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Wings clear. Thorax with i in- 

 distinct white hne . . Long. 13 mm. Iceta Meij. 

 Scutellum 2-spined . . Long. 17-19 mm. armata V. d. Wulp. 



H. fenestrata, Meij., 1904. 

 Bijd. Dierk., xviii, 93 ; pi. viii, 9. 

 I 'b Palembang. 



H. cerioidcs Wlk., 1859. 

 {Massicyta) Pr. Linn. So., iii, 78. 

 H. batjanensis V. d. Wulp, 1885 ; Notes Leyd. Mus., vii, 67. 



2 Moluccas, Aru Isles, Gilolo, Batjan, South Halmaheira. 



Walker described this under his genus Massicyta , distinguished 

 from Hermetia by a subpetiolate abdomen and more elongated and 

 linear body, but I agree with Van der Wulp in keeping it in Hermetia, 

 a genus in which all degrees of slight contractions of the first abdo- 

 minal segments occur. Massicyta must be reserved for distinctly 

 subpetiolated species such as bicolor Wlk. 



A series of 5 ? exists in the Indian Museum Collection, but 

 they bear no data. Van der Wulp had 2 9 5 from Seles, Astro- 

 labe Bay (Papua). 



H. albitarsis V. der Wulp, 1898. 

 Termes. Fuzet., xxi, 419. 

 5 Friedrich Wilhelmshafen (Papua). 



H. remittens Wlk., i860. 

 Pr. Linn. So., iv, 94. 

 $ Makessar (Celebes). 



H. laglaizei Big., 1887. 

 Ann. So. Ent. Fr. (1887), 21. 

 9 Amberbek (Papua). Type much damaged. 



H. rufiventris Wlk., 1861. 

 Pr. Linn. So., v, 145. 

 2 Amboina. 



H. IcBta Meij., 1904. 



Bijd. Dierk., xviii, 93 ; pi. viii, 8, 



5 Bengal, near cerioidcs. This is true, for, from the excellent 

 plate I immediately recognised one 2 which I had eliminated from 

 the series of 2 cerioidcs in the Indian Museum as distinct. 



