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Length 8-8i- mm. ; abdomen 5 mm. ; petiole 2^^ mm. ; terebra 7 mm. 

 Hab.—Vvisi Bihar (G. E. Dutt), May 12th, 1909 ; Chapra, 

 Bengal (Mackensie). 



The whole of the lower part of the head is white flavous, 

 excepting two more or less narrow rufescent lines separating the 

 frons from the inner orbits. The sculpture of the head, the 

 colour of the terebra and that of the femoral teeth will serve to 

 distinguish this species from all yet known with tridentate 

 femora. 



Parastephanelliis scitus, sp. n. 



J . Fvons strongly arcuate striate, vertex and occiput trans- 

 striate, temples smooth, posterior tubercles subobsolete, two carinas 

 between the posterior ocelli, posterior margin of head bordered. 

 Scape longer than cheeks, second flagellar joint one and a-half times 

 as long as first, third rather longer than second. Pronotum trans- 

 striate, the extreme base smooth, neck short ; mesonotum finely 

 punctate, scutulum normal ; propleurae obliquely striate, mesopleurae 

 smooth, metapleurae coarsely punctate and separated by a sulcus 

 from the finely and closely punctate median segment. Petiole finely 

 trans-striate, as long as rest of abdomen, w'hich is smooth and 

 shining. Hind coxae coarsely, their femora finely trans-striate, the 

 latter somewhat strongly inflated, bidentate, tibiae compressed to a 

 little beyond middle, wings hyaline, slightly iridescent, stigma 

 rufescent, basally pale, nervures blackish. 



Black ; head dark red, antennae pale rufescent, becoming gradually 

 darker towards the apex, extreme base of pronotum, front legs, 

 middle tibiae and tarsi, hind tarsi and base of second segment 

 rufescent. There is a scarcely noticeable paler line under the eyes. 



Length 8 mm. ; abdomen 5 mm. ; petiole 2i mm. 



Hah—FusB., Bengal (T. B. P.), June 21st, 1911. 



This is the first specimen of this subgenus I have seen from 

 India proper, all others being from more southern localities, 

 one from Ceylon, one from Ding-Ding Island in the Indian 

 Ocean, and several from Borneo and Australia. It differs from 

 all other males yet described in the sculpture of the head and in 

 the colour. 



NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 



EUCHLOE BELEMIA AND ZeGRIS EUPHEME IN MESOPOTAMIA. — ■ 



Major H. D. Peile, I.M.S., F.E.S., has sent me two gum transfers 

 of the above butterflies for identification. He writes (March 12th 

 and 24th) : " E. belemia has been fairly common at Basra for the past 

 six weeks, and is fast on the wing. The sexes are "similar in colouring, 

 the markings and ground-colour white." Of Z. eupheme he says : 

 " Until yesterday I only secured two females and no males, it being 

 very rare down on the level ground. But yesterday I walked to some 

 low hills about two miles away and found their haunt, and have now 

 a good series. It is a pretty, dainty species, fast on the wing, and is 



