272 SYEPHiD.i:. 



I believe tliis species varies from entirely oraiii^e-brown to 

 practically all-blackisli with the margins of the thorax and tip of 

 the abdomen oi-ange-brovpn, the latter condition being exemplified 

 iu the Selangor specimen. 



211. Milesia balteata, Kert. 



Milesia balteata, Kertesz, Terme*. Fiizet. xxiv, p. 414 (1901), 

 Milesia himalnyensis, Brunetti, Hec. Iiul. Miis. ii, p. 82,(5 $(1908). 



c? $ . Head : d , vertex shining black, a very small grey-headed 

 triangle just above junction of eyes ; frons and face blackish- 

 grey, shining, with silvery reflections when seen from above ; 

 frontal prominence dark brown ; antennse dull orange to dark 

 brown. Back of head grey, posterior orbit of eyes with a little 

 short greyish hair. $ , frons yellowish-grey ; a broad shining 

 bare black stripe (occupying nearly whole width of frontal space) 

 extending from vertex to frontal prominence ; lower part of face 

 and cheeks shining black, nearly bare, without whitiish reflections, 

 but with traces of a greyish stripe on cheeks. Thorax: ground- 

 colour blackish, covered with close ferruginous-brown hair((5); 

 or greenish-yellow tomentose, with greenish-yellow hair ( $ ). 

 Humeral calli concolorous in c? , yellow, with yellowish hair in $ , 

 with a small, oval, yellow spot below each of them. Sides of thorax 

 dark grey, with a considerable amount of brownish, rough hair 

 in c? ; in 5 barer, with a little sparse grey hair, and a stripe 

 below wing-sections extending to the scutellum ; the latter is light 

 brown in S and yellow in $ , in both sexes with yellow hair. 

 Abdomen in J dark brown ; in $ shining metallic-blue ; in both 

 sexes with a broad bright lemon-yellow band at the base of the 

 2nd segment, occupying more than half of it ; a very narrow 

 yellow band near the base of the 3i'd segment in $ . Dorsum 

 covered in S vvirh yellow hair mixed with black, l)ut wholly 

 yellow on the cross-band ; hair on sides of abdomen brown, 

 except towards base, where it is longest, yellow and silky. In 

 5 , dorsum clothed with yellow hair on cross-band, and minute 

 black hair elsewhere, except at sides towards base, where it is thick 

 and yellow, but shorter than in S ■ Legs black, shining, with some 

 blackish-brown hairs on hind pair, and a not very strong black tooth 

 on under side of hind femur near tip ( c? 5 ). Femora black, tips 

 tawny ; some black short bristlj'^ hairs, mixed with yellow hairs, on 

 lower side of fore pair; middle pair with long brownish-yellow 

 hair above and below (much longer in d) ; hind pair in c? 

 covered with long yellow hair on upper side, and longer brown 

 hair on under side ; in $ , some short yellow silky hair on upper 

 side, and brown hair below, which is neither as long or as thick 

 as in d" • The fore tibia3 ( J $ ) are tawny, with a long black 

 streak in front, extending from tip nearly to base ; in (^ there 

 are minute blai-k hairs iu front, and longer black silky hairs 

 behind ; in $ they are nearly bare, only a few short, black hairs 



