352 Kecords of the Indian Museum. fVoi,. Ill, 



hairs and some bristles ; hind metatarsus bearing at extreme base 

 a row of four strong spines close together, followed by a further 

 row of several others, wider apart, along its whole length. 



Wings clear ; wing spot of considerably variable size and 

 intensity, often reduced to a small brownish oval suffusion, or 

 almost a mere dash at tip of second vein ; third and fourth veins 

 parallel, not diverging at tips. Inner cross-vein at a little beyond 

 middle of discal cell. Basal cells united, through the absence of 

 the intermediate veinlet. Veins yellowish brown. 



Described from several o* cf in the Indian Museum collection, 

 bearing the following data : Calcutta, i4-vi-07, ii-vii-07, 25-V-09. 

 Jalpaiguri, i-vii-08 (in railwa}- carriage); Puri, id>-'\-o^{Annandale\ 

 Rajmahal, 5-vii-09 [Annandale] ; Tinpahar, near Rajmahal, Bengal, 

 7-vii-oq. Allahabad, i2-viii-09 \Lord\. Also from six specimens in 

 the Pusa collection taken at that place on shrubs and manure, 

 29-V-06, 29-vi-o7, i-vii-07, 27-vii-07. 



N.B. — The amount of black in both thorax and abdomen is 

 very variable, especially in the latter. In one specimen from Puri, 

 Bengal, the whole thorax is brownish ; and in another from the 

 same h)cality there are traces of four dorsal blackish stripes. A 

 specimen in m^^ collection taken by me at Jhansi, 2-viii-05, is simi- 

 larly marked, and has in addition several additional strong spin}' 

 bristles on the posterior part of the thorax. Yet I have no doubt 

 both specimens belong to this species. 



Sepsis rufipectus, mihi, sp. nov. 

 9 . India, Long. 2^ mm. 



Head. — Frons brown, black about the vertex and on back of 

 head. Face, cheeks and antennae light yellow ochre; mouth 

 border narrowly black ; proboscis brown. 



Thorax (slightly injured). — Dorsum shining black, apparently 

 four dorso-central bristles. Sides shining black; shoulders red- 

 dish yellow, the colour spreading immediately downwards to the 

 lower part of the thorax and carried forward below in front. 

 Sternopleura shining black ; no signs of gre}' dust. Scutellum 

 and metanotum blackish, moderately shining. 



Abdomen shining black to the tip; base at sides a little 

 light brownish. Apparently no large spiny bristles, but towards 

 posterior border of third, fourth and fifth segments, a row of some- 

 what stronger bristly hairs than the general pubescence of the 

 abdomen. Genitalia small, shining black, with some hairs. 



Legs yellow, with soft pubescence; middle tibiae nearly to 

 the tip, hind tibise wholly, and the apical half of all the tarsi, 

 rather dark brown. Fore femora with a few bristly hairs below, 

 near the base. Posterior femora apparently unspined. Middle 

 tibiae with a bristle on inner side, about the middle ; hind tibiae 

 (of the unique specimen) do not possess any bristles but they have 

 probably been accidentally broken off. All tarsi with bristles 

 below, longest on fore pair, two spines at base of hind metatarsus. 



