310 Records of the Indian Museum. [V6l. VI, 



Erioccra badia, mihi, sp. nov. 



9 . Ceylon. Long. i8 mm. 



Head wholly blackish grey, vertex, under side of head, and 

 proboscis with black hairs. Antennal scape blackish grey, flagel- 

 lum pale yellow, short, of eight distinct joints. Palpi a little 

 greyish white at the emargination of the joints on the under side. 



Thorax rather deep reddish brown, with traces of four 

 somewhat darker stripes. Scutellum and metanotum on the upper 

 part a little lighter. Sides of thorax darker and more brownish. 



Abdomen reddish brown, a little yellowish towards the 

 sides of some of the segments ; 2nd and 3rd segments wholly 

 yellow on dorsum with very narrow black hind margins ; base of 

 each of the rest of the segments with a shining black band. (The 

 abdomen has the appearance of being rather stretched longitu- 

 dinally, and possibly a considerable part of these basal black bands 

 would be invisible normally.) Ovipositor reddish brown, of 

 moderate size. 



Legs. — Coxae dark brown, pubescent ; trochanters brownish 

 yellow ; femora and tibiae yellow with blackish tips ; tarsi 

 yellowish, blackish towards the tips. 



Wings moderately dark brown ; four posterior cells. A 

 minute white spot or two near the tips of the marginal and ist 

 submarginal cells, and a small one lying across the tips of the 

 2nd submarginal and ist posterior cells. 



Halteres pale brownish gre}'. 



Described from a single 5 from Peradeniya, Ceylon, taken by 

 Dr. Uzel, 25-xii-oi. 



Type in Vienna Museum. 



Eriocera rufibasis, mihi, sp. nov. 



5 . lyower Burma. Long. 16 mm. 



Head, antennae, proboscis, palpi, all dark blackish grey. 



Thorax wholly deep velvet-black. 



Abdomen wholly deep velvet-black, except the first two 

 segments which are orange-yellow. Belly similar to dorsum. 

 Ovipositor black, the valves shining brownish yellow. 



Legs dark brown, femora, tibiae and tarsal joints blacker. 



Wings brown, darker anteriorly, clearer on hind margin : 

 four posterior cells. Clear spots are placed as follows : a rather 

 large one extending over the apical part of both basal cells ; 

 two smaller, round spots, one over the base of the 2nd longitudi- 

 nal vein, the other above the fork of the 2nd vein. One at the 

 tip of the marginal cell ; two small ones (possibly in some speci- 

 mens united) in the ist submarginal cell ; a larger one extending 

 over the 2nd submarginal cell and ist posterior cell ; — all these 

 latter spots placed on the border. All the posterior cells are some- 

 what clear, as is also the wing to some extent behind the 5th 

 longitudinal vein. Halteres small, black. 



