216 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL XT, 
Shanghai, in company with ~; Noalpur (Nepal), 21-ii-08; 
Dharampur, Simla, 5000 ft., 6—8-v-07 [Annandale]; Katihar, N. 
Bengal, 8—g-iii-og [Paiva]: Bhanwar, Bengal, 26-ii-07. 
This formseems to me practically identical with S. menthrastri, 
L. (taeniata, Mg.), the females agreeing exactly. but unfortunately 
there are no @ menthrastrt specimens available for comparison, 
and there are several minor discrepancies between Verrall’s descrip- 
tions of this sex and myo @. 
‘Form 3, nigritarsis’’, mihi 
¢ @ Simla, Kurseong. 
@ Differing from Form 1 as follows. 
Scutellum with distinct blackish hairs on hinder part; these 
black hairs being longer than the yellow ones, or than the yellow 
hairs on the hinder part of the scutellum in Form 1. Abdomen 
with 3rd and 4th segments each normally with a rather narrow 
black basal band and hind border of broader, but varying width. 
In one specimen these black bands are indistinct on the 3rd 
segment and altogether absent on the 4th. Wings and abdomen 
equal in length. Coxae wholly yellow in two specimens, in the 
other two, the front coxae are dusky on the anterior side. Legs 
yellow; hind tarsi wholly distinctly black or dark brown on 
upper side; anterior tarsi always distinctly brown or dark brown, 
always much deeper coloured than in Forms 1 and 2. The middle 
pair of tarsi the least deeply coloured of the three. 
Long. 6 mm. Matiana, 28—30-iv-07, Theog, 27-iv-07, Simla 
Distr., 8000 ft. [Annandale]. 
Two? 2? from Simla and Kurseong respectively , agree with the 
@ except that the hind tarsi are a little less dark brown on the 
upper side, and the anterior tarsi are lighter brown but distinctly 
darker than the tibiae, yet not so dark asin the ~. The frons 
has a very broad aeneous black stripe from the similarly coloured 
vertex to the antennae. 
Kurseong, 7-ix-09, Kodiala, Simla Distr. [Annandale]. 
The black or nearly black upper side of the tarsi (always at 
least the hind pair) will distinguish this form from all the others. 
It is impossible to identify it with any recognized European variety 
of which an adequate description is open to me. 
‘*Form 4, viridaenea’’, mihi. 
@ 9 Simla, Kurseong. 
@ This form varies from Form I very materially and will 
probably prove a good species. 
Frons with a very small frontal triangle; face with distinct 
black median stripe, not very regular in width. Thorax with 
wholly aeneous green shining dorsum, clothed with close yellow 
pubescence, without any trace of stripes; scutellum wholly, or at 
least mainly black-haired. Abdomen with 3rd and 4th segments 
