterior margin ; meta- 

 notnm shining black. Surface of thorax and scutellum covered 

 with yellow hair. Sides of thorax blackish, apparently with a yel- 

 lowish spot on the mesopleurae ; stigmatic spots yellow\ Abdomen 

 black, shining, 1st segment wholly black ; 2nd with a yellow 

 transverse sublunate spot on each side near the base, and con- 

 tiguous to side margin ; the two spots fairly widely separated 

 from one another. On 3rd segment a nearly similar pair of 

 yellow spots which are more elongate-conical in shape and 

 similarly situated ; on 4th segment a pair of yellow, nearly tri- 

 angular, spots similarly situated ; all six spots of about same size 

 and colour. Abdomen with close black pubescence, except that 

 over the spots, wliich is yellow. Venter black, yellowish at base 

 of 2n(l, 3rd and 4th segments, the yellow colour forming two spots 

 on 2nd segment. Legs bright brownish-yellow; anterior femora 

 with a black streak above aud below on basal half ; hind femora 

 considerably enlarged, with a conspicuous reddish tooth-like pro- 

 longation on under side towards the tip ; black, except at tips, the 

 reddish-brown colour more extensive on underside. All legs wirli 

 short yellow pubescence, but hinder side of middle and hind tibiae 

 with a \ery thick long fringe of bright yellow hair; (hind tarsi 

 missing). Winr/s yellowish-grey, subcostal cell brownish-yellow ; 

 haltei'es very small, yellow. 



Length, 23 mm. 



Described from a single S from Trivandrum, Travancore 

 State : in the Indian Museum, received from the Trivandrum 

 Museum. 



207. Milesia ? macularis, Wied. 



Mileda macularis, Wiedemann, Anal. Ent. p. 34 (1824) ; id., 

 Auss. Zweifl. ii, p. 107 (1830) ; Macquart, Dipt. Exot. ii, 2, p. 82 

 (1842). 



$ . Head yellow, closely covered with bright yellow tomentura 

 and minute concolorous pubescence ; frons at level of antennae 

 about ^ width of head, narrowing at vertex to between | and 5 of this 

 width ; vertical triangle brownish, a narrow brown stripe thence, 

 gradually widening, to tip of antennal prominence and continued 

 below anteiinte to mouth-border ; a short brown stripe from near 

 lower corner of eye to mouth-border. Antennje brownish-orange, 

 tip of 3rd joint a little darker, arista orange. Occiput yellowish ; 

 margin with a little yellow pubescence. Proboscis and other 

 mouth-parts orange-brown. Ihorax : dorsum I'eddish-brown, 



