CERIA. 



33; 



pvojectiiis behind middle of eyes in profile, witli short, concolorous 

 pubescence ; lower part of head with a little yellow pubescence. 

 In $ , head more translucent yellow, vertex broadly black. 

 Thorax black, with yellow spots on the humeri, at the ends of the 

 suture, on mesopleura and sternopleura, and with a long post- 

 sutural yellow spot towards each side ; scutellum black with a 

 moderately broad yellow margin, which is narrowly connected 

 by a fine yellow line with the base of the wing on each side. 

 Abdomen black ; a yellow mark consisting of two contiguous spots 

 on each side of 1st segment ; 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments with 

 yellow hind margins ; some rather long, fine hair on 1st and 2nd 

 segments at sides ; oth segment shining black, with black pubes- 

 cence ; rest of abdomen appearing dull, owing to tlie extreme 

 density of the microscoi)ic bristles covering it. Legs mainly black ; 

 nearly basal third of fore femora, a large oval spot on basal half 

 of middle pair and about basal quarter of hind pair, lenion- 

 yellow ; about basal half of anterior tibise more or less yellowish ; 

 hind tibia; orange-brown below. Pubescence of legs pale yellow, 

 inconspicuous ; a little more obvious on hind femora and on apical 

 half of hind tibije. Wings pale grey ; anterior half moderately 

 dark brown as far as 3rd vein ; halteres pale yellow. 



Letu/th, 15-16 mm. 



Described from 1 6, Salween Valley, Burma, viii. 1894 {Bing- 

 ham), and 1 $ , Lower Kanges, Khasi Hills, Assam, 1878 

 {Chennell) ; both in the British Museum. The markings of the $ 

 are i)alei- and more ochraceous tlian those of the d" • 



265. Ceria eumenioides, Saand. (PI. VI, fig. 8.) 



Ceria eumenioides, Saunders, Trans. Ent. See. Lend, iii, p. 60, pi. v, 



ligs. 6, ff-f/, full ins. col., etc. (1841). 

 Ceria apicata (" Bigot, nom. mtd")*, Brunetti, Rec. Ind. Mus. ii, 



p. 95 (1908). 



c? ? . Head transverse, slightly broader than thorax. Eyes in 

 cJabsohitely contiguous for about half the distance from vertex to 

 upper angle of frons, the upper facets oidy for a small space 

 distinctly larger than the others. Erons and face pale to deep 

 vellow, with a pale brownish-orange stripe on either side delimiting 

 the cheek. Occiput wholly ycdlow, distinctly prominent behind 

 vertex (the ocellar region obviously swollen and rather orange) but 

 narrowing rapidly on each side. Antennae, Avith pedicel, entirely 

 orange-yellow, varying a little in individuals. In $, eyes with 

 rounded upper inner corners, separated by between :| and ^ width 

 of head ; somptimes there is a pale orange stripe across upper part 

 of frons. Thorax liglit redtlish-brown ; bright lemon-yellow 

 calli on humeri, on ends of suture (extending as a very narrow 

 line for a short distance across din-sum ), on mesoph-ura, sterno- 

 pleura and ])teropleura ; the callus on the pteropleura is triangular 



* Apparently merely a MS. name of Bigot'a ia the Indian Museum 

 coUeciion. 



