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the anterior part of the side of each, yellow. The ventral plates 

 marked similarly to the dorsal ones, and well demarcated from 

 them ; ventral surface of 2nd segment wholly yellow. Ovipositor 

 comparative!}^ short, rich shining brown, the lower pair of valves 

 much the shorter. 



Legs. — Coxae dark brown, anterior pairs a little yellow in front. 

 Femora and tibiae bright yellow, the latter very narrowly brown 

 at the tips, and with a pale, hardly visible whitish ring near their 

 bases. Metatarsi yellow, narrowh^ brown at tip, remainder of 

 tarsi black. 



Wings. — Venation normal; contact of 2nd posterior cell and 

 discal cell almost punctiform, costal cell, stigmatic cell, and 

 extreme base of wings pale lemon yellowish, remainder of wing 

 pale yellow. Wings brown on apical part, the colour wholly 

 filling the marginal and ist posterior cell, the submarginal and 

 discal cell all but narrowly at their bases, and encroaching on two- 

 thirds of the 4th posterior cell and some part of the 5th. A 

 similarly coloured broad brown band from the ist longitudinal 

 vein to the posterior margin, wide enough to fill more than the 

 middle half of both basal cells, and dividing just behind the 6th 

 longitudinal vein, leaving a comparatively clear spot of some size, 

 touching the hind margin of the wing The tip of the costal cell 

 is a httle brown also. Halteres deep dull yellow. 



Described from a single $ labelled '^ Consul Haas," vShanghai. 



Type in the Vienna Museum. 



Pselliophora divisa, mihi, sp. nov. 



$ . East Indies. lyong. 17 mm. 



Wholly deep ferruginous, except the head, the last four 

 abdominal segments with the ovipositor, and the legs, all of 

 which are black, the latter possessing a narrow whitish band on 

 the tibiae near the base, on the first and third pairs of legs (the 

 middle pair is missing). Wings blackish, rather dark, the 2nd 

 posterior cell scarcely sessile. 



Described from a unique specimen marked '' East Indies, 

 Felder, 1892." 



Type in the Vienna Museum. 



(?) Pselliophora serraticornis, mihi, sp. nov. 



? a'. Ceylon. Long. 12 mm. (incomplete). 



Head brownish yellow, vertex a little grey tinged. Palpi 

 blackish. Antennae very conspicuous: scape brownish yellow, ist 

 joint a little over twice the length of the 2nd; flagellar joints very 

 deeply serrate on under side in the shape of two pendant lobes to 

 each joint, of equal size and length, the proximal one black, the 

 distal one brownish yellow. The last flagellar joint (nth) has a 

 conical tip, with a small distinct apical style. Each joint bears a 

 verticil of hairs (four in number) at its base. 



