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5. ftavoscutellata V. d. Wulp, 1885. 



Notes Leyd. Mus., vii, 60. 

 'b Java. 



The genus is poorly represented in the Bast apparently. Three 

 out of the six known species come fiom semi-Palsearctic regions. 

 I have never taken a specimen myself in the Bast proper, nor is 

 there one in the Indian Museum, nor do other authors mention 

 any species except the three original descriptions mentioned here. 

 I mention this because Odontomyia, the kindred genus, is far from 

 uncommon. 



Odontomyia Meig., 1804. 



Klass. i., 128. 



Table of species. 



A Scutellum spined (generic character). 

 B Abdomen black, with lighter dorsal 

 bands, or edges of abdominal disc pale. 

 C Legs mostly black. 



Abdomen, with pale dorsal band. Long. 5 mm. minuta Fab. 

 Abdomen, with only the edges 



pale . . . . Long. 8 mm. airaria Wlk. 



CC Legs mostly yellow, with or without 

 darker bands. Abdomen black with 

 pale edges. 



Legs all yellow; smaller species. Long. 6 mm. bifascia Wlk. 

 Legs with or without black bands, 

 little larger species. 



Femora and tibiae with black 



bands . . . . Long. 8 mm. cequalis Wlk. 



Femora and tibiae all yellow. 



Antennae all reddish yellow. Thorax gold 

 striped ; abdomen with greenish yellow 

 side spots . . Long. 8 mm. viridana Wied. 

 Antennae with base only yellow. Thorax 

 with gold pubescence ; abdomen with nar- 

 row pale border. Long. 8 mm. cinctilinea Wlk, 

 BB Abdomen pale ; yellow, green, or tawny, 

 with or without black dorsal stripe 

 or bands. 

 D Legs mostly black. 



Thorax unstriped . . . . Long. 5 mm. pusilla Fab. 



Thorax with 2 silvery stripes. Long. 9 mm. siderogaster Wied. 

 DD Legs mostly pale, or slightly marked 



with black. 

 B Abdomen uniformly pale, without dor- 

 sal or transverse black bands. 



I. Thorax black with light hair ; 

 3 black stripes . . . . Long. 8 mm. finalis Wlk, 



