26o Records of the Indian Mtiseiim. [Vol. IV, 



square spot on costa, only descend- 

 ing to the 3rd longitudinal vein, 

 with a smaller contiguous spot 

 below; a distinct, narrow brown 

 streak beyond outer cross-vein ; 

 distal part of wing below 3rd 

 longitudinal, nearly clear, with pos- 

 terior veins very lightly suffused . . distinctns, sp. nov. 

 EE Costa much lighter, showing towards 

 tip of wing only one, much less 

 clear, oval spot, always descending 

 below 3rd longitudinal vein, with- 

 out any second spot adjacent; no 

 brown streak outside outer cross- 

 vein; distal part of wing below 

 3rd longitudinal, very slightly 

 darker grey, and this towards the 

 margin only, the posterior veins 

 not individually suffused . . divisus, sp. nov. 



Rhyphus maculipennis, Wulp. 



A 9 in the Indian Museum collection, dated 30-vii-io (no 

 locality given, but probably Assam), and one in my own collection 

 from Peradeniya, Ceylon, xii-07, are almost certainly this species, 

 although in the former specimen both the hind legs are missing. 

 The wing agrees perfectly with Van der Wulp's plate. The an- 

 tennae and abdomen in his type specimen were injured. Of the 

 former, the first three (not two, as he says^) joints are yellow, 

 joints 4 to 8 yellow with brownish marks, or wholly brownish, 9, 

 10 quite black, 11, 12 yellowish white, 13 to 16 quite black, the 

 i6th with a short white style. The abdominal two basal segments 

 are mainly dirty yellow, with black posterior borders, the re- 

 mainder being brownish yellow with broadly black borders; the 

 apical segments wholly blackish. Belly similar. The palpi are 

 black, 



Rhyphus pulchricornis, mihi, sp. nov. 



5 . Base of Darjiling Himalayas. Long. ^^ mm. 



Head. — Frons, fully one-third width of head, reddish yellow, 

 bare; vertex with a few hairs; ocellar triangle small, black, 

 isolated; antennae long, 16- jointed, variegated, the joints mostly 

 reddish 3'ellow and black, with a short, white style and two or three 

 bristles at apex. The antennal joints i, 2, 3 are reddish yellow. 

 4, 5, quite black, 6, 7, 8, reddish yellow, 9, 10, black, 11, 12 

 brownish yellow, 13 to 16 black, the appearance of the antenna 

 suggesting that it is liable to variation. Palpi bright reddish 

 yellow, with a few bristles; proboscis very short, yellow. 



1 Quite possibly a variable character. 



