CERIA, 325 



25(1. Ceria fruhstorferi, dc Mcij. 



Ceria fruhsturferi, de Meijere, Tijd. v. Eiit. li, p. \W', pi. vii, tigs. 1, 

 head, 2, 1st post, cell (1908). 



$ . A'ery near C-. obscura, liruu. Head very similar in form 

 and colour ; epistome rather more prominent ; frons wiiolly bhick. 

 Auteiinal petiole liardly noticeable, only the buMi|) pi-eseiit, ubicli, 

 moreover, is rather shorter than broad; aiitennal joints relatively 

 longer, 1st joint rather longer than 2ud, ord less than half as long 

 as 2nd*, style very short, thick, black. Thorax: humeri black, 

 scutellum without yellow margin, but with two oval spots forming 

 a red, V-shaped figure in front of the margin. Abdomen with 2nd 

 segment narrower and longer, its hind margin yellow, but the 

 yellow band is interru[)ted in the middle; the shari)ly separated 

 complex formed by the remaining segments is wholly black. Whujs 

 with anterior half, especially the veins, browji-tinged ; the hind 

 half is also soinewliat browni.sh, and the 5th vein narrowly infus- 

 cated ; apical cell only slightly bent inwards on upper side. 

 Halteres yellow. Legs blackish-brown, knees reddish. 



Lenr/th, 14 mm. 



t>ikkim, a single $ (Fruhstorfer). 'Type in Hungarian Museum. 



251, Ceria fulvescens, Brun. 



Ceria fulvescens, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. xi, p. 251, pi. xiii, lia». 20, 

 thorax, 21, abdomen (1916). 



6. Head: hinder orbit of eyes lemon-yellou-. The whole 

 front part of the head lemon-yellow, exce[)t for a l)road median 

 brown stripe, which extends to the mouth, and is enlaiged round 

 the base of the anteiinoB into a diamond-shaped patch which 

 occupies all the upper part, except for the i-ather narrow lemou- 

 yellow border immediately contiguous to the eyes. The side 

 corners of the diamond-shaped brown area just touch the eyes at 

 about half their height, viewed from in front. The cheeks are 

 wholly of a like brown colour, leaving abroad lemon-yellow space 

 between them and the lower part of the median stripe. Ocellar 

 triangle small, brown, lilyes closely contiguous for the short 

 distance that they touch. Antenna) with 1st joint reddish-brown, 

 or more nearly maroon ; 3rd joint brownish-yellow, lighter 

 towards tip; style brownish-yellow at base, the remainder 

 yellowish-white. Back of head more or less yellowish or brow nish- 

 yellow, lliorax reddish-brown or ferruginous. Humeral calli 

 lemon-yellow. There is a pre -alar lemon-yellow callus at each end 

 of the transverse suture, and lenu)n-yellow coloured marks are 

 placed as folhuvs: two faint short lines from the anterior margin 

 which nearly meet, and short transverse similar marks ])laced 

 longiiudinally along the transverse suture, one on each side of the 

 middle; an elongate triangular mark on hind margin of dorsum, 

 the base of the triangle coinciding with the margin ; a narrow 

 sublateral streak towards each side near the wings ; a rather large 



* All exception to the rule in lliis yemiB. 



