334 SYKPHID^. 



between these calli at the extreme vertex, aud there is a very 

 small black ocellar triangle. Frous and face uniformly rather 

 pale yellow except for a black triangular spot on which the 

 antential prominence is placed, and a broad black stripe thence to 

 tip of luouth-border; also a still bi'oader stripe on either cheek, 

 extending from eye to mouth. A little pubescence on frons. 

 Antennse dark blackish-brown, style short, white. Occiput black, 

 a broad pale yellow margin with a little coucolorous pubescence, 

 the margin only extending beyond the eyes in the vertical region. 

 In 5, eyes more hroadly separated than in javana ; rest as in c? • 

 Thorax moderately shining black, closely punctate ; with pale or 

 bright yellow calli as \n javana, and, in addition, a narrow, longi- 

 tudinal vellow stripe towards each side of dorsum, reaching from 

 suture nearly to hind margin, and also a triaugulai- (or inverted 

 heart-shaped) spot between these stripes in front of the hind 

 margin. Si-utellum black, hind border yellow, the colour reaching 

 up the sides yearly to the base ; metanotum shining black. 

 Abdomen black, closely punctate. Two spots closely united at 

 each side of base of 1st segment; 2nd segment shaped as in 

 javana ; hind borders of 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments as in;/Va'rtJirt, 

 except that the band on the 4th segment does not turn upwards 

 at the sides ; also there is on this segment an elongate, yellow- 

 tomentose, oblong spot towards each side, near but not on the 

 hind border, yet extending to the side margins. Venter black, 

 hind margins of segments indefinitely pale. Pubescence of 

 abdomen inconspicuous, black or dark brown. Legs: coxae black; 

 femora narrowly black at base ; proximal half of i-emainder 

 mainly yellowish, distal half pale brown; an indefinite black 

 streak on upper side of front pair just beyond middle, on lower 

 side of middle pair, and on upper side of hind pair towards tips ; 

 the hind ))air also have an irregular blackish ring in the nn'ddle, 

 extending on the upper side into a longitudinal streak reaching 

 nearlv from base to tip. Tibia^. yellowish on basal half, more 

 broMnish distallv, rather broadly and indefinitely blackish beyond 

 middle. Tarsi brown, tips black. Pubescence of leg yellow, 

 inconspicuous. Wings &b in javana. 



Length, 18-21 mm. 



Described from several of each sex in very indifferent condition, 

 apparently through having been preserved in spirit. Darjiling 

 District, 1000-3000 ft., v. 1912 (LortZ Carmichael) ; Singla, Dar- 

 jiling District, iv. 1913; Tenasserim {Doherty) : all the foregoing 

 specimens are in the Indian Museum. In the British Museum 

 are examples from Matheran, Western Ghats, Bombay, 2250 ft., 

 iii. 1899 {Niirse)\ Eunjit Valley, Sikkim, v. 1894 (Bingham); 

 Assam ; Tavo Plateau, 4000 ft., iii. 1890, and Thaungyin, iii. 1890 

 (both Lower Burma, Bingham) ; Luang Prabang, 3, iv. 1918, and 

 Haut Mekong, 30. iv. I9i8 (both Indo-China, li. V. de Sulvaza). 

 The species was originally described from Bengal. 



