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sharply delimited from the dorsum by a narrow yellow side 
ridge at the level of the wings. Posterior calli yellowish. Scutel- 
lum and metanotum brilliant green, the former with pale yellow 
hairs and yellow underside. 
Abdomen.—Dorsum violet, not intense, shining, and with a 
bluish tinge in certain lights; pale yellow pubescence. The colour 
covers all the surface except a narrow, irregular yellow border 
round the edges. Belly yellow, shortly pubescent. 
Legs.—Wholly yellow, except a broad brown ring on distal 
half of hind femora, and a blackish hind metatarsus. 
Wings.—Clear, stigmatic area pale yellow. MHalteres deep 
yellow. 
Described from two @ % in good condition in the Indian 
Museum, from Margherita, Assam, and Paresnath (Chota Nagpur, 
4400 ft.), May 1909 [Dr. Jenkins]. 
Eudmeta flavida, mihi, sp. nov. 
Id. id., Big. nom. nud. 
@. Assam. Long. 8 mm. 
Head.—Eyes contiguous for two-thirds the distance from the 
very small vertex to the frons; upper facets rich red brown, 
much larger than the lower ones, which are nearly black. Ocellar 
triangle small, black, slightly elevated, with a few hairs, lower 
margin of eyes white. Frons and face smooth, bare, livid yellow. 
Mouth and proboscis brown; palpi small, black, oval at tip. 
Antennae yellow, almost bare, except a few hairs at tips of the 
two first joints, which are very short; 3rd joint elongate, a little 
greyish shimmer towards the rather narrowed tip, ending in a 
distinct, moderately long, black, cylindrical style, which is 3- 
jointed and very closely black pubescent, the first two joints very 
short. Occiput not projecting beyond hinder margin of eyes, 
much invaginated in the middle ; yellowish, with very short hairs. 
Thorax.—Rather dull brownish yellow, sides, scutellum and 
metanotum concolorous, except that the scutellum is a little red- 
dish. Whole dorsum, sides and scutellum covered with soft, dense, 
pale yellow hair. 
Abdomen.—Rather shorter and more globose than Meijere’s 
brunnea. Ferruginous brown, a little blackish on the edges and 
towards tip. Whole surface with close, short, yellow pubescence. 
Belly similar, pubescence very short. 
Legs.—Brownish yellow, a dark brown ring on apical half 
of hind tibiae; tarsi tips black. The legs are minutely yellow 
pubescent, the colour brightest on the tarsi. 
Wings.—Pale yellow, veins brownish; a stigma-like oval 
black spot towards tip of upper basal cell. The end of the wing 
mainly occupied by a brown suffusion which dies away towards 
posterior margin. Halteres yellow. 
Described from a single ~ in good condition in the Indian 
Museum collection from Margherita, Assam. 
