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brown, (sometimes darker 

 at tip) ; posterior femora 

 always uniformly tawny 

 Long. 4^6 mm. 

 BB Abdomen tawny or ferrugin- 

 ous Long. 6-10 mm. 

 D Cinereous species ; abdomen 

 tawny; thorax with 

 four indistinct lines 

 Long, 9 mm. 

 DD Ferruginous species ; abdo- 

 men ferruginous ; thorax 

 with two indistinct lines 

 Long. 10 mm. 



AA Front coxae (generally all the 

 coxae) bright yellow or 

 tawny (with little or no 

 shimmer). 

 E Thorax black or blackish. 

 F Wings uniformly brownish ; 

 four anterior tarsi in cf 

 enlarged Long. 7 mm. 



FF Wings not uniformly colour- 

 ed ; either apical part dis- 

 tinctly darker, or a suffu- 

 sion along the veins ; only 

 the fore tarsi enlarged. 

 G Apical part of wing distinctly 

 darker Long. 7-8 mm. 

 GG Wing suffused along the 

 veins Long. 6 mm. 



EE Thorax ferruginous 

 H Abdomen ferruginous 

 Long. 5-7 mm. 

 HH Abdomen plumbeous 

 Long. 7 mm. 



aenescens Wied. 



costalis Wlk. 



batjanensis, nom. nov, for 

 costalis Wlk. (2) preocc. 



javancnsis R. Des. 



sanguinipes Bru., sp. nov. 

 fuscinervis Bru., sp. nov. 



ferruginosus Wied. 

 crishna Wlk 



5. plumbellus Wied,, 1830. 



Ausser. Zweifl., ii, 577. 



This species is fairly common in grass and weeds near water 

 in and around Calcutta, probably occurring throughout Bengal. 

 From Calcutta the Indian Museum possesses it showing dates 

 from the end of January up to July. Dr, Annandale' collector 

 took one 9 early in May this year at Dharampur (5,000 feet) in 

 the Simla hills. It differs from its close ally aenescens Wied, in 

 several minor but generally consistent characters. Firstly, the 

 wing is nearly always distinctly darker towards the tip, the basal 



