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cells, the first longer and narrower than the second, stem of the 

 first nearly as long as the cell, stem of the second longer than the 

 cell ; posterior cross-vein its own length distant from the mid. 



Length 4 mm. 



Habitat Sukna, base of E. Himalayas, 500 feet, Darjiling 

 district (Annandale). 



Time of capture i-vii-o8. 



Observations. — Described from a single & . Very near Skiisea 

 diurna^ but the bright reddish brown thorax at once separates it. 



62. Skusea uniformis, sp. nov. 



Head black with a pale border around the eyes. Thorax rich 

 brown. 



Abdomen deep brown, unhanded, dull ochreous below. Legs 

 uniformly deep brown, but the femora pale ochreous below. 



9 . Head black with small flat black scales, except for a pale 

 area around the eyes and at the sides and some dark upright 

 forked scales; cl^-peus, palpi and proboscis black; antennae deep 

 brown, basal segment black, base of segment pale ochreous. 

 Thorax rich deep brown with narrow-curved bronzy brown scales 

 scattered over its surface ; scutellum shiny black with narrow- 

 curved bronzy black scales, the surface pale in some lights, four 

 dark median posterior border bristles; metanotum chestnut and 

 dull brown; pleuree brown with dull flat white scales. 



Abdomen deep brown with dull brown scales, dull ochreous 

 to grey-scaled venter. 



Legs uniformly- deep brown except the coxa? and venter of 

 femora which are ochreous ; ungues equal and simple. 



Wings with short fork-cells, the first slightly longer and nar- 

 rower than the second posterior, their bases about level, the stem 

 about two-thirds as long as the cell ; stem of the second posterior 

 as long as the cell ; posterior cross-vein longer than the mid, about 

 one-and-a-half times its own length distant from it. 



Length 4 mm. 



Habitat Pallode, twenty miles N.E. of Trivandrum, Travan- 

 core {Annandale). 



Time of capture i5-xi-o8. 



Observations. — Described from a single 9 . The abdomen 

 somewhat denuded, but there is no trace of any pale scales. 



