244 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL ae 
Legs.—Coxae blackish, with hoary bloom and greyish hairs. 
Anterior femora dull aeneous black, a little brownish yellow at 
base and tips; a fringe of pale yellow hairs on underside; hind 
femora considerably enlarged, distinctly aeneous, covered with 
yellowish grey hair; brownish yellow at base and tips. 
Anterior tibiae with basal half brownish yellow, apical half 
or thereabouts, blackish; the tips brownish yellow, the whole 
tibiae with yellowish grey hair. Hind tibiae as aeneous as hind 
femora, considerably larger than the anterior ones, being covered 
with much more hair. Anterior tarsi moderately bright brown 
with yellowish grey hairs; hind tarsi blackish above with yellowish 
grey hairs, bright reddish brown below. 
Wings very pale grey; stigma small, dark brown; halteres — 
pale yellow. 
Described from a perfect unique ¢ in the Indian Museum 
from Kurseong, 8-vii-08. 
Allied to sflendens, W., and albifrons, Walk. From the 
former it is distinguished by the black (not brilliant red) antennae, 
and its larger size; from the second species by the bright reddish 
orange hair of the scutellum and the black antennae; it is also 
rather larger and more robust than the specimen of albifrons, 
Walk., sent to the Museum by Herr Meijere. The differences, 
however, may be sexual and pulcherrima may prove to be the 2 
of Walker’s species. 
It is the most handsome eastern species of the genus known 
to me. 
Eumerus aeneithorax, mihi, sp. nov. 
@ Simla. Long. 7 mm. 
Head.—Eyes contiguous for a comparatively short space 
only. Frons and vertex brassy aeneous, shewing various tints 
when viewed from different directions; black hair on lower part 
of frons, yellow hairs on upper part and on vertex. Face dull 
blackish grey, with light tomentum which appears yellowish 
white viewed from above. Face clothed with white hairs. An- 
tennae wholly black, 3rd joint with obtusely rounded tip. Occi- 
put whitish grey with a narrow fringe of whitish hairs round the 
margins, some yellow hair on the brassy aeneous upper ocular 
margin, which is moderately puffed out. 
Thorax and scutellum, shining brassy aeneous, both rather 
thickly clothed with brownish yellow pubescence; dorsum with 
a pair of widely separated whitish tomentose stripes and traces 
of a very narrow median line of the same colour. Pleura dull 
aeneous with a little greyish hair. 
Abdomen dull aeneous black, 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments each 
with a pair of whitish dust lunule spots of the usual size and 
shape, placed diagonally ; the upper ends approximate to one 
another above the centre of the segment, the posterior ends of Ist 
and 3rd pairs reaching the side margin near the posterior angles 
