CTENOPHORA. 



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Wings with several light spots 8 . 



7. Femora black with yellow base . . javanica, Dol. 

 Femora yellow , black towards 



the tip gaitdeiis, Wied. 



8. Abdomen uniform reddish yellow . laeta , Fabr. 

 Abdomen with the anterior mar- 

 gin of each segment black . . Taprohanes , Walk. 



9. Wings uniform black or blackish . dolens, Ost. Sack. 

 Wings brown with a white spot 



in the middle .... 10. 



10. Scutellum black suspirans , Osi. 8a.ck. 



Scutellum yellow idalia, Ost. Sack. 



1 1 . Wings yellow , blackish or in- 



fuscated at the tip and more 

 or less at the posterior margin 12. 

 Wings dark brown , sometimes 

 the cells lighter in the centre 13. 



12. Legs reddish-yellow , the tips 



of the hind femora and the 



hind tarsi black melanura, Walk. 



Legs black , the femora (except 



their tips) reddish-yellow. . . chrysopila, Walk. 



13. Head rufous incunctans^ Walk. 



Head black 14. 



14. Abdomen wholly black (thorax 



ferruginous above only) . . . velutina, n. sp. 

 Abdomen yellow at the base 

 or with a yellow ring. . 15. 



15. Thorax ferruginous with broad 



brownish-red longitudinal 



bands xanthomelaena,W aXk. 



Thorax uniformly black .... annulosa, n. sp. 



6. Ctenopliora compedita , Wied. 



Wied. Dipt. ex. L 21. 3; id. Auss. Zweifl. I. 39. 4; 

 V. d. Wulp, Tijdschr. v. Entom. XXIII. 156. 2. pi. 



10. f. 1. 



Notes from th.e Leyden. IVIuseura , Vol "VI. 



