DJOCTES. 471 



4 (1) Calcaria longer than half the meta- 



tarsus ; abdomen nearly entirely 

 red. 



5 (10) Areola not transverse ; scape and 



trochanters pale. 



6 (9) Smaller (4-7 millim.) ; terebra 



shorter than half basal segment. 



7 (8) Hind coxae black ; areola elon- 



gate vul.jaris, sp. n., p. 472. 



8 (7) Hind cox.ne mainly pale ; areola 



subquadrate dehilis, sp. n., p. 473. 



9 (6) Larger (9 ■niillim.) ; terebra as 



long as the basal segment .... argenteopilosa, Cam., p. 473. 

 10 (oj Areola transverse ; scape and tro- 

 chanters black albicalcar, sp. n., p. 474. 



363. Dioctes apostata, Grav. 



Cafiipople.v apudata, Gravenhorst, Ichn. Europ. iii, 1829, p. 510 



(2). 



Limnena apostata, Bridgman & Fitch, Entom. 1885, p. 105 ( $ ). 

 Amjitiu apostata, Thomson, Opusc. Ent. xi, p. 1161 (cj" 2). 

 Dioctes apostata, Schmiedeknecht, Opusc. Ichu. p. 1643 ( c? $ ). 



(5 $ . A black species, with the legs, excepting the black hind 

 coxae, trochanters and apices of their tibiae, pale. Head but 

 shghtly constricted posteriorly, black, with the palpi flavescent. 

 Tliorax immaculate ; niesopleurae distinctly punctate, with the 

 interstices alutaceous and tlie speculum dull ; metathorax finely 

 rugulose, \\'\i\\ weak costulae. Abdomen entirely black and fully 

 double the length of the terebra. Legs fulvous, with the hind 

 ones partly black, and the anterior coxae and trochanters fiavous. 

 Wings hyaline, with the stigma narrow and testaceous, the tegulae 

 W'hitish ; basal nervure continuous. 



Length 5-G millim. 



Bexgal : Pusa. iv. 05 (Pusa coll.) ; Ceylon : Diyatalawa, 

 4000 ft., ix.07 {T. B. Fletcher). EunorE. 



Tgpe in the Breslau Museum. 



364. Dioctes trochanterata, sp. n. 



(5 2 . A dull black species with long white pubescence, the 

 mandibles, palpi, whole scape, radix, tegulae, anterior legs, hind 

 trochanters and calcaria, with the centre of their tibia? broadly 

 and their tarsi (except apices of the joints above), stramineous ; 

 flagellum ferruginous throughout. Head distinctly punctate and 

 posteriorly not very narrow. Thorax with the metathorax 

 scabrous and somewhat nitidulous, the basal area triangular ; 

 areola hexagonal, basally acuminate and longer than broad, 

 emitting the strong costultc trom before its centre. Wings with 

 the stigma and ner\ iires piceous. 



Length 7 millim. 



Ceylox: Batticaloa, iv. 06 (E. E. Green). 



2'>Jlie in the author's collection. 



