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band, more or less emarginate in the middle, the remainder of 

 each segment rather bright reddish-yellow. The whole dorsum of 

 abdomen with short recumbent yellow hairs, which are nearly 

 whitish on the ist segment and become more reddish-yellow on 

 the 3rd and 4th segments. Genitalia withdrawn, apparently fairly 

 large, reddish-yellow with black hairs. Belly black, yellow haired, 

 posterior margins of segments narrowly yellow. 



Legs. — Femora reddish-yellow or orange ; basal half of pos- 

 terior pairs black, front sides of anterior femora with black stiff 

 pubescence, hinder sides with longer and softer hairs, especially 

 on apical half. Hind femora with a small yellowish tooth just 

 beyond two-thirds of its length, pubescence covering most of the 

 limb yellowish, but some longer black hairs on underside. Tibiae 

 yellow, posterior pairs paler, all with short and rather close pale 

 yellow pubescence. Tarsi pale yellow with concolorous pubes- 

 cence, fore pair with traces of blackish here and there. 



Wings pale grey; yellowish-brown from costa to spurious 

 vein, the colour extending just behind the apical half of the 3rd 

 longitudinal vein. Halteres small, black. 



Described from three 2 9 from Darjiling, 1000-3000 ft., 

 and Singla, also from three 2 9 sent me for identification by 

 Dr. Imms, taken by him in the Kumaon district, 13-v ; i8-v; 

 i8-vi-i2. The species seems remarkably constant in its markings 

 and colouration but varies considerably in size. It seems to come 

 near M. doriae, Rond., described from Borneo. 



Humerus rufoscutellatus, mihi, sp. nov. (PI. xiv, fig. 13). 

 & Darjiling. Long. 12 mm. 



Head. — Eyes contiguous for only one-fourth the distance from 

 vertex to antennae, rather suddenly separated above this space, 

 forming a moderately wide frons which is black, with black hairs 

 in the middle and bright yellow hairs on vertex and lowest part ; 

 facets of uniform size throughout except those immediately in 

 front. Frons flat, not at all prominent, yellowish-grey with bright 

 yellow hair. Antennae large, rather dark brown, first two joints 

 normally bristly ; 3rd joint a little fighter on upper side, with 

 microscopic grey tomentum, rounded above to tip, straight on 

 lower side, a long dorsal arista. 



Thorax violet-aeneous, moderately shining, with moderately 

 dense short brownish-yellow pubescence, and two widely separated 

 grey tomentose longitudinal stripes from anterior margin to 

 scutellum, and a stripe along the transverse suture, but inter- 

 rupted between the two longitudinal stripes. Humeral calli 

 aeneous, with a little yellow pubescence. Sides of thorax blackish- 

 aeneous with a considerable amount of bright yellow hair on 

 pleurae. Scutellum broad, violet-aeneous, covered with copious 

 long bright yellow hair. 



Abdomen dark aeneous black, not very shining, basal corners 

 a little steel coloured viewed from certain angles ; a pair of diverg- 



