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Described from a single 9 in the Vienna Museum from Tan- 

 dong (4,000 ft.), Tenasserim, taken in May [Fruhstorfer]. 



Eriocera semilimpida, mihi, sp. nov. 



cf . Assam. Long. 12 mm. 



Head wholl}' black, vertical protuberance with some black 

 hairs; antennae black, shortlj^ pubescent; palpi nearly black. 



Thorax shining black, a little dark brown hair about the 

 sides ; mesonotal suture deeply cut ; greyish reflections behind and 

 below base of wing; scutellum shining black, soft black haired; 

 metanotum shining black. 



Abdomen. — ist segment livid on basal half, remainder black; 

 next four segments reddish orange, hind borders a little darker, 

 that of 5th blackish. Rest of abdomen black, including the geni- 

 talia, which are of moderate size, the only obvious parts being a 

 tolerably large pair of claspers. Belly mainly as dorsum, ist seg- 

 ment all black, 2nd black, except at base. 



Le^s wholly black, shortly pubescent. 



Wings dark grey, slightly tinged with yellowish. Costal cell, 

 5th longitudinal vein, and distal part of wing from about the inner 

 side of discal cell, rather dark brown, the colour extending not 

 quite so far, proximally into the marginal and 5th posterior cell^. 

 Hind basal corner of wing more or less brown. Inner cross-vein 

 placed soon after origin of 3rd vein, and before fork of 2nd; 

 branches of 2nd rather close together, fork of upper branch occurs 

 before one-fourth the length of that branch. Discal cell 6-sided, 

 upper branch of 4th vein forked near tip, making five posterior cells ; 

 the three veinlets from the discal cell being equidistant ; outer cross- 

 vein just beyond middle of discal cell. Halteres black. 



Described from one cf in the Pusa collection, taken in the 

 Khasi Hills in September 1906. 



Type in the Pusa collection. 



N.B. — This species bears a close general resemblance to 

 Macquart's bicolor, but there are several quite good points of 

 difference between them. In semilimpida the head is black, not 

 greyish; the thorax shining black, unmarked, not brownish grey 

 with three black bands and some small spots ; the basal segment of 

 the abdomen is black, not orange; the coxae black, not tawny ; 

 the costa dark brown throughout its length, not clear on the whole 

 proximal half as distinctl}^ mentioned b}'' Macquart and illustrated 

 in his plate ; and the whole proximal two-thirds of the wing (apart 

 from the costa) in my species is pale grey, whereas in bicolor the 

 whole wing is brown, with a broad clear median band, and a 

 narrower one at the base. The venation is identical in both 

 species. 



Eriocera plumbicincta, mihi, sp. nov. 



& . Assam, Darjiling. Long. 13 mm. 



Head. — Frons and back of head deep velvet-black, with a 

 little black pubescence. Frons with a cone-like projection above 



