1909.] E. Brunetti : New Oriental Sepsince. 365 



Sepsis pubipes, milii, sp. nov. 

 (Plate xiii, figs. 16 — 18.) 



& . Nepal and Sikhim. Long. 2^ — 3 mm. 



Head shining black, antennae reddish. 



Thorax blackish ; four dorso-central bristles. Sternopleura dis- 

 tinctly grey dusted, the gre}" dust extending forwards narrowly, 

 and hind wards more broadly. sScutellum and metanotum shin- 

 ing black. 



Abdomen shining violet-black, with soft pubescence, under side 

 occasionally a little pale. Second segment somewhat elongated and 

 contracted a little at tip. Dorsum apparentl}^ without prominent 

 strong bristles, but there are two on the large, black genitalia, 

 which are more conspicuous in some specimens than in others. 



Legs yellow, with soft black hairs. Hind femora and tarsi 

 tips brown. Fore femora somewhat considerably enlarged below, 

 with three small spines on a bump placed about the middle, and 

 four long spines in a row towards the tip, and verging round some- 

 what towards the outer side of the femur. Fore tibiae swollen 

 on lower side about the middle and again towards the tip, bearing 

 four long spines between the base and the first swelling (verging 

 round somewhat towards the inner side), and several smaller ones 

 on the second swelling. Fore tarsi with bristl}^ hair below. 



Femora without bristles. Middle tibiae with rather close rows 

 of long black bristly stiff hairs on inner side, which contain also a 

 row of a few strong bristles ; the outer sides of this pair of tibiae 

 being quite bare. Middle metatarsi with four rows of stout bris- 

 tles placed on the outer, inner, front and hinder sides respectively^ 

 those on the front side being the strongest; rest of tarsus with 

 bristly hair below. 



Hind tibiae covered with rather close black hairs except on the 

 inner side : hind metatarsus with a single row of long stiff bristles 

 below, a row of much smaller ones on the outer side, and a fringe 

 of very short golden pubescence below ; rest of tarsus with short 

 bristles below. 



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

 cell; third and fourth veins parallel. 



Described from four cf & in the Indian Museum collection taken 

 at Thamaspur, Nepal, 18 — 20-ii-o8, and one c from Shamdang, 

 vSikhim (3,000 ft.), 7-ix-09. 



N.B. — The most distinct species of any described here, for 

 although it is of normal appearance, the thick bristly hair on 

 the posterior legs will distinguish it at once from all others known 

 to me. 



Sepsis fasciculata, mihi, sp. nov. 



c^ . Ceylon ; Calcutta. Long. 2^ mm. 



Head. — Frons shining black, with a pair of additional bristles, 

 placed midway between those springing from amid the ocelli, and 



