iQii.] G. RiCARDO : The Oriental Tahanidac. 345 



is here indistinct, but apparent on the other specimens ; the pubes- 

 cence brown, with some white hairs, especiahy at the sides ; under 

 side gre}'. Legs 3^ellowish, the fore tibiae white at base, dark 

 brown on the apical half ; the fore tarsi brown, the middle and pos- 

 terior pale at base ; the anterior and middle femora with whitish 

 pubescence, the hind ones with a fringe of black hairs : the tibiae 

 yellowish, with a brown ring in the middle and brown at base, thus 

 appearing as yellow rings on the tibiae ; the hind tibiae with a 

 heavy fringe of black hairs extending two- thirds of the length to 

 the apex. Wings greyish, with ^^ellow veins and stigma and a long 

 appendix ; the apical band single, divided in half, the two upper 

 rosettes distinct ; in the corner of the wing is a round circle, and 

 above this a double concave circle extending into the anal cell ; 

 above the stigma is a small round circle ; the basal half of the first 

 posterior cell is wholly pale ; only the upper part of the third 

 rosette is distinct. Length 9 mm. 



In the females from Burma the wings are browner and the 

 white markings more numerous at the opening of the cells. Ricardo , 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), xviii, p. 121 (1906). 



This species is distinguished from H. assamcnsis,n. sp., by the 

 shape of the first joint of antennae which is much stouter, and as 

 long as the first annulation of the third joint, whereas in H. assaiii- 

 ensis, it is shorter and not much incrassate. The face has hardly 

 a trace of black spots and there is no spot between the antennae. 



The apical band in the type does not reach across the wing, 

 but extends only a short way beyond the anterior fork of third 

 vein, in other specimens it reaches across but is broken in the mid- 

 dle, and in others it is broader, extending the whole width of apex 

 of wing. 



Haematopota sinensis, ? , n. sp. 

 (PI. xviii, fig. 28.) 



Ill Brit. Mus. coll. type (female) and others from Wei Hai 

 Wei, China (Dr. W. M. :Muat), 1907; and two females from 

 Shanghai (Walker coll.), 1892. 



A species distinctly allied to the Oriental species, distinguished 

 by the short antennae with the disk-like broad third joint, 

 on the upper and lower border of which at base appears a percep- 

 tible fringe of black hairs, an unusual characteristic ; it is allied 

 to H. assaniensis, n. sp., from which it may be distinguished by the 

 paler coloured wings and by the much broader third antennal 

 joint; from it and from H. lata, Ricardo, it is also distinguished 

 by the hind tibiae not being heavily fringed and by the shorter 

 first antennal joint. 



The face has no distinct band, the frontal callus is triangular 

 in shape, the thorax distinctly striped, and the abdomen with 

 lateral spots and a median stripe. Wings with a single apical band 

 and the fifth posterior cell largely pale on its apical half. Length of 

 type 9 mm., others from 9—11} mm. 



