CEIMA. 



•6'6l 



2nd, 3i-d and 4th segments; 2nd segment but little longer than 

 1st, tliat is relatively short, altliough rather strongly narrowed. 

 Ler/s reddish-brown." Wings with a broad hhn-k costal border ; 

 2nd basal cell also wholly d'arkened. Upper side of ist posterior 

 cell deeplv looped downwards but without appendix ; halteres 

 yellow. 



Lcnr/th, 12 mm. 



Described bv de ^Meijere from a unique 2 ^i"'"" ►'^ikl<ii'i i" ^'"^ 

 Hungarian Museum. There is also a 2 in the British Museum 

 from Euniit Valley, Sikkim, iv. 189-t (Bingham). Very near 

 compacta. Brun., diftering by having the vertex wholly yellow, the 

 two yellow stripes behind the suture and the almost unicolorous 

 legs. 



258. Ceria ornatifrons, Bmn. 



Ceria ornatifrons. Bruuetti, Kec. Ind. Mus. xi, p. 252, pi. xiii, 

 tig. 22, head, front view (1915). 



S $. Head: occipital margin moderately wide directly behind 

 frons and upper part of eyes, but disapjjearing at about the 

 middle of the eyes; it is bright light reddish-brown, with 

 a small lemon-yellow triangular spot at the inner corner of 

 each eye. Eyes in S fit nearest point of approach very narrowly 

 separated. The space between the eyes across the middle ot the 

 head in $ is equal to nearly half that width. Upper part of frons 

 light red. On each side of the frons, on a level with the antennae, 

 is a semi-circular lemon-yellow callus-like spot, its convexity con- 

 tiguous to the eye-margin. Barely separated from the lowermost 

 part of this spot is, on each side, a nearly vertical lemon-yellow 

 stripe, contiguous to the eye-margin for a short distance, and 

 then, bending iu\\ards, proceeding to the mouth, above which the 

 two stripes meet. At the point where the stripes quit the eye- 

 margin, there is (but on the inner side of each stripe) a projectnig 

 finger-like nuirk running towards the centre of the face. The 

 whole space round the base of the antenr.a? and the part of the 

 face comprised between these two pair^ of yellow callus-like 

 markings is moderately dark brown, punctuated by a number of 

 line black s|)ots. The sides of the head belov,- the eyes, i. e. the 

 cheeks, are leraou-yellow, and there is a broad reddish-brown 

 stripe between each cheek and the yellow vertical facial stripe. 

 Antennal 1st and 2nd joints hrownish-yellow (;<rd joint missing). 

 The head is placed very broadly and squarely on the thorax, no 

 vestige of neck being apparent. Thorax broad; reddish-brown, 

 with a little hoary bloom when viewed from certain directions. 

 Humeral calli lemon-yellow; a small oval lemon-yellow spot 

 on the meso])leura ; transverse suture narrowly yellowish. 

 Scutellum wholly dull lemon-yellow ; nietanotum reddish-brown. 

 Abdomen: 1st and .'ind segments retldish- brown, a conspicuous 

 Jemon-vellow callus on each side at the base of the 1st segment. 



