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Genitalia of moderate size, orange, a narrow dorsal and ventral eraar- 

 ginate plate, claspers apparently normal. 



Legs. — Coxae and trochanters black ; remainder brownish-yellow 

 with short black pubescence ; tips of femora broadly and rather gra- 

 dually black ; tips of tibiae and of first two tarsal joints very narrowly 

 black, rest of tarsi black. 



Wings. — Ground colour uniformly dark brown except base of 2nd 

 axillary cell greyish. A large white spot placed just before discal 

 cell, extending over both basal cells, reaching narrowly upwards into 

 marginal cell and also narrowly downwards across anal cell. A 

 smaller whitish spot in marginal cell just beyond marginal cross vein and 

 extending slightly into the cell below. Marginal cross vein (which is 

 very oblique and placed before fork of 2nd vein), anterior and posterior 

 cross veins, and the inner and outer sides of discal cell suffused 

 with yellowish, as is also extreme base of 2nd vein. A small whitish 

 spot just beyond this latter one. A small whitish streak near base of 

 wing from 1st vein, running diagonally across both basal cells. Four 

 posterior cells. Halteres black. 



Described from a single r^ in the Indian Museum from Pashok, 2,000 

 ft., 26-v— 14-vi-16 {Gravely). 



Eriocera tripunctipennis, sp. nov. 



(^ 9. South- West India. Long. 13 — 15 mm. 



Head. — Frons and occiput shining blue-black ; proboscis brownish- 

 yellow, black tipped ; palpi and antennae black, scape of latter also 

 extreme base of 1st flagellar joint orange. 



Thorax, scutellum and metanotum shining deep blue-black with slight 

 grey reflections. Lower edge of dorsum with a rather narrow deep 

 velvet black margin which is shortly interrupted both behind the shoulder 

 (w^here the black stripe turns distinctly upwards) and in front of wing 

 base. Humeri and prothorax pale livid yellow. Sides of thorax black 

 with more conspicuous bluish-grey reflections, especially on sterno- 

 pleura. 



Abdomen bright orange, 1st segment black on dorsum, remaining 

 segments with narrow black band on posterior margin. Genitalia in 

 (^ orange, claspers black tipped ; in $ reddish-brown, tip shining black, 

 the extreme points orarige. 



Legs. — Coxae orange, base blackish with bluish-grey reflections ; 

 femora vellowish at base gradually darkening to black at tips, tibiae 

 and tarsi biack. 



Fig. 7. — Wing of Eriocera tripunctipevms, sp. nov. 



V/ings rather dark grey ; four posterior cells ; all the veins except 

 Gth and 7th narrowly suffused a little darker ; costal cell blackish, a 



