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thorax, from the base of thorax other lateral stripes proceed and 

 the base of thorax is grey, this is only apparent in unrubbed speci- 

 mens; sides of thorax grey, pubescence whitish, breast grey with 

 whitish pubescence. Scntcllum wholly covered with grey tomentum 

 and with some short fulvous pubescence. Abdomen not very well 

 preserved in any of the specimens, blackish or reddish brown, 

 the first two segments usually reddish, the grey stripe apparent 

 and the segmentations grey, side spots not always apparent ; under 

 side appears lighter at least at sides. Les,s brown, the femora 

 pale reddish or yellowish, white haired below, but the fore femora 

 have a fringe of short black hairs ; the middle pair has a few at its 

 apices, and the hind femora have a tuft of thick black hairs at 

 the apex, thickest on the under side, tibiae with two yellow rings, 

 the fore tibiae whitish yellowish at base with white hairs, incrassate 

 on the dark part with fringes of short black hairs, the middle 

 ti])iae with black pubescence chiefly on the dark rings, the poster- 

 ior tibiae broader with fringes of longer black hairs intermixed 

 with white hairs on the yellow rings, tarsi blackish, first joint of 

 hind tarsi pale. Wings dark brown, with the rosettes not very well 

 defined, but two fairly distinct ones appear, the apical band is 

 double, its upper part narrowest, the lower part concave on its 

 upper border, continued when perfect across the second branch of 

 third vein joining a white mark in the apex of first posterior cell, 

 above the stigma is a large white mark consisting of a round white 

 ring with a dark centre, the upper rosette joins it and encloses the 

 appendix, the second rosette is nearer the posterior border of wing, 

 encircling the upper part of discal cell and bases of second and 

 third posterior cells ; below this appear a series of short white 

 bands reaching the fore border of wing below stigma, and continued 

 to the anal cell border, and into the basal cells, representing the 

 third rosette but irregular, forming however a very perceptible 

 mass of pale colouring, the anal cell has a curved white streak, 

 and on the posterior border a pale mark appears in the species of 

 most cells. 



a* . The specimens from India in Indian Museum are more red- 

 dish coloured than the females, the abdomen largely reddish yellow, 

 blackish at apex. Thorax scutellum lighter coloured. 



The antennae are wholly reddish yellow, not black at apex of 

 first joint as v. d. Wulp states is the case with his specimens, the 

 first joint stouter and shorter than in the female. In the wing 

 the pale markings in the fourth and fifth posterior segment almost 

 fill up the basal halves of these cells as shown in Wulp' s figure 

 which is taken from his male specimens. 



{!)) Apical band of wing single. 



Hacmatopota assamensis, 9 , n. sp. 

 (Plate xviii, fig. 29.) 

 In British :\Iuseum coll. type (female) and others from Nang- 

 poh, Khasi Hills, Assam (H.Maxwell Lefroy) ; and from Shillong, 



