igoQ.] E. Brunetti : New Oriental Sepsincp. 363 



cells and sides of thorax below them, and the whole prothorax 

 below, red-brown. vScutellum blackish, tip reddish brown. 



Abdomen blackish, with a violet tinge; a little reddish at base 

 of second segment. No strong bristles, but a row of rather longer 

 hairs on the posterior border of third and fourth segments, the fifth 

 bearing numerous long hairs. Abdomen rather swollen towards tip : 

 genitalia concealed, but apparently of large size and complicated 

 form. 



Legs. — Coxse reddish brown, front pair pale yellow towards tips. 

 Fore femora brownish yellow, bases and tips paler, with a row of 

 about 12 strong bristles below% extending nearly all the length of the 

 limb, and diminishing in size towards the tip. A single long stiff 

 hair at the base. Fore tibiae pale 3^ellow, with a row of short 

 black spines on inner side, extending well beyond the middle. 

 Fore metatarsi brown with golden yellow pubescence below ; rest 

 of fore tarsi black. (Middle legs missing.) Hind femora blackish 

 brown, pale at tips, with some stiff hairs below; hind tibiae black. 



Wings clear ; third and fourth longitudinal veins nearly parallel ; 

 inner cross-vein at three-fifths of the discal cell. 



Described from one perfect cf (except for the absence of middle 

 legs) in the Pusa collection taken b}' Mr. Howlett at Simla in 

 October 1908, and a 9 in m}^ collection from Hongkong, 4-iii-o6. 

 Another 9 example was taken by Mr. Howlett at Simla in 

 October 1908. The face, antennae and frons just above them are 

 all reddish brown, the back of the head yellowish. There are four 

 dorso-central spines ; two strong bristles on the third, and four on the 

 fourth abdominal segment. The legs are nearly all yellow, the 

 middle femora slightly brown; the middle tibiae bear a few bristles, 

 and the hind femora possess no stiff hairs below. I can only presume 

 the abdominal bristles have been broken off in the rf specimen, 

 leaving no trace, as the examples are so similar, and from the same 

 locality. 



N.B. — In a headless specimen in the Indian Museum collection 

 taken by me at Shanghai, i6-iv-o6 (the head was present when I 

 first identified it with this species), the legs are nearly all yellow as 

 in the above 9 . The specimen also shows the bulged abdomen at 

 tip, and also has no spines on the abdomen. I cannot, however, 

 suggest that the spines are a sexual character. 



Sepsis nepalensis, mihi, sp. nov. 



2 . Nepal. I^ong. 4:^ mm. 



Head.— 'Frons and back of head shining black, mouth black. 

 Lower part of head yellowish; antennae dull reddish yellow, third 

 joint cinereous grey dusted. Face brownish yellow (probably vari- 

 able), with a slight violet-grey dust along the cheeks; pro- 

 boscis brownish yellow. 



Thorax.— Dorsnm dark olive-green, four dorso-central bristles: 

 Sides shining blue-black, shoulders bright yellow. Sternopleurae 



