128 0- Kröber: 



apex downwards, the base incurved. Antennae dark reddish brown ; 

 tips of first and se( ond joints a littlc j)alc below, sc< oikI Joint mi- 

 iiutely pubescent. Proboscis lif<ht shining brown, about twicc the 

 length of the hcad, tip shining black. Eyes bright chestnut brown, 

 posterior margins silvery white tomcntosc. Back of head brown, 

 livid towards vertex. — Thorax. Wholly dull black, humeral calH 

 and sides of thorax with a very little whitish dust. Scutelhim and 

 metanotnm dark brown. — Abdomen. Dark brown, lighter on 

 second and base ofthirdsegment, these parts being much contract- 

 ed; third, fourth and fifth segmcnts with a modcrately wide 

 golden-diisted posterior border; sixth segmcnt gold dusted on 

 dorsiim. Genital apparatus somewhat withdrawn ; consisting of an 

 Upper curved plate, a pair of claspers (apparently), and a narrow 

 intermediate organ, all dark brown, shining and bare. Whole 

 abdomen bearing minute black hairs. — Legs. Coxae black, silvery 

 white dusted. Femora reddish brown, bind pair somewhat thickened 

 on basal half, apical half darker. Tibiae reddish brown, with silvery 

 white dust; fore pair darker, posterior pairs attenuated towards 

 base; bind pair lighter in colour on basal half. Tarsi dark brown. 

 All the legs microscopically pubescent. — Wings almost clear. 

 A blackish colour from (on the costa) the base as far as just beyond 

 tip of second longitudinal vein; this colour extending posteriorly 

 as far as the third longitudinal vein where it sharply terminates 

 but is continued into the basal half of the first posterior cell, the 

 outer edge of the coloured part being perpendicular but without 

 a clear-cut limit. The first posterior cell closed some distance 

 before border. Anterior cross-vein just beyond centre of discal 

 cell, which is just half as wide at base as at distal end. Kälteres 

 blackish. Length 8 mm. 



Described from a single $ in good condition in the Ind. Mus. 

 from Margherita, Assam. 



NB. I retain the specific name under which Bigot left it.but 

 it seems inappropriate." 



15. Physocephala sepulchralis Brun., 1. c, p. 498. 



$: ,,Head. All black, except the face and underside of the 

 head, which are bright chrome-yellow, the colour sharply delineated 

 in a line across the base of the antennae. The extreme underside 

 of the head, below the eyes, the mouth and the proboscis are black; 

 the latter extending rarely beyond the epistoma. Antennae all 

 black ; second Joint two and a half times as long as the first ; third 

 elongate, with a two-jointed style, the first Joint cupshaped, the 

 second pointed; the third antennal Joint with its style about two- 

 thirds as long as the second Joint. Seen from in front and below, 

 the third Joint is a little greyish on the inner side. A verj^ dull 

 dirty luteus yellow subtubercular oval piece on the vertex, most 

 obvious from behind. — Thorax. With scutellum, metanotum and 

 sides wholly black. — Abdomen wholly black, first segment with 



