igog.] E. Brunetti : New Oriental Sepsince. 355 



Thorax black, with a slight dark green tinge. Four dorso- 

 central bristles.' Sternopleura grey dusted. 



Abdomen shining violet-black, second segment at sides and 

 above sometimes with a reddish brown o violet-brown tint, but some- 

 times entirely violet-black. Tip of abdomen (sixth segment) yel- 

 lowish in one specimen, which has the apical half of the abdomen of 

 a greenish bronze tint. Second segment with two or three rather 

 small but distinct bristles towards the sides^ third, fourth and fifth 

 segments with a strong bristle towards the side of each, sixth seg- 

 ment with some bristlv hairs. 



Les;s yellow ; all the femora with a black streak on upper side, 

 which on the fore pair becomes more or less diffused over the sides. 

 Fore femora with under side as in pimctum, posterior femora 

 apparently without spines, except one in the middle of the middle 

 pair in front. Middle tibiae on basal half and hind tibiae wholly 

 black. The middle pair with three or four spiny bristles on the 

 outer side, also one in the middle, in front, and three at the tip. 

 Hind tib'fe with two or three similar bristles about the middle, on 

 outer and hinder sides. Tarsi dirty yellow, with short, spin}' 

 bristles below, black towards tips. 



Win£!,s nearly clear, the spot rather indistinct but roughly cir- 

 cular, and always of the nature of a " spot " an:l not a '' suffusion." 

 Inner cros.-vein at about two fifths of the discal cell. 



Described from five o* cf in the Indian Museum collection taken 

 by me at Darjiling, 24-ix — 2-x 08, in fields. 



N.B.—A variable species in the colour of the abdomen, at 

 base and tip, and to a less degree in that of the leg? also, but the 

 black streaked femora, in conjunct'on with the nature of the wing 

 spot and the reddishness of the face extending above the antennae, 

 will distinguish it. I have no doubt whatever that the five 

 examples represent but a single species. 



Sepsis dissimilis, mihi, sp. nov. 

 (Plate xiii, fig. 8.) 



rf 9 . India. Long. i| — 2 mm. 



Head, & , entirely yellow, frons reddish yellow, vertex round, 

 ocelli blackish, antennae reddish yellow, eyes black ; 9 , frons 

 blackish, with reddish marks, antennae darker, back of head black. 



Thorax, cf , in one specimen wholly reddish yellow, with a 

 dusky dorsum which is slightly darker on the posterior part ; in 

 the other 0=' , dull reddish yellow with two blackish ill-defined stripes 

 towards the sides. Sternopleurse reddish yellow, a little grey dusted. 

 9 , wholly shining black, including the sternopleurae. vSides of 

 thorax reddish in front below the sh Mulders. Scutellum brownish 

 yellow (cy), or black ( 5 ). Four distinct and large dorso-central 

 bristles in both sexes. 



J These are not fully present in any one specimen, but in two or three there 

 are ce-tain traces of them having been p ese it, ani in at least one .specimen, a 

 single bristle (rather short) uf the anterior pair is still intact. 



