26S SYBPHiD.!:. 



middle, and tips more or less brownish ; hind tibife with an indis- 

 tinct brown ring in middle ; bind tarsi as front pair. Pubescence 

 of legs very short and inconspicuous, yellow except on tarsi, where 

 it is black. Winr/f! pale grey; anterior half yellowisb-brown, a 

 little darker over tlie insignificant stigma and tlience nearly to tip 

 of 2nd basal cell ; also a little dai-ker over base of 1st posterior 

 cell. Hal teres yellow". 



Length, 15 mm. 



Described from a single 5 in the Indian Musemn from 

 Singla, Darjiling District, 1500 ft., iv. 1913 [Lord CarmichaeVs 

 collector). 



This specimen was referred by me (Kec. Ind. Mus. ix, p. !268) 

 to macularis with some doubt, the discrepancies being tbe presence 

 of the smaller yellow spots on the 2nd to 4th segments, and a 

 different coloration of antennae and legs. I have now ventured 

 to assume its identity with Wiedemann's species, which is re- 

 corded from Singapore, Java, Sumatra and Borneo. A $ in the 

 British Museum from the Ataran Valley, Tenasserim, iv. 1892 

 {Bingham), agrees closely with the Singla example. 



208. Milesia variegata, Brim. 



Milesia varieyata, Brunetti, llec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 80, fig., thorax and 

 abdomen, J (1908) ; de Meijere, Tijd. v. Ent. li, p. 229 (1908). 



S 2 . Head : vertex narrow, black, with black hairs ; a small 

 3'ellow triangle just above the juncture of the eyes, which are 

 contiguous for only a short space ; frous and face bright lemon- 

 yellow, with a broad shining jjlack stripe on each cheek ; frontal 

 prominence blackish-brown. Antennae red-brown, 1st and 2ud 

 joints with one or two strong bristles above and below towards 

 the tips. Proboscis blackish-brown. Back of head grey, posterior 

 orbit of eyes with yellow hair, longest below. In 5 > frons and 

 face gradually widening, former at vertex less than one-fifth 

 width of head ; both from pale to deep yellow, with a broad black 

 stripe from \ertex to base of antenna. Thorax mainly blackish. 

 Humeral calli with a small oblong spot below each ; proe-alar calli, 

 meso-, ptero-, sterno- and metapleurae, also posterior border of 

 tiioracic dorsum, bright lemon-yellow. Two yellowish-grey stripes, 

 narrowed behind, extend from the anterior margin to the centre 

 of the dorsum, where they meet two similar ones extending 

 inwards from either pra-alar callus. Scutellum black at base, the 

 posterior half yellow, with yellow hair; the whole thorax and 

 scutellum covered with short, soft yellowish-grey hair. Abdomen: 

 1st segment shining black, yellowish towards each side in front. 

 2nd segment lemon-yellow with a very narrow black posterior 

 border; a dorsal, clean-cut, rather narrow, black stripe extends 

 more than half the distance from the base, when it meets a trans- 

 verse narrow line, almost parallel with the posterior border, but 

 curved forward towards the sides. 3rd and -Ith segments pinkish- 



