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wholly and conspicuously pale bluish-grey dusted, whilst there is 

 also a distinct bluish grey narrow line just below the dorsum of 

 the thorax, passing above the humeral yellow spot. Mesopleura 

 shining aenous black; scutellum with posterior half reddish yellow, 

 as are also the hind corners of the thoracic dorsum. 



Abdomen shining violet-black; first two segments black, with 

 some soft hairs towards the sides of the second. Third segment 

 without spines (? broken off), fourth and fifth with four spines 

 each, towards posterior border; some bristles about the tip of the 

 abdomen. Whole abdomen with soft hairs. 



Legs wholly yellow, with a faint indication of brownish on 

 upper side of hind femora; last three tarsal joints black. Hind 

 femora with two bristles above, near tip ; middle tibiae with some 

 bristles on lower half and at tip; hind tibiae with two on outer side 

 beyond the middle. 



Wings clear; inner cross-vein at three-fifths of the discal 

 cell. 



Described from a single perfect unique 2 taken at Nagarkote, 

 Nepal. Indian Museum collection. 



Sepsis bicolor, Wied. 

 (S. javanica, Meij.) 



Wiedemann's description of this species is very brief, but 

 specimens thus identified by me sent to both Herr Meij ere and to 

 the Vienna Museum have been confirmed as correctly determined ; 

 by the former as identical with his javanica, and by Herr Hand- 

 lirsch at Vienna as identical with bicolor , W., after comparison with 

 the type. 



This species extends over a considerable region of the Orient, 

 the Indian Museum possessing it from the following localities : — 



Thamaspur, i8-ii-o8, Benikhola, ly-ii-oS, and Sarah, 24-ii-o8 

 (all Nepal); Sylhet, 20-ii-05, 3 — io-v-05 [Hall]\ Gangtok, Sikhim, 

 9-ix-09; Kurseong, 5,000 ft., 5-vii-o8, 10 — 26-ix-o9; Darjiling, 

 2-X-08 [Brunetti], G-viii-og; Simla, 7,000 ft., ii-v-08 ; and io-v-09 on 

 flowers of white stonecrop ; NainiTal (6,000 ft.), 2-vi-09. Calcutta, 

 2-viii — i2-ix ; (occurs " at light") Rangoon, 24-ii-o8 [all Annaiidale] ; 

 Bhogaon, 6-X-08, Katihar (Bengal), 23-iii-09 [Paiva]; Tinpahar 

 (Bengal), y-vii-og; Rajmahal (Bengal), 5-vii-09 [Annandale]. On 

 board launch (at light). Mud Point, Hooghly R. [Jenkins]. 



Dr. Annandale found both sexes common in South India 

 during November 1908, the localities being Shasthancottah, 

 Trivandrum, Pallode, Tenmalai and Maddathorai (all Travancore 

 State). Amongst these, several specimens of both sexes show 

 traces of reddish colour on the sides of the thorax, this variation 

 being mentioned by Herr Meij ere in his description of javanica. 

 In the Pusa collection it figures from Pusa, ii and 7-xii-o8 ; also 

 from the outskirts of Calcutta i3-iii-o8. 



